Chap. 33. An Expofition upon the Basket' J o B. Verf. 24. 403 The word andwork of depverance is from God alone ; Thenhe will begracious andfey, delver himfromgoing downe to the pit. God can, and God only can deliver from death no creature in heaven or earth can (peak This but by commi!flon fromGod ; nonecan open this fecrer till God interpret it. Deliverance is the Lords falvation ; and the word of falvation from ficknefs,as well asof falvation from hell, comes out from the Lord. But is it not fayd ('Pro: 11. 4. ) RighteóuJnefs delivereth from death. f I anfwer ; when it is fayd, Righteoufnefs deliverethfrom death, Themeaning is, God delivereth the righteous from death. He delivereth them from the fling and terror, from all that which is properly called the evil' of corporali death ; and he delivereth themwholly from the leaft touch or fhadow of eternal( death. And this righteoufnetswhich delivers from death is not our own, but the righreoufnetsof Chrif}made ours by the appoyntmenr of God, and received as ours by faith. 'Tis neither any righreouf- nefs wrought in us, nor any righteoufnefswrought byus, but that ribhteou.nefs which is wrought for us , which delivereth from death : and that delivereth us from death, becaufe God faith of fuch a righteous perfon, deliver him, as often from temporali death, or going downe to the pit of thegrave, fo alwayes from eternall death, or going downe to the pit of hell. Fourthly , In that this word deliver him, is given to the mef fenger. Obferve. Clod conveighs deliverance and mercy to ter by men like Drat, (elves, He will have the creature beholding to the creature for hig mercy, though mercy come freely and only fromhimfelfe. God delivereth the lick and the (inner in filch a mèthod that we may owne, though not flay in his meffengers, as the inflruw,ients of his favour. Godwho can doe all things by himfelfe, will nor doe ma- ny things but by meanes. He faith to the meffenger, Deliver him fromgoing downe to thepit, Youwill fay, How cana Minifler or a Mefï'enger deliver the Fick from going down to thepit ? F f f z I an-
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