Chip i 2. An Expofition upon the Book of Job.Verf. to. 221 He uih take it aay. If God fend for our breath (how unwilling fv e, er weave to-part with it) it mutt come. One of the Anci- ents befpeaks a wicked man thus, Thou halì thybreath in thy No- frils, and thou art unwilling to let it go,but if God (pea(7. the word.thy breath will go. Again (faith he) When God Jhatl reunite there two, ,ybody and thy breath, andcafi both into Helltogether, he wet hold thy breath in thy body whether thou wilt or no; flç+ is a "doulsde punilhtnenthe will fetch thybreath out of thy body w zeta thou wouideft keep it, and he will keep thy breath in thy body, when thou wouldll be feparated from ir.. Thou (halt the when t i r:u wouldit live, and thou (halt live when thou.wueti death de- lireft to be niffolved, yea to beannihilated. This alt.() adminifters comfort to the :saints, that as when their breath goes firth, Gods hand leads it forth, f. that hand of God will preferve their breath forever. He rives them ete.-n ri '.ire,and that is in his hand ; He can lengthen out life to all eternity in whofe hand life is. He that gives us a life of (pan fun;, can gi e us like Eternity -long. Thus we havefeen lobs ftrft argument from theCreatures, all which acknowledgeGod their Maker, God their ©ifpoter, and PÈeferver; they have their being, and their weli-being,together with the changesand continuanceof both from him. Ff3 JOB
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