Goo. - Chap. 14.. 4n Etpofition upon the Bookof Jos . Verfe 12. As if he had laid, Tuft eu the Sea decays and drier up, fo manwhen he dies ¡hall be utterly loft : One was, is, as trueas the other. 'We have a Proverbial fpeech, This is as trueas the Sea burns : We may fpeak to the fame fenfe, This is as true as the Sea is empty or dry_. ed up. Thirdly, This fenfe is given, aswhen the Sea fails from the place to which it hath ufually flowed ; and leaves its former bounds, then the Flouds and Streams adjacent dry up (becaufe they are fed and maintained by the Sea, Ecclef. i.7.) fo when na- tural moifturedecays inman (which is the fupplement and Oyl of Life) man fails and canno more revive himfelf, then aRiver can recover its flreams when it is cut off from thofe ferret fupplies and fprings which it receiveth from the Seas : Thus the Similio rude is applyed in the next verfe. Verle 12. So man lieth down and rifethnot, till the Heavensbe no more, they ¡ball not awake , nor be railed out of their peep. 7t6 cubat As if he had laid, Deathbrings man to bed in the Grave, from inpulvere whence he rifeth not, five infepul- until the Heavens be ne more, Are quod Chaldei vo- what Heavens ? and How are the Heavens , nomore ? There is cant TS a threefold Heaven. Firfk, The Airy Heaven, or all that fpace uncle between theEarth and the Moon, Birds are faid to fly abroad in b nInt) the Heaves, that is in the Air : Secondly, The Starry Heaven, mortui, or the Heaven where the Stars are placed, whether Moveable or fixed Thirdly, The Imperial Heaven,. which is called thefeat of the Blefed, or, which is more tranfcendent, The place of the fpecial pretence andRefidence of God, when he faith, till the Hen.. yens be no more, ` means he the Airy, or the Starry, or theHigh- elkHeaven? There is no queflion but thefe lafì Heavens !hall on- ¡inue for ever : Then we mull Interpret him of. the. Starryand Airy Heavens. Vail theHeavens-be no more until hath a threefold fignification in scripture. Firíla.ntil fignið a certain Period or Duration : The Scep-: ter¡hall not depart from 7udah until Shiloh came, (Gen. 49. io.) So, (Roma i.2s.-) Blindnefs in part ishapned unto Ifrael, until the
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