570 Chap. 40. An Expofition ;upon the Becket' o a. Verl. ao differs from another Star inglory ; that is, there is one excellency, . ute,or operation in this Star,and another in that : Or,OneStar dif- fersfrom another Star inglory;that is,their lighr,influences & ef- feSts differ, fume being more, others lets operative upon fublu- nary bodies. When the Lord laid ro rob, Array thy felf with glory, his meaning is, fhew thybefl ; and he means the fame, when he adds, Array thy felf (with beauty.) Beauty is the natural ornament of the body, of the face or countenance efpecially. Thefe two words,glory and beauty, are often joyned together in Scripture (Pfal. 21.5.. Pfal. 45. 3.) where we render them honour and majefly. We may thus diflin- guifh between them, taking the one for that which appears out wardly, in vef}ures and geftures, in a&ions andworks; and the o- theras importing that reverence & veneration which is given to Verbs on i. fuch, as appear in that fplendor and digniry,or which their fplen- 'taliafera dor and dignity (firs up in others : But we need not Rand todi- flint fyno:uou f}inguifh them, the words being often ufed promifcuoufly. And here the Lord is pleated to imploy many words to the fame pur pole, to fhew what great Rate he had need be in that contends with him : As if hehadPaid, O Job, although thoudid/l not ft upon a dunghil, or wert not bound to thy bed by the cords of thyaffli- Eion, but didfl fit upona Kinglythrone, fhining in robes of royalty, couldfi thou in all thofe ornaments equal thy ¡elf to me, in majefiy, andexcellency, inglory andbeauty ? Deck thy felf with majefty and excellency, &c. Hence note, flith; Godhimfelfisfall of Majefly, of excellency, of Glory, and' of Ream,. I put them all together in one Obfervation, becaufe the ten- dency of them all is one. The Scripture often fete forth the Lord thus adorned, thus decked (Pfàl...9 3. r..) The Lord reigneth, he is cl<athedwith majefly, be is cloathed with flrergth, wherewith- he bathgirded himfelf, Again (Pfal. 69.6.) Honour and maje- flyarebefore him,flrength & beauty are in hisfaniluary(Pial, t ó4. r.) Ble(sthe Lord, O my foul; O Lord, my God, thou artvery great, thou art eloathedwith, honour and majefly. This cloathing, . this array. which theLord called fob to put on, is properly his own ; and though God will not give his glory to another, yet here
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