Chap. 3 3 An Expojition upon the Boo. of J o s. Verf. 21. 365 foever they rejoyce, either in the prefent enjoyments of this na- turall life, or in thehopes of a long naturall life in this world, yet they alwayesare within one poynt ( or pricke with a pen which is the (horten imaginable (pace) of death. In which fence alto St Paul (peaking of the different !late of the body now in this life and after the refurreclionfrom the dead, faith (tCar: t 5. 54.) When thin mortal!(hall have poton immortality that is,when we, who now live in dying bodyes, orin bodyes bearing the marker or tokensof death, and' looking like dead men, "hall have put on the beautiful! and glorious robes of immortality, Then 'hall be brought to gaffe the faying that is written, Death fhall befreallowed op in victory. Whereas now death which is ready enough to get the vietory over healthy andnrong men, is fo ready to get the vi&ory over weake and ficke men, that their life may very well be fayd ( according to this fourth and lafi interpretation) to draw' nigh to the defiroyed,or thofe that are already dead.Thus if in {lead. of Death-Bringers or defiroyers we read Defiroyed or thofe that have been brought to death, the meaning of Eli& inthis pafhage is plaine and eafie ; importing the ficke man fo liicite , that there is fcarce a fiepor but a poynt between him and thofe who are a&ually dead. Bat whether we take the word in this paflive fence ,. and tran date TheDefiroyed, or in the alive, as we, and midge deflroyt ers, thereby undemanding either Angels in fpeciall;or difeafes in Generali fent by to defiroy or take away the life of the ficke man ; which way foever of thefe, I fay, we expound the word, it yeilds acleare fence asto the (cope of the text, and as to the truth of it, ( upon the matter) the very fame.. His lafe dram ah nigh to the deftroyers; Hence note. Firn , Difeafes are defiroyers. Either they themfelves defiroy n they come, or the de-- firoyer comes with them. (Pfal: 9o. 3.) Thou turnefl man to deflrxff:on and fayefl, returns ye children ofmen. 'Tisa Pfalrne penned by Mofes lamenting the frailety of mankinde. He lived to fee all Ifraci, whomunder his hand and condu&.God brought out of Egypt, dye, except thatrenowned two, Caleb and jofhua ;_ And thereforehe. having feene the great dearneionof that peo
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