508 Chap. r:0.. An Rxpofition upon the Book of,J O B. Verf. g; The words are read three ways. r. Affertion. 2. As an <Interrogation. Admiration, 3 Ertl, Man y Interpreters give themas a plain affertjon,Rememti ber,Yhat thou haft. madesrte.as the clay, and thou wilt bringme into' the duft again. Secondly, Others read them (as we) with an interrogation,, Remember, that thou haft made me as the clay,andwilt thorn bring. me into the duff again?. ktead Hatted Thirdly, Some highten them into an admiration, Thou haft viler.'" toadifu made me as the clayi and (what) wilt thou now bring me into the éum aroti ad. duff, again! Whata wonderis this ? Could Ihaveexpeaed fuels di£7uc,ut in a fudden change as this.! - pulverem ra- Take the words as a direct' affcrtion, Thou wilt bring me into vertar,atrumf; the duff again, . So they-may have reference to the decree of God debre re cm - concerning n. ma as-thofe before had to the Creation of man. As aovere,ur par- ", mihi in vi- if he had faid, By creation andnatural conftitution,Iamfrail and ta. Coe. weak, made-of the clay, by thy purpofe_ and decree 1 am appointed eartttuii pro Tinto deg h, Thou wilt bring me into thedut again, therefre [Faro fie fi,inenda me for the _than time I have to live.. eflfaaturum Some change the-con unction And into the adverbof Iike potentia'eeli,de g 1 [ ' tentiarivelde. nefs, fo,to note a right, power, or priviledge,and the text runs bitum,vel jut, in this form, Remember, that as thou haft made me of, or as theclay, vel p oteflaremfo thoumayft (it is thy priviledge, none can contradic}: thee in it, denotans, "cut tne and thou doefi me no wrong in it, thou.mayfi) as thou haft pur- eementumcom pofed, bring me to the daft again. Though it be common and na- pegii li, eodant twral to all Creatures mixt ofElements,tobe refolved and turned poteflote cum back into that out ofwhich they were made, that is,todie ; yet to Voluerb in than it is more then natural ; there is a decree upon it, betides row reducer the naturalit ofit : Man dieth b of tatute-law haven. To die etuHa mihi ills- Y .3' f f 3ainjuria,13o1. is a penalty inflit ed upon man for. Sin, for he had not beenun- der a necefhty of dying, if he had not finned. And therefore though God formed man (as the holy fiery informs us (Gen. 2. 7.) out ofthe duff of the earth,yet fo long_as man flood, he never faid to him, Toduft thoufbalt return; God only put a fuppolition, that in cafe man did fall, he fhould furely die. But whenman had fallen by fin, thenhe hears what he was,and what he muff be, For duft thouart, and to duff thoufhalt return (Gen. 3. t9.) As if God had thus befpoken 1 uful rrì u. bybody wasframedout of duff, and
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