Chap.. An Expöfition upon the Bvok,of J 0.11,., Verf:5. 357 by paying for it, or to redeem a thing by ref.-cuing ofit : Hence a- mong the Jewes,be that was to redeem his deccafed brothers land, andmarry the widdow,was called Goel,from this word,as we may read in thefourth ófRutjl,,Sothe avenger of blood was called Goel, 1Vnmb.35.J2. becaufe he.likewife did redeem, the .bloodlo£his bro- ther, fetcht it back again as it were by a price in the execution of juffice_. The learned :Junius, with fome'others, tranílates accor- ding to that fence of the Original word , _ O that darknefs and the fhadow ofdeath had redeemed that day,orfetched backchat rl:y., (he refers it to theday pall upon whit n he was born,) and Co akes it for an,allufón to th init fate of-things : We know, at the firft darknefs had dominion'over all, over all that Chios or rude mat- ter which God made at firft : Par'knefs (faith Motër) was upon theface ofthe deep, Gen.t.z. Then Godgave command to light, faying,Let there be light,verf.3.pref-ntly light went forth and ref- cued the, creature from únder.the power of darknefs. Now faith yob here, atbat darknejs and the fhadow of death had redeemed that day,or fetched again that day out of the hands of light ! O that darknefs had recovered that which in the beginning was under its power ! that fo my day being wrapt up in darknefs, might be without form andvoyde. But the word' is frequently train-lined (and well ,here) to pol- lute or to Rain a thing; as Mat.1.7.. Te offer polluted Bread upon mine Altar, andye fay,Wherein bave wepolluted thee ? And that of lamenting Jeremy, They bavepolluted themfelves with blood, fo that men could not touch their garrnents,Lam.q..tq.. Sodarkncfps is faid to Plain or pollute the day , as filthinefs. or blood trains and po`.- lutes, difcolours and defiles the beauty o&a garment : Darknefs - obfcures and blinds the beauty of the molt glorious creatures ; In mFtefune natural darkuefsdoth it. Suppofe you fhould come into a Room flatvnurodr ; ómn furniíhed with the _ moll exquifite and costly ornaments, hung fibjlantfade- with the moll curious and lively pictures ; if there be no light tìerliratur, far- there, the beauty ofall is loll to us, darknefs thins it, you may denrflettrfitt_ have as good a fight in a dungeon'as there. Again, take it for Me -. Fen; cua;flá. taphorical or improper darknefs, that alto Rains -the beauty of the úrre l.eRe- creature ; if you have never Cogreat a Bock and cítate of riches,'' or honour, &c. let but forrow and trouble; warre and divifions arife,the beauty of all i= flailled. What is honour then, but high- el: unhappinefs ? And what are riches then, but golden thorns ? What is liberty thcn,b,;t fzeer mifery ? And what isftrengththen, z 3 t
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