2-g 2 Chap. r2. An Expofition upon the Boo&ofJoi . Verf`t6, Or lattly, job (-peaks this only in a way ofacclamation, as be- -ing lifted: upand ravifhed with the meditation of Gods great- , nefs,power, and wiCdome. And therefore as he had laid, fo he Epiplronemic;s faith it a lecond time, with hint is wifdome and firength. He is the diíEum; cuit eo ftrong God,the wile God This Rhetoricians call (Epiphonema) fane voixr railing u of the voiceand l iris in acclamation to the truth of s(; rarro.llerc.- $ P' p s that which is fpoken. When the Apoftle had exhorted the Saints to,rejoyce,he adds,and again Ifay rejoyce : Co here, did [ fay the Lord hath wiCdome and firength will lay it again, with hire is wifdome, and ftrength. But though the words in our tranffation are the fame with the i,th verre, yet the Hebrew differs. In the t3th verre the 112 words are Chochmab and Geburah, but here, Ghoz and Tofiah, which though they bear the Came interpretation in the Engliffi, anhaer ' n eti`fam ig ndif,idgcnait yet they have a greater force in the, Original : For the former gnifenotonlY rrefzftablefrength, but excellenc and di ni. tat prxitan- ty joyned with that ftrength: So that it imports a Rerfoncloath- riam, hsn®rem ed as mach with dignity and honour,as with ifrength and pow- excellenti- er fal. ?y, 1. ) Give unto theLord gloryandfirength ; That is, am connoter. give unto the Lord a ftrength which is glorious. Jerome tranf vert;t late, thisword often by Imperium, foinetinies by virtus _nothin ertrt irraperi- in Y p r Y g UM free, vir- both,an Imperial Sovereignty orpower. ins. 7o Honor The later word lignifies not only wifdorie in general, but the regius. higheff and pureft wifdome, the matt fublimate and refined wif 2 ni-23 ¿orne, Thevery quintefence andfpiritof wifdome; Again, it figni- o,nne ens. fies not only the ,quinteffence,arid extraEl ofwifdome, but being and Lamb. exigence: As ifhe had raid, with rim is being fubjiance, permanen- omr.ikm return cy : diversofthe Rabbins tranfIate Co, and Co doti Mr. Brough vis a rober, ton He bath the forceandall that is, all being is contrafted and 5xur p yre brought into God, for he is thefirfi being,and in him all things live, cocue id qu,d move,andhaze their being. Now here is much more than we had flint ab ill) ell. at the r3th verre, withhim isforce, and all that ìs; that is,the be- Bey.. ing andCubfiftence of all creatures is contained in God. God is his own being,he is Pelf being,fel f exi fence ; and all exiffence or being is derived franc him. This is the hiigheft elogy of God. 2:4.etah deno. Thirdly, It lignifies not only the firft hein , but the molt excel- r f ubfiflenri lent being, the being and firbfiftence (fo Come of theRabbins am eminenri . render it y ofthe high Friel, of Kings and Emperours, abeing main quasis ell in Sovereign-authority ; fix your thoughts upon the noblest fub- sliBniresfrcgaks liftences, fuch, and,infirii.ely more noble then fuch, is the fhb- flame.
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