Chap. 5. An Expofition upon the Book of J OB. 17. 327 what themfelves (hall be in heaven, arc children, and therefore they have what fits their flare, cbafining and correüion. This ebaf1ning is fomtime put for revenge, or the exaaeft and feverrft tretribution of juffice; Thus it is faid,Prov.7.22. That the foolifh young man caught by the fubtil harlot, went after her at a fool to thecorredlion of the flocks ; That is, as a wicked man goes to pu- nifhment.Andwhen theProphet defcribes the fuffcringsofChrifl which were vindiaive in the highefl degree,he exprcffesit in this word, Thecba/tizement of our peace war upon bim ( Ifa. 53. 5. ) ThoughChriil were the infinitely8&moil entirely beloved Son of his Father,yet he did not chaftizehim as aSon, but as an enemy or malefaetor,for he chaflen'dhim inour flead,& under the fame notion that we muff have been chaflened, who wereenemies and malefa6torsl So then, the word fgnifies fomtime judiciary cha- flening, but here fatherly chafining,which will yet appear more cicarely, in opening the lafl terme of this verle, which fhewes us the cfficienr caufe of this chaftening. The Almighty. Defpife not the chaining of the almighty. The chaflning rod is in the hand of Sbaddai, the almighty. This is one of the glori- ous names ofGod. And he isfo called, firfl from his power, to go through with ú,èeriva- what he takes inhand:His work never flickes in the midway for tur. erirnaa want of flrength tobring it to the end.Defpifenor the corrcEtion radice 17V of an Almighty hand. Further,the wordnotes not only power e- Vaß°vrt, fpo- nough to correa,but power to deftroy, fpoyle and lay all wafle beforehim.God bathgained this Title or attribute,from deflroy- dir,guofr vs_ ingor waftinghis enemies.Some of the Rabbins defign the O;i- flatorem divas; ginal of it,ro that efpecial asof hisdefiroying power, The draw- i. e. invitlum wing of the old world; he thews his Almighty power in defroy.ing &ñem®r%Ï- and pullingdown,aswell as in making and lettingup this goodlyHere pir. Ee frame. To this the holy prophets are well conceived to allude, volunp4t ncnequi when they fay that, Skod;fcii. deftruaion, corneth from Shad.. Deum hoc no- dai, The Almighty. We have it in two exprefs Texts, Ifa. z 3. 6, men troxlpe d: Howls ye, for the day of the Lrod is at band, it (ball coat as a De vat#ariafi flrattion from the A'migbty, It fhalI coin as Shod from Shaddai. mundi, Gaïn So (Joel z . t 5. ) Alas for the day, for the day ofthe Lord is at redden G and as a d:ffrullion from the Almighty aft' it come. band, reddum orcerra- firable for us to confider underwhat namGod isexpreflede en 4 la tini Qsnnipo: he is charlening his own children. tent. Secondly,others derive this name from the corjunf}ion of two. l lie
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