328 Chap: 33. .r$n Expofition upon -the Boob, of j o ,s. Verf.t8 Eruens ar:imaet back-his.fell from corruption. The word is ufed for corrupting by e,zu a corrupri- fin ( Gen. 6. t . ) And hod locked upon the earth, and behold it one. Vulg. ants corrupt.: for allflefts. hadcorrupted his way upon theearth; that is, all men were grown wicked and 'Bark naught. In the very _ next verfe (verf . 13. ) The fame word is ufed to denote cor- rupting by punishment due to fin; Behold- Iwill defiroy ( or cor- rupt ) themwadi the earth.; thatis,I will deflroy theface-of the earth, or deface thebeauty of the earth, and I will alto dellroy all ioa +?aT+ A 4 men fromoffthe face ofthe earth. Secondly, the Septuagint ren- '4' " der, He (pare+ hisfoul from death. Thirdly, the Caldee Para- Lh hta .ro 1ei Sept. phrafe (as we) He p-ohibits hisfoul from the pit ; theee three, mum ajar a fo- corruption, death, and the pit are ofneer aliance ; and the fame ves. Targ. word in the Hebrew tongue fignifieth corruption, the pit,and death, The pit (or g4ave)is the place of corruption and the feat or houf . of death. We find the ,pit anddeflruotion put together -( Pfal. 55. 2 3 . ) they fhallgoe to the pit ofdefÈrtiîüon ;. So then the fame word may well ferve to liignifiea pic,corruption and death ; b- caufe in the pit dead bodies or carkaifes putrifie andcorrupt. Yet David prophesying of Chria fpeakshis afluranceof efcaping Vdere fovea" corruption, though not the pit or grave.. (Pfal.16. t o.) Thou eflamplius qua wilt scot fuffei thy holy one to fee corruption, or the pit. It.is this fepeliri, nimirü word ;.that is,thou wilt not fuffer him to corrupt in the pit of the ut is ;mum grave ; though being-deadwas buried and laid in the pit, yet he perfefl dicarur didnot fee corruption to the pit. Tharis, corruption had nopour, non vi creadtem, n.o maffery over him ; for helooted thebonds of death (it being put efl,infove- impofftble that he fhould be heldby them) the third- day, yea s, fed qui ejido with the firfhof that day,or as Loon as it might be truly Paid that it vim corruptri- was the third day ; Chrrfl was buryed in the latter part ofthe eemexperirur, fixth day nof theweek, and arofe early the fira day of the week,, fivevider, eor- rupionem in even whenit did but begin todawn towards thefrfl day oftheweek. .a; videre e- (Math. 28. r.) And therefore feeing asnaturalifls(according to nim.ß fentire Scripture evidence, Loh. i 1. 39. ) teflifie corruption doth not fvepatiali- naturally take hold of the body till the fourth day after death.The quid. Coc, dead body of Chrifl was altogether free from corruption,, or Chriíl (as was fore-flaewedby David in the Pfalme) faw Sao corruption. Further, this word p?t,is taken not only for death;the grave,and corruption ; but for thofe contrivances and plotswhich are made and laid for anymans death or diflrukion. Thus David Paid of his
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