chap, 4t An Expofi'tion ote the Book of j o B. Veuf. 4 by't alight have his life (t Dings 2o. 3 x.) Thy fervant B:nhadad Jo jure be1ri faith, Ipray thee let me live. But this Leviathan is fo [lour, that orcidi potuit, he will not ask his life of any man, nor will he ferve any for an "" it condiftiou hour, much lets for ever. netts, ftprom Will foe ever with thee ? wilt th-ti take himfur thy longs ferviru- te co1nrnuta, That is, will he become thy fervant bycovenant, or thy cove- Sang' rant- fervant ? Covenants bind fervants to duty. There are two things in a fervants covenant. Firfr, it obligati him co work. Secondly, it affureth him of a reward. Gods covenant with us àífures us of mercy, Iwill be tojot a Gol, $ will pardon your fins, I will do yougood ; and then it requires duty, You pallbe to me a people, you (hall walk humbly and uprightly before me, you fhall ferve me for ever. Wilt those take Leviathan toferve thee For ever ? But are any fervants, or £hall any (except God himfelf) be ferved, for ever ? why then faith the Lord, Wilt thou take him for thy fervant for ever ? Some are taken fervants only for a year, fome for leven years, others for life. They who are fervants for life, are and may be called our fervants for ever: fo that when the Lord faith, Wilt thou take him for thy fervant fir ever ? the meaning is, will he be thy fervant as long as he liveth ? And in- deed the life of a beat may well be called his forever; £oraf`f much as he bath no lifeafter this life, nor being after death. The word rendred for ever, comes from a root in the Hebrew, which figniteth to hide, or to be hidden, becaufe Eternity, which is for ever in flril;} fenfe, is altogether hidden and without end : and if for ever be taken only for a long rime,indeñnitely, that's a hidden thing too ; who knows when a long time will end, if no end be affigned to it ? The life of man is his for ever in this world ; for how fhort foever itis, no man knows the end of it, and to him it is a hidden thing. In this fence allo the life of a beef+ is ,a hidden thing as to the natural end of ir, and fo his for ever, Wilt thou takehim tobe thyfervant for ever ? or, Wilt be be thy ever lafling fervant ? R r r r Hence-
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