Chap. to. An Expofition upon the Bookof J O B. Verf. 9. 507 ing to God to remember, that he bath made him as the clay. I might write many things in this clay out of which min was made; but I have met with other paffages already of the fame 1ubjeâ, efpecially in the fourth Chapter, yeti-. r9. in thofe words, Inateria el Wholefoundation it in.the duff, whichText being near ofthe fame qv,,orrr frarrN importance and interpretation with this in hand, I (hall rather nabiù ad modo- refer the Reader thither, then intïll upon the fame deduaioras and f1;am magefl a inferences a fecond time. Take only this in general. Our rete- U d ¿ionupon the matter out of whichwe are extradied;(hould leffon :iiiiiielit11:1,47; us to low and modell thoughts of our felves..t for what is lower sanft. then the earth.We fay,bde that lieth upon the earth bath not whence to fall ; It is as true, He that rifeth out of the e.arth,-hath nothing in himfelfwhence hefbould be liftedup. Remember that thou ./24i made me as the clay, and 'Wilt thou bring me into the duff again ? To `be brought to the dull, is.fìrtl a circumlocution or defcrip- tion ofdeath, Pfal. 3o. 9. Shall the dull praife thee,(ball it declare thy truth? That is,ihall I praife thee whenI am among the dead? What profit is there in my bloud,when I go down to thepit ? Not that próht lure, I cannot bring thee in the tribute of praife,when my life's gone our. Secondly, To be brought to the dull, is a defcription of any low and poor condition, Pfal. 22. 29..4u they that be fat upon the earth (that is,the great and mighty)(ball eat andworfhip, All they thatgo down to the dull (that is, the mean and bale) ¡all bow befire him. As if he had laid, rich and poor, high and low, the King and thc begger,have a like need of falvation by Jefus Chrí(l, and mutt fubmit unto him, that they may be favcd, for as it there follows, None can veep alive his ownfoul. The captivity of the Jews in Bab)lon is expreffed under thofe notions of death, and of dwelling in the dull, Ifa. 26. 19. To thew how low they were brought ; even fo low, that no power but his, who can raife thc dead, could work their deliverance. job faw himfelf brought to the dull ofa low tondition,ofpo- verty and of difgrace, and he feared he fhould be brought to the dull of death,and of the grave. That's the meaningof this expo- ftulating querie, Andwilt th it bring me into the duff again? He wasnot at all brought out of the dull of his affliaion, and there- fore he could not fay of t hat, Wilt thou bring me intothe duff agaod? Ttt 2 The
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