5"46; Chap. i o. fl;t Expoftioft upon the Bookof J O B. Verf becaufe he (hall do this, 7herefore (hall he lift up, his hrad,thatis, he {hall prevail by his paflion, and overcome by dying, yea, he thanovercome death by a triumphant refurreC1 ion. rtottere caput Again, There is a two-fold lifting up of the head ; Firfi, a lift- - notnguedium itsupofthe- head with joy and coufolation(Luk21.28.)Sccond- e fidusiam. iy,A lifting up ofthe head with pride and oflcútation, Pfa1. 8 3.2. Cot. Loe thine enemies make a tumulr,andthey that h e the' have lift up the head ; that is, they have proudly boafled and vaunted their}- felves. The latter is yobs fenfe,ifHie righteous, I will n, t lift u my bead in pride'; he might andhe did Iift up his head in joy, be- caufehe knew himfelf righteous: Once more, there is a lifting up of ours heads in our. fives; and a lifting up of our heads in Chritt. job difclaims the former here, but he all along allumes the latter. We cannot lift up our heads too high in the thoughts of free grace, nor hang them down too low, in the thought ofOur own works. Further,While job faith, /will not lift up my head, he meaneth Ion levabo lets then he fpeaketh. In Scripture there is fomctimcs lets cx- copat,h.e de- p pi,, ac rcffed then is intended, and fbmetimes more. That of the A- mean ccramr Pottle (1 Cor. 15. 58,) Your labour (hall not be in vain in the ttr ambutaba. Lord, rifes in fèufe higher thon exproflion, our labour in the Lord {hall not only not be in vair, but abundantly advanta,gíous. This of Job, I will not lift up my head,falls in feule below his ex- prcffion,tor his meaning is, I will a bale myfelfbefore God, I will be fo far from priding my feif, or walking (as the daughters of Jerufalem are defcribcd by the Prophet, Ifziah 3. 16.) with a firetched forth neck, that. I will rather hang down my head. To hang or hold down the head, in Scripture noteth humbling . Mesta irf : and forrow ; when Chrifi bids his peoplelift up their heads with 'ices capite de. mja,er in ter- joy,becaufe the time of their redemptionwas drawing nigh,it im- ramde3e10 plied that their heads would hang down with lorrow, while'that mbulant. redemption was further off. The Jevyifh falls áre dcfcribcd (in `apt part) by thispofiure offorroW (I.fa.58. 5.) lrit 'itch afafithat I 'bave chefn ? A day for a man to a f iel hisfoul ?"Is it to bow down his beadas a bull-rufh ? Times offafting are times of mourning, and then. (it fcems) they tired tohang down the head, as a tiign ofmourning. Ikenceobferve, That agodly man,hon" upright and holyfoevér he ar,rvilirbìmtblywith God, The
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