Chap.3: Expofition upon the Book of J U B. Verf.;. faid unto the 'Irees, If in truth ye anoint me King overyal, then come andput your trreefl in myfhadow ; that is , truli to that help which I am able to afford you. So íikewife , to be wider the fha- dow of the Almighty,zender,the fhadow of his.rvings,istobe under the power of the Ahnighty,for fafety and protedion : Thus we may concei.ve,it here , to be,under the fhadowof death, is to be foun der the power or reachofdeath , that death may take a man and fcize upon him when it pleafeth, Though Iwalk in the valley ofthe fhadow,ofdeath,that is, though I be fo near death, that it Teems to others death may catchme every moment, though I beunder fo many appearances and probabilities ofextream danger, that there appears an ínïpoffibílity (in fenf) to efcape death, yet I will not fear. . Thirdly, To be under the íhadow ofdeath, is to be under the influences ofdeath;the influences ofdeath arc thole fears anddoubt- ings,diviíions and vexationsoffpirit,thofe diftra I-ions and diltem- pers ofmind which fall upon man in times of imminent and una- voydable danger. Let thefhadory ofdeath flain it, that is, let it be filledwith thole fears, and cries, and confufions, which ufually ac- companyor prepare the way for death. Fourthly, Let darknef.r and thefhadoov ofdeathflain it , that is, fu,c1a dar.knefsasdwels with death, fuch darknefs as fills the houle of death,the grave : The grave is a dark houf . We ufe to fay of that which we would have forgotten, let it be buried in darknefs. There is nowork in the grave, and therefore there needssno light in the grave, neither indeed can there be. Laftly , thus ; Darknefs and thefhadowofdeath, that is, deadly darknefs , thick fiflingdarknefs, Inch as is in deep pitsand mines under theEirth,wherevapours and noyfom damps do many times frike men with death.We may here take notice,how Job heaps up words,, words very like in found, and all alike in fence, or concur- ring tomake up one f nce : Such amplifications in Scripture are vehementaffeverations;As JAI .2o.itis faid of the ..ßaptiff,He con- f effëd anddenyednot, but confed, I am nót the Chrif : And.thofe ph.rafes, Thoufhàlt dye, and not live ; I (hall not dye , but live; houfhalt be low ,andnot above. So Jobof his-day, Let it be dark.- n_ fs, -le;t not the light _thine upon it let dar?jneIS and the (hadow of çdat5 gain it.' The word which we render ()lain)) fgnifies 'properly to re-, kieet r.a thing , either by price or by power;. to redeem a thing by-
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