Chap. 7. An Expafatianup n the Beok of JO B. Verf. 9. 615 which are not fatisfied, Prey. so. 16. In the Greek of the new Teftament, it is tranflated Hades,which by changeof letters Tome form out ofthe Hebrew Adant,andAdamah theearth,untowhich God condemned fallenman to return, Gen. 3. 19, we find this word Sheol, taken, five wayes in Scripture. r. Strifly and properly for the place of the damned, Prov.15. a I. Hell and deJtruîtion are before the Lord, how much more then ?fIVJ all the hearts of tbechildren of min. God looks through the dark- Yam infernos nefs of hell, which is utter darknefs. quad ut 2. It is put metaphorically, for great and extream dangers, or chrum:44, miferies which feem irrecoverable and remedilefs ; thefe are figu- sept. SPRAY ratively called hell, becaufe hell properly taken, is a place from rnmruorum ref whence there is no recovery ; there's no releafe from the chaines naml`uer anima ofdarknefs ; all changes are on earth, Heaven and Hell know Betaporn none : when David praifes the Lord Pfal. 86. 13 )for delivering áJ c de fep.ut- hisfoul from theloweJl hell; he meaneth an efiate on earth, ofthe tiro ufurpa- lowefl and deepefl danger i maginable ; mercy helpt him at the tur,Pfal. r6: worft.To be as low as hell,is to be at the lowefl.uf. 3. The word frgnifies the lower parts of the earth, without relation topunifhment, Pral. 139.8. ifIgo down into hell thou art there. lie had laid before, ifIofsend up into Heaven thou art there ; by t4eaven he means the upper Region of the World, without any refpe6 to the eflate of bleffcdnefs ; and hell is the mofi oppofite and remote in diflance, without¡refpeft to mifery. As ifhe had raid, let the go whit her I will, thy pretence finds me out. 4. It is taken for the /lateofthedead, whether thofe dead are in the grave orno, Pfal.3o. 3. Ifa. 3S. IS, 19. Gen.37. 35 . In all which places to goout of the world, is to go toSheol. Jacob in the Text alledged , Gen. 37.35. .laid, be wouldgo down into the grave-to bit Son mourning ; yet Jacob thought his Son was de- voured by a wild beaft, he could not go down into the grave to hisSon, for the bowels ofa wild beaft was his fuppofed grave, but he meaneth only this, I will even dye,as he is dead. So Num. 6. 3 ;. where that dreadful judgment ofGod upon Raab, Da- ahan and¡Abiram is ftoried,it is faid,that they their Sheep,and their Oxen,and their Tents,, andall went down into Sheal, that is ,. they wereall devoured and fwallowed up. But 3. Sheol fignifies the place where the body is laid after death, namely the graver Prov, ßo,1-8, Man bath a demeafan of earth ft°
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