610 Chap. i 4. An Expofa'tion upon the Boohof Jos. Verfe i 3: mull' all appear before the judgment Seat of Ch77 hat every one may receive according to what he bath done in the lefh, whether it be good or evil. They (as was lately toucht) who have done evil, (hall receive Wages, and they who have done good (hall receive a Reward. Such as our work was when we fell afleep, fuch will our receit be when we awake. 'ob was fo full of this hope, that he fhould both awake at that day, and receive a good reward, that he is even in hafte togo to Bed, and petitions fora Grave in the next Verfe, towhich I alfohaften. JOB Chap. 14. Verf. 13, 14., O that thou wouldef hide me in the Grave, that thou wouldeff keep me in ferret, until thy wrath bepail., that thou wouldeff appoint me afet tinge, andremember me. If a man die, (hall he live again ? All the dayer of my appointed time rillLimit, tillmy change come. O B isan earneft and an humble Suiter, for that which Nature !call delires, yea for that whichNature abhors. He petitions for the Grave andwoes Death, as if there were fome beauty in darknefs, or lovelinefs in that king of Terrours. Verrfe 13 . O that thou woaldeff hide me in the Grave, that thou wouldef keep me in fecret , until thy wrath be paff, that thou wouldeff appoint me a fet time , and-remem- ber me. Thewords fall under various Interpretations. Some conceive 7o6 begging to be hid in the day of account, which is aday of wrath to the wicked, andof the Revelation of the righteous judg- ment of God toall. The Popifh writers find here theirLimbuspa- true, or their imaginary Receptacle of thofe fouls whichdied in Faith, before (Thrift carne in the flefh, this fay they is the fecret place towhich fob willies he might retire, that by a prefent ba- nifhment from the world he might get out of the noife and fenfe of thofeevils, with which the Scean ofhis life was filled andmade uncomfortable. Secondly,
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