Chap. 39 An E.vpofition upon the Book,of J o B. Verf. 3o. 493 CO eternal life, (job. o. 5i, 53.) Though the railed and glo- rified body of C:hriti be entted into the full poffeffion of a divine and eternal life , and though we by faith look to Jefus Chril , not according to the fle(h , nor as dead , but as living and fitting for ever at the right hand of the Fathe's there making intercefiiion for us ; yet we mutt look to him as entring into the holy place by the facrifice of him/elf, and with his own blood, not with the blood of others (Heb. 9. 24, 25,x6.) The Apollle told the Corinthians, Idetermined to know nothing among you, but yefsts Chrifi and him crucified ; that is, fo to know bim as to feed upon him my fell, and fo to make him known to you,that you might feed upon him allo. Further, It is conuiderable, that as believers in Scripture are compared to Eagles, and the Lord is laid to have born the old Church of the lens upon Eagles wings ; fo under the Gapel Eagles wings are Paid to have been given to the Chri(lian Church, whereupon (he was born out of the reach of danger (Rev. 12. 13, i 5,) andwhen the Dragon law that he was call to the earth, he per(cowed the woman that brought forth the man -child. And to the woman were given two wings: of a great Eagle that floe might lie into the t'Pildernefs, ( that is, convenient and sufficient means to further her flight andretirement ) into her place(where- fóever it is ) where fhe is souri(hed fr a time, and times, and half a time , from the face of the ferpent. All the means of the Churches efcape from danger are (hadowed by two wings ; not but that God bath more mean's than two, by which his providence works and procures the fafety of the Chúrch ; but, becaufe it had been improper,fpeaking of her flight, to exprefs more wings than two : For the Seraphims, which are defcribed, having each one fixwings (Ifa. 6. 2, ) yet two of them only were put to that ufe of flying. And there two wings given the Church, are Paid to be the two wings of an Eagle, becaufe among all the winged tribes, Eagles are fl'ongefl and fwiftefl of wing; they can fly faflefl, and they can flyfurtheft, as in height, fo in length. Nor are the wings given the Church, barely called the wings of anEagle, but of a great Eagle, implying not only thebefl kind of wings, but the b:fl wings of than kind ; not only the wings of an Eagle, but of a great Eagle. By all which is meant, the wife and tender care of God over his Church in times of greatefi
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