Chap. I3 4 E pofitionuponthe BookofJos. Verf.'z4. 43 caufe his hand is armed with irreuîftible poster to protef1 us s- Yet for a man tocarry a thing, in his own hand, is to carry it in danger, becaufe his hard is weak, arid there are fafer wales of- carryingor conveying a thing, than openly in the hand. Ifa man be to ride a long journey 'with any treaf_,re about him, he loth not carry it inhis Nan., bat pats it in force fecret and doleplace where it may be hid, and fo more fecure. TheCaldee Paraphratt, Anna mca pe to exprefs theelegancy ofthat placebfore-cited out of the Pfalas, riclitatnr, QC fs gives it thus', My life is in as much danger as ¡f it flood upon the i71 fuper¡icie very feeperficies or outftdeof my hand, as if he had nohold of it, maul me e but it ftood barely upon hishand; for that which is Pet upon the ea=Chald, plainor palmof thehand, and not grafped, is in greater danger. P Things fifekept are hidden or held fart. Therewar a treafure hid ßuæ aligraira ..,. in thefield, which when the man bad found, be went andhid it(Mat. mittere timet 13.44.) he did not carry it in his hand,but hid it, laid it up fafety. di[ite,:tcr ab_ Soour life is faid to be had withChr¡flin God (Col. 3.3.) which coadat. Aqu,n,. notes not only the fecrecyofthis fpiritual life, but the fafetyof itao-loc' alto. Asforce things are hid that they maynot be feen, fo other things are hid, that they maynot be loft. Hence, to carry the life in the hand,imports the danger of lofing of it. Secondly, There is another reafon of that fpeech, becaufe when a man is about to deliver a thingorto give it up, he takes it in his hand. Theythatput themfelves upon great perils and dangers for God and his people, deliver up their lives and their all to God. Hence that counfel of the Apoftte (i Pet. 4. a9.) Let them that Puffer according.to the willof God, commit the keep- ingof theirfouls to him inwell doing , as unto afaithful Creator. So here, the life of men in danger is raid tobe put in the hand, becaufe Poch are as it were ready to deliver and commit their lives unto God, that hewould takecare of theirlives topreferve them from the danger,orto take them tohimfelf,ifthey lofethem in his fervice, either doingor fufferingaccording o his will. That of the Apoftle comes near this notion (I ]oh.3.i-6 .) ought to lay downourleves for the brethren : now, if welay them down we muff put them into our hands, as a man that is ready to lay downmoney upona bargain,or for acommodity,takes his purfe intohis hand.Job had his life in his hand.ready to deliver it up to God,yea,though.God fhould feem to take it violently from him,yet he would willipgly relign it tohim and truft him with it. This fence carries a clear reafoa offuch kindof.fpeaking,yet I do not
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