Chap. 34. An Expoftron upon the Book, of J o B. Verf.i ç. 597 filth with the befome of de(truction ; He can deflroy all the world, or ail men, who are the chiefe part of the world,together, or at one blow ; ïo, that (as the Prophet Nahum fpeaks,Chap: 14. 9.) Affictisn (hall not rife up a fecund time. Allflefh(hall perifh together, . andmanfall returne againe unto dull. Or he (hall goe backe unto duff, that is,he (hall dye : that's the fentencewhich God gave upon man when he had finned (Gen: 3 19.) In the fweat of thy face (halt thou eat bread, till thou returne unto theground.; for out of it waft thou taken, for duff thouart, and untoduff fhalt thou returne. Manwas dull before he finned ; yet he had not returned to duft , if he had not turned fromGod by fin. Sin brought in death , and deathbrings us to the duff. All ílefhfhall perifh together, and man 'hall returne againeunto duff. Hence obferve. There is noone,man hathmore priviledge then another, again.* thefentence ofdeath. The Greateft Prince dyeth as foone as the meaneft peafant. Death can as foone and as eafily breake into the (trongeft fort or tower of (tone, as into the meaneft cottage of reeds. High and lowfhali perifn together. Let none hope tofecure themfelves by any thing ofthisworldfromgoing out ofthis world. Riches availe not to the day of death (Pro: i I. 4. ) High Titles and honours availenot, ftrength availeth not, beauty availeth not, none of thefe can be a protediion, if God fend out a writ or fun-limns to the grave. Hap- pyare they whoget an aifurance of life after death, for none have an affurànceof life againft death. Againe , In that death is here exprefl'ed under this notion of 1eri fhing. Obferve. (Nan is but in a perifhing condition while he is in tins world. As all the things of the world are, fo ismon, while he abid.eth ( if I may fay he abideth ) in this world. Ch-rift earneftly exhorts ('ohn 6.27. ) Labour not for the meat that periIheth. Why lhould we labour, that is, fet our felves with our whole ítrength and might to purfueperiling things, feeingve our felves are perilh- _in a
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