394 Chap.,. An Expofition upon the Bookof J OB. Vert. i i tafhed in water, thou waft not falted at all, norfwadled a r all, none eye pityed thee to do any oftheft' unto thee , but thou wait calf out in the open field, to the lothing ofthy perfbn in the day that thou wa(i pag,tx born. Now this is a certain Rule, that Cuch Parabolical and Alle- fiuow ¡r gorical Scriptures are grounded upon known cuflomes and things ab hu u re: iii ,Life ; It is certain there were fome fo unnatural to their Infants, brc 6' derrore that they would bellow no care upon them' when they were f!°t' born, neither wall) nor cleanfc, nor binde them up, but cat' them Levana elea pro tevaw.eù out (as the Prophet fpeaks) to the loathingof their perins. The terra Giffnti Heathen .Komans had a dpecial god defs or deity, whole name &a. Augut} imported her care and office, that children when theywere born; deGïvtt Dèi,1 fhould be taken up from. the Earth, and fet upon the knee. A:: ror the reventin of this unnatural cruelty 'tor p g' g , (very frequent as it Lexdo non ex feems a rmong.ft them) the Thebanes made an expeefs Law that ponendi-tnfan . Infants.fhould not be neglected or cati out when they were born, Wnr.Apud. though the Parents thought they would be a burden to them by IElian, deVar, reafon of the charge, orno delight to them by reafon oftheir de- EA,t,r r. y . formity. Now faith Job, I could with I had hadfuch a father, or fucha Mother, or fuch,friends, who forgetting natural afferion would have calf nie out when I came firfi into the world ; Why did the kneesprevent me ? From hence allo we may obferve, firft, That an Infant , ac loon as he liveth, loath iuhim thefeeds of death: So job (peaks ofhimfelf , Why dyed I notfrom the womb ? why didl not give up the ghoft when I came out ofmy Mothers belly ? Or why was I not rifled in:the womb ? why was ever that door opened to let me into the world ? I could have dyed as foon as I lived. Not onely is man aging fin, but Nature infected with fin the fubjet of, and fubjeLfed to the power ofdeath : So the Apofile teachern "us, Rom.5. i 4. Death reignedfrom Adam to Mo. fes , even over them that had not finned after the fimilitude of ,,Adams tranfjreffian ; And who were thofe ? Even little Infants, they had life , yet death reigned over them, they were under the dominion ofdeatb,and fubjed to that Kingof Terror. Sines the feed of death, and the principle of corruption. God- Both In- fants no wrong when they dye, their death is of themfelves, for they have the feed ofdeath in them; We may affirm in one fence, that when Infants dye,they have no lofs, and we are fure(ineven ry fence) when they dye, they have no wrong;All death (except death to fin) it the wages offi n, and therefore canbe no injury to the finiter. Secondly,
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