Chap. 5. An Expofitin upen the Book of ] OB. Vert. z5. 3$9 andgreatning ofhis Kingdome, there!hall be no end. So that,to fay thyfeedfhall be great, notes, not only fome (landing greatnefs, but growing greatnefs : they (hall ever be upon an encreafe, till they corne to their full in glory. And thy offpring as the grafs of the earth. Both claufes of the verte mean the fame thing. The word which we tranflate offfpring, lignifies properly that which goeth forth or iffiies, becaufechildren fpring or go forth from their pa- PS,NV, cut rents, and are therefore called their if ue.And the word is ufed for ex vire pstai- the bud of the Olive or of the Vine ; hence the Pfalmift puts tel, them both intoa fimilitude.. Thy childrenfhallbe like Oliveplants roundabout thy table, They are as the olive bud in their births . and as the olive branch in their growth. Thy off-fpring (hall be as the graft of the Earth. To be as thegrafs of the earth, is aproverbial fpeech : and it Proverbiale axiles to the fenfe of thofe proverbials fpoken toAbraham con- maltitudini,, cerning his feed, Thyfeed(hall be as the Stars of Heaven :. And thy alio June fiat fled'hall beets the fand upon the teaJhore. The grafs of the field ßre r¢1i' ut is as innumerable, as the Stars, or the lands ; Thy o fpring fliall Prut beas thegrafs of the field. Thou(halt not only have a numerous, but thou (halt have (asit were)an innumerable off-fpring. Man kind in general is compared untografs,Ifa.40. 6. AllPA isgraft; Grafs in regard ofits hidden withering, he is füddenly cut down, thegodlinefs of man is as theflower of thefield. Wick. ed men are compared to grafs, not only becaufe they wither,. but becaufe they. wither fuddenly, or are cut down by forme hand of juflice. The off-fpring of a godlyman, arecompared to grafs, but in.another reference. To grafs, firft, becaufe of their mul- titude, and fecondly, becaufeof their beauty, they (hall flouri(h and be green as the grafs, which.isvery pleafant to the behol- ders eye. And in thisaltoEliphaz aimes at thedeath of job'schildren Thou haft loft thy ihildren, they peri(hed iniferably, but if thouHoc dint quia return, that bldfmg Shall return, thyfeed !hallbegreat, andthy off - 7obfilies ami. fpring (hall be as thejr`tfs of the earth, ffrar,Mcrc.. The blefling ofc ath been (hewed in the firft Chap-' ter, therefore I 1 but name a point or two now, Firft, That; The poflerity. of godly parents, Hand nearer than others,, under
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