596 Chap. 34. An Expofition upon the Book, of j o B. Verf.i 5, moll for' his flefh, andnegle&s his foul altogether, till being planted into the fecund 4dam,he is brought out of that wretch- ed condition intowhich he fell by and with the firt Adam. Se- condly, He is called flea), becaufe, line the fall man is become weak and frail, both as ro Naturals and Morals, ('Cen. 6. 3.)71ify fprrit (hall not alwaiesftrivewith man, for that he alfo is f efh : As if the Lordhad raid, Now man dcclarethhinofelfto be fief) indeed, he alts like an impotentforry creature, he'aítsas if hefcarce hada foulin him, as if he wereno more then the b?afts of the earth : My fpirit (hall not alwaiesftrivewith man, for that he al fo is f efh ; and therefore (y. 3ó.)God cold Noah, bhe end ofallflefh is come be-. fare me that is,. Man, and all his worldly glory,fhail all be fwept away with a deluge of water, as here; Allflefh fiallperifhtogether. There isa two-fold perifhing; Firfl, By way of. annihilation. Secondly, By way of tranfmutatìon. WhenElihu faith, all flefh: (hall peri(h,we are not to underf and it of annihilating all flefh ; (God can do that, he can turn man back into that nothing out of which he was made) but the perifhing in the Text importeth only a change. Death is called a change,& achange to perilhing,as that good & great woman faid,l willgo in unto the King,and if 1 peri fin, Iperifh, (Hel}. 4. t 6.) that is, IfI die, Idie. The Prophet la- ments (Ifa. 57. I.) The righteous perifheth, and nousan layeth it to heart. Allflefh(hallperifh Together. That is, without exception, one as well as another, rich and poor, high and low, (Irong and weak, all are alike in the band of God, (Pfal. 33. 13.15.) The Lord lookethfrom heaven,hebehold- eth all the fans ofmen, &c. he fafhianeth their hearts alike, or toge- ther ; that is, he fafhioneth the hearts ofall men: God doth not fo fathionmens hearts alike, as tomake them all alike, (faces do not differ fo much as hearts) but ashe fafhions one mansheart, fo anothers; he fafhions the heart of aKing, as well as the heart of a begger : All fief)fhall peri(h together nene either by poweror po- licy can fandagain.ft adifpleafed God. Again, We may take the word together, for all at once, God o-an make a total devaflation in the earth, 'and fweep allaway as filth:..
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