Chap. 6. An Expofition upon the Book ofj O B. verGz. 523 firáightned. Now faith f ob,did I fay,dcliver me out ofthe hand or power of mine enemies, who have brought me into there siroxtap ;4ei. ftraights?alluding,as is conceived, to thole Chaldean: and SatB- ans, who had fpoiled his eflate, and !lain his fervants. Or redeem me out of thehand oftbe mighty. - Redeem me. That is, mygoods which they have carried away captive. To redeem, lignifies the fetching back ofa thing by priceor force. Chrifi is a Redeemer in both fences : he redeemed, or fetch'd backcaptivated man, by compaa and by price, in re- fped ofGodhis Father. We are bought with a price, r Cor.6. 20. that is, bought with a full price. Chrill didnot compound with the jufiice of hisFather, but fatisfied it, to redeem us : and he re- deemed us by force,out of the hands of Satan. Spoylingprincipa- litier and powers,andmakingaPen, ofthem openly, Col. 2.15. As in Triumphs the Romani ufee todo with their fpoiled captivated e- nemies. Job had not begged redemption ofhis friends, from the powerof his enemies,either way:did I defire you by compaE},and by price,to ranfome me ? Or did I defire you to levy an Army, with power and force, to recover my elate out of the hands of thofe mighty oppreffors. Theword [Mighty]Ggnifies alto terrible ; the hand of the terri flY rerribia bleone : It is often applyed to God, when he thews himfelf in fuapoteatiafor. terrour towicked men,Pfal. 89.7. God is greatly to befeared ; ¡fa. mtdabfdfi . 2. 19. He !hakes terribly the cart b. But molt commonly, to cruel, powerful men, whomake no other useof their ftrength.but to be a terror to innocents. The Apofile Phil. 28. explains this word. while he faith, andin nothing )eye terrified byyour adverfitier;that word in the Greek anfwers this in the Mebrew, your adverfities are terriblemen, men who think to beat down all with theirs great looks,but benot ye terrified by thefe terrible ones.Sohere, Did I call untoyou to redeem me out of the hand of¡be mighty, the terrible ? out ofthehand of thofe cruel plunderers, the Sabeans and Chaldean:? De mane Tr;_ Further Tome underfland by the band of the mighty, not the tabat`enu, Va. perlons afflic` ing, but the afliiEtion it felt, which was upon him : Puto eum AI- Trouble is fòmetimes compared to a mighty enemy, Proverbs legorice ram 6. I r. So ¡hale shy poverty come, as one that traveller), and tby- av" &ala want as an armed man. Want firips us, but is it felt, not only emen inte ca/p. . cloathed, but armed, evils havefo much lifeandjirengtb in them gere, men. X xx that
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