Chap. Io. An Expof tion upon the Book of J O B. Verf. 8. 495 Apoftle calls it vile, not abColutely, and in it felt, but relatively. Tile body clothed with mortality is vile, compared with the bo dy, when it (hall be clothed with glory, and that glory like the glory of the bodyof Chrilt, as is affured us, Who (hall charge our vile body, that it may befafhioned like lento his glorious body ', The words carry an allution to thole who changing old and broken ve!Tels, delire to have them wrought in the beft,aad neweít fathi- on. The body of Chrilt is the richelt piece of Gods work, and this (hall be the pattern of ours, as here upon earth the fpirits of believers are of the fame fathionwith Chrills (the fame mind is in the Saints,which was in Chrilt,there is but one draft of grace (in the main) upon the Souls of all holy men, and that is a copy of Chrifts, his being theoriginal) So in heaven,the bodies of all believers (hall be of the fame fa(hion with Chrilis. There ¡hall be but one draft of glory in the main (for degrees do not vary the kind) upón the bodyof Chrilt, and thé bodies of all members. In reference to this future changeof the body, the bo- de in its preCent !late, is vile, Secondly, Hence it follows, That as we mutt not undervalue the frame of mans body in general, as imperfeé , fo we may not delpiCe any for their fpecial bodily imperk ions. It is God who hath made and fa(hioned them round about. It is laid (z Sam.5. 8.) that the blind and the lame were hated of Davids foul. Yet to hate any for def 1s in the body, is a very great defect in the Soul : and to contemn any for natural blemilhes, is a fpiritual blemilh. How then could David hate the blind and the lame, and not fin, or are we to number this among his fins ? There arc two expofitions of thofe words, upon either of which wemay clear the difficulty. Firft,That when DavidPent to fumnaon that Fort,the Jebufites w.ho were the defendants, truíting in the ítrength of the place, told David in (corn that be mutt tiri conquer the blind and the lame.As implying the blind and lame Soldiers,wcre garrifon good enough to deal with his great Army upon the advantage of finch a fortrefs. Secondly, The blind and the lame, may rather be the Idols and ftrange Gods which the 3ebufites worfhiped, of whole pro- tef,}ion, theywere not the let's confident, becaufe the Jews count- ed thembut blind and lame. As if they had faid, even thefe gods, which you call blindand lame, fee well enough what ye are
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