Ghapar 3. AnExpofition upon the Book of Jos. Verf.i4. will not lay it but of his hand. And that is one reafon why the Saints are laid to be in the hand ofGod, and toreign themfelves into.his hand ; Into thine hand do I commit my fpirst : it is their delire to be in the handof God; and Chrift aí1ureth us (job. to.) that we being in his fathers hand, no:.e can take us out. - Holy ,fob knew his life, h s fpi ritual life was in the hand of God, and that his going out of this natural life,was but a paffage to eter- nal life : Wherefore then (according to this expohtton ) thould he fo follicitoufly put his life intohis own hand ? We need notfear to part with that which thegrace of God loathfound. Secondly, Others under( and by lifc, the whole man, and Co Ttomrn ,dime the putting of his life in his hand, notes bodily i :firmity; as if ñc fumi oo being weakwith ficknefs, he was forced to lean upon his hand. ,Gt ponereánimá Whereforedo Iput my life in my hand? that is, wherefore am I in maaibns ft brought thus low, that I do evert go upon my hands ? Little chit- ita debilitari ut dren before they cango upon their feet, go upon all four,. as we hamo ¡tare Im- lay, they goupon theirhands. The feet and legs are thepillars f: 1ns. ñ bpsjr<d and fuppporters of the body. Jobs pillars ( faith this interpreta- ftentetur, ad tion) fhrunkunder him, . he mutt walk and live upon his hands. modern infaati- - The learned Author quoted in themargin contends much for this um. Bold. fence : but I thall not flay upon it. votis extremif Thirdly, Wherefore do I pm my life in my hand? Is asano- gy innitens digr= Î P 1 f y ( tovitam ago. tiler phancieth) a metaphorical fpeech, implying, -that a man id. is dying or near to death : the life of fuch a manfits upon his lips, Anima in mo- or is come out into hishand, ready to thake hands'withhim, and ntbus eil anima retarn to God that gave it. As if he had Paid, my life is gone corpo-te excef oat of my body, I am in the {late of death, or (as hiswords are¢ máribusnha- alto gloffed) my life is fo waitedand diminithed, thatit is fcarce beaus extra a ,handful. Why is it thus ? Is it becaufe Satan hopes that yet innosPint. San&Q fieextremity of.my atfliltion he (hall obtainhis with, and hear me with my Taft breath blafpheme God and die ? If that be his end he fhalI Mi<fs his end, for if the Lordflay me,yet will Itrufl Laftly, We may expound thewords yet more clearly and fa- tisfalorily by diversother concurrent Scriptures all which carry_ this plain fence, that putting of the life into the hand, notes only the expofing ofour life unto peril or danger. So Jephthah be- fpeaks the quarrellingEphrarn tes (Jadg. 12... 3.) when Ifaw that ye deliveredme not, I put my life inmyhands, and paffed over a- gainel the childrenofAmmon:that is,when I law you deferred-me, and 429
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