39. 44Expofitiónapex the gookof J O B. 'Verf.3o. 489 ancient Prophecy (Deaf. 28, 49.) may be applicable to this fi- nal deftru&ion of the fewifh Nation; The Lord (hall bring a Nation againff theefrom far, from the end of the earth (as fwi(t) as the eagleflyeth,a Nation whole tongue thou (halt not underhand. But though it be both very probable in it felf, and very futa- ble to the words of Chrift in St. Matthew, that the deft u&ion which the Rj nan Eagles brought . upon the body of the Jerifh Nation, is there implyed ; yet Chrift (peaking of his own coming to judge the world (as well as of the Romans todeflroy the Jews) there is (I conceive) more ink than that, when Chrift faith, wherefoever the carcafs is, there will sheEagles begathered toge- ther. And why may we not fay, that Chrift compares himfelf to the carcafs or body, and believers to the Eagles, who (hall refort and be gathered to him wherefoever he (hall appear ? Taking the words in this latter fence. Some expound them of true believers gathering to Chrift, as the carcsfe or body, every day by faith. One of the Ancients Euth tnïus. faith, when Chrift being laid in the grave, was firft reforted to by Theophila.. Mary, the wifeof Cleophas, and E.ílfaryMagdalen, and Mary the au,. Mother of our Lord, and by the Apoftles, then were the Eagles Arnbrofius. gathered about the carcafs : And ever lince Chrift arofe from thedead, believers have gathered together about him, and fed upon him as crucified, or as that bleffed carcafs who procu- red life for them by his death ; wherefoever Chrifi crucified is preached,thither true believersgather,and many whobelieve not are added to the Church. Again, others expound it of the Saints gathering to Chrift at the Taft day. Our late Annotators dealing with thefe words, as reported (Lu6, 17.37.) fay, that by the flight of the Eagle is fignified the fudden a(femblingof the Saints ufiro Chrift coming unto judgement, anfwerable to that of the Apoftie, i Cor, 15. 52. asalfo to that, r Thef, 4. 17. Now though according to this allegorical interpretation of the Texts in St. Matthew and Luke, Chrift is the carcafs, and belie- vers the Eagles yet I (hall clots my interpretation of thisText in Tod, to which both the Evangelifis allude, by (hewing that in other Scriptures, fuch things are fpoken of ChrifE himfelf, as hold out a likenefs between him and the Eagle, in many refpeas. Firfi, As the Eagle isthe royal bird, the Princefs or Q, een Rrr of
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