338 Chap.$, An Expofitionupon the Bool¿,of J O B. Verf. 19: the manflayer, Deut. 19.7. and the addition made is ofanother three, ver. 9.Three witneffes gave the compleatefi evidence re- yuirable,as Two, the leafs admittabie in the law, Deut.17.6.That ('betides a rule ) there was a myfiery in`mofi ofthere, I think no man doubts,though what the myflery was,may be prefumption in any man to determine. Of this we are fure, that the highefl my- fcery, and perfection ofall numbersand things, is found in One Three,7hatThree.inone One, The facred Trinity ; And in the corninon Ipeech, of moil, if not of all languages, Thrice happy, 1Thricegreat, Thrice honourable, note a man advanced to the very Pinnacle of Happinefs, Greatnefi and Honour, The num- ber Three, or the Nasmeral Thrice, imply a compleatnefsin all num- bers.' That the number fix' notes perfe ion,may be" oen irr iii work òf,Creation ; The Lord could as eatìly havemade the world its fix or in one moment, as in fix dayes : but the Lord taw it góod, to take a compleate number ofdayes, for fo compleate a worke.God threatens Gog, his perfeei and compleate enemy, with a corn- ,pleate punifhmenr, or with }udgement in perfeáion; ( 7hejuftice of God can be as compleat ire punifhing, ac the malice of man can be infinning. ) Ezek. 39. 2. I am againfi thee G Gog, the cbeife Prince ofMefhech and Tubal, Iwill turn theeback, and leave but thefixthpart of thee, Co we tran flat, yet in the margin of our books,we find theHebrew thus;Iwillfirike thee with fixplagues, or, Imill draw theeback, with ahooke offix teeth. Seven is a famous number, implying, pirff multitude, Secondly perfet` ion : The barren have borne feven ( faith Hannah in her: long, t Sam. 2.5. ) that is, many, the is a compleat mother, íhe hath a flourilhing family, many children. And in oppofition to this ( Jer. 15. 9. ) Sbeethat bath born [even languifheth, that is, the that had manychildren, now hath none. Seven devils were .call out of the woman ( Luk:8. 2. ) that is,a multitude ofdevils: So the feven Spirits, the feven Churches,` the feven Trumpets, thefeven Sealer, the feven; Vials, &c. in the Revelation, fpeake the compleatnefs andperfc ionofeach in their kind, whether good or evil : and that is appliable to the-particular fcnfe of the text, (- Prov, 24. 16ä. ) The duff filial) liven' times a day ; thát is, he falleth 'often, almoft continually into trouble, and yet be ri- fes againe, God delivers him, The Hebrew word Shébange, is neere in found to our kinglifh ,'even .; and to note that. (even
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