24c, Chap. c2. An Expo lition upon theBoolz,óf JOB. Verf.iq.. npo The word which we tranflate to ¡hut up , notes any kind of Ad via impe- block , impediment or hinderance laid in amans way to ftophis dimentrrn ad courfe ; it is applied alto to lockingof a door , that none come carcercm ad out , or go in ; to the (hutting of the Heavens that it rain not , nrinoulum re.- 2 Chron. 1 Glutting and opening, note a is of power, and ,{rti toter. 7. 7) g fo to ¡hut that no man can open , or fo to open that no man can flint, are ads offupream power. Hence the giving of a keyhatla been an ancient ceremony of invefting men in places ofauthority coda :Jere ut and chief command, hefhutteth up aman and there can be'no o- r1emo aperiar, peeing, that is, none till he pleafeth. Godfaith ofEIiak.im (Iai.22, fprems pore- 22) The hey of thehou[ of Davidwill I lay upon his fhoulder fo ¢tarn leer? he(b c,mhium admi- ailopen and none fhall flout, and he (hallflint, and none{ball o- 'nifirationís pen ; that is, he {hall have the higheft office in the Kings houle , fymb,lum e f. to (hut and open, beares the fame fence withgoing out, andcome- ;tia $o' ing in before a people, Numb.27,17. Chrift, of whofe Kingdom the houle of David was a Type ,. is defcribed by opening and f1l.rtting(Rev.3.7.) There thingsfaith he that openeth, andno man fatttetw, andfhutteth andno man openeth ; Chrift bath all power in Heaven and Earth given into his hand,, and therefore what his hand doth, no man can undoe. Now in his abfence he puts this general power into the hand of the Church , to be exercifed and adminiftred by fuck Officers as himfelf path appointed : Thus he applyes himnfelf to Peter,, after he had made that confefilon which is the Foundationof the Church (Alat, I6. t 9.) Iwill give tò thee the (yes ofthe Kingdóme ofHeaven, andwhatfoever thou Apesire,aiigaid (halt binde on earth , {hall he bound in Heaven, and whatfoever f ;gnificar 14- thoufh tlt loofe onearth , {hall be toold in Heaven, where though n{m f rtuna the words vary, yet the meaning is the fame, and give us this ai- iu n cenrra- furanc. that power can regfcind what is done in and by the clanfivn rnife- Y rum arum- Church according to the will of Chrift in binding or in looting. n jum. Further, fiouttingup, notes in general the putting ofa man into a Aprtlú voca- fad condition, whether in regard ofcivil or fpiritual things, and tur a4 opales- opening imports deliverance and freedome from either. do clo.' p p Hence Obferve, There is noprevailingagainft God,or repealing any ofhis refolvès. As when he breaketh, none,can build , fo when he{hutteth up , none can open. Tsalaam tonfeffech (NUmb.a.3.2o.) God hash bleffed and Icannot reterfe it, and where God bath curled, who can reverie it .° if the Lord fhut any door againft ws,or upon ut all the fiaiths.on earth cannot make a I<ey to open it. If God !hut or lock
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