Chap. 42. an Expoftion upon the Book. of Jos. Vert. to, 93 I anfwer, Thefe words, The Lord turned the Captivity ofJob, traybe takentwo wayes. Fir(}, thus, He turned that to Job ( whatfoev r it was ) which 7,baw rejli. aveu lead intoCaptivity. So force tranflate, The Lordrefored that tuft quad Ca . pp wbtch was taken from fob. His Cattel, which were takenaway by urn violent men, &his children,which were takenaway bya vehement Captivitarpo- wind,were returned or reRored to him again. Theword Capti- vity iselfewhere in Scripture taken tropically for things orper- eaptiuis. fons captivated ; that which is captivated is called captivity, The D1uf. Lord turned the captivity of Job, that is, he returned that which was captivated or taken away. Take aScripture or twofor that frnfe of the word captivity (Judg. 5. t a.) Awake, awake De- borah, awake, awake, utter a fongi arife Barak, and lead thy capti- vity captive:; thou fon of Abinoam.. That is, bring them back who wea,% taken captives ; or thus, lead thofe captive who have taken thy people captives. So (Pfal. 68. 18.) which is quoted by the Apotile (Ephef 4. 8.) When be attendedup onhigh, he lead captivity captive. The Pjalmiftgives us a prophetic, and the Apo- flle reports the hitlory of the glorious afcenhonof Chrift. When beafcended up on high, he lead captivity captive. Which text, as the former, may be taken two ways. Fir(i, Chrift alcending, led thofe captive, who had led poor foulscaptive, that is, the devils ; which the Apoftle expreffeth thus (Col, z. 15.) And having fpoiled principalities and powers, hemade a (hew of them openly, triumphing over them in it, that is, in his trots or fufferioD , or (as our Ma, gin hath it) in'himjelf And as Chrift fpoiled thofe principalities, and triumphed over them, not only really, but openly in his pailion ; fo he led them captiveand triumphedover themmoreopenly in his afcention. \Secondly, He led thofe that were captives,(infra men,captive; he brought them out of a miferable captivity into a bleffed capti- vity, that is, from the captivity of fin,Satan, and the world, into a captivity is himfeif. The Apofile (peaks fo of the mighty pow- er of the Word, in the-miniflery of the Gofpel a Tbeweapons of our warfare (that is, the weapons with which we, the Minifiers of theGofpel, makn wa~ upon tinners to convert them) are not carnal (that is, werk)bat mighty through God, to the pulling down of firong holds, swing down imaginations, &C. and bringing into captivity every tbooghc to the obedience ( 2.Cor.IO,4154 Cccccc z Not
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