3g,3 Chap. 9. Air Expofltion upon the Book of JOB. Verf 3g Firft., In an ill fenfe, and fo to lay the hands, is to firike oy finite even to death, Gen. 22.12. Lay not thine handupon the child, upon Ifaac, that is, donot flay him. We have the fame expref. Pion ( Gen. 37. 22. ) when Reuben pleaded for Jofeph that he (hould not be murthered, Shed no bioud; but èaJt hint into tbta pit, andlay no handupon him that is, donot deftroy him. This laying on of the lipids, notes any violent aft, either proceeding from holy zeal or jiitlice, as in Nehemiah, who threatens the pro- phaners of the Sabbath, Ifye do fo again I will lay hands on you ; or from malice, as in the chiefPriefls, who fiught to lay, hands on Cbrifi the Lord of the Sabbath (Luk 20.19.) And. Chrift prophc- fying what the condition of his Difcipies and of believers fhould be, what ufage they fhotild find in the world, tells them (Mat. 21.12.) They (hail lay their bands uponyou,andpertcuteyou.Thus Haman thoughtfcorn to lay his hands on Mordecai alone(Efth.3. 6.) Iíe had a delign to take revenge upon the whole Nation of the Jews. Secondly,To lay on the hands is taken in a good fenfé ; and fo I find it ufed three wayes. r. In benediEtions, Mark o.16. Cheifttook tip theyoungcbil- dren, in his arms, and laidhis hands upon them, and bleffed them. As under the Law, Levit. 1.4. and Chap. 4. is. The people or theElders laying their hands upon the beaft, which was to be of- fered in Sacrifice, intimated the layingof all their fins by faith upon Chiift,of whom that Sacrifice was a type. So Chrifis lay- ing his hands upon thofe children, implied the bellowing and pouring out of mercy upon them, in the pardoning of their fins, and the furnifhing of them with thegraces ofhis Spirit. The fame action ufed by the Apollles in the nameof Chrift, had the Came fignification and gifted. When Peter and John came to Sa- maria, and fawwhat work the Weld had made among that' peo- ple, They laidtheir bandson them, and theyreceived the holy.Gheft, Aët.8.17.Paul likewife laid his hands on the Difciples at Épheftcs, and they received the holy Ghoft, AIL 19 6. It was ufed alto as a fign of healing, Mark 16. 18. They !hall lay hands on the fick, and they !hallrecover : And (Mat. 9. 18.) the Ruler faith unto Chrilt, My daughter it fic&, but come and lay thine handson ber, and file fball be healed. Some interpret the Rulers dcfire of this fïgn,to be as a fign he had faith, fo alto that his faith was weak. The Cetiturión ( concerning whom .Chrilt tefiified, T have not found
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