Chap.T6. AnExpo f tion upon the Book of J O B. Yerf. i 5. 3., 9 j DuJt ) alfo is taken properly, or improperly ; properly, duff is light, fmall, crumbled earth. Chrift chargeth his Di- fciples, Muth. i o. -1 q., Whofoever ¡hall not receiveyou,nor hear your word, rvhe4ye depart out of that City, (bake off the du,í1 ofyour feet : That action was emblematical, and noted one of or all theft three things. Firft, That the earthwas polluted, where filch refuters of the precious Gofpel did inhabit; and was therefore to be fhakenoffas a filthy thing: Secondly, that they werebale and vile as dull, inch as God would (hakeoff. Thirdly, That the duff of the Apofiles feet there left,might be as a witnefs ( fo the other Gofpels exprefs it) againft them, that the Gofpel had been Preached there. Duft allo in a proper fenfe, was ufed in times of humiliati- on and furrow among the Jews ; for then, they either fprink- led dull on their heads, or lay down in the duff : Jofiiva and the Elders of Ifrael put duff on their heads, Jofh. 7.6. and Job profef eth, Chap. 42, 6. Therefore I abhor my felt, and repent índDuftand Aches: Which we may underftand either firi- diy,that he fate downin the duff,- teftifying his repentance,or largely, that..his was a great and a deep repentance, even like theirs, who are humbled in Duft and Aches. That Carnal Worldly Sorrowof the Merchants and Friends of Babylon is thus expreffed, Revel.18.18, 19. And they call .duff ou their beads , and .eryed , weeping and wailing, faying, Alas, alas, that great City. Improperly, Duft lignifies any low condition, Pfal.l-13. 7. 1 Sam.2.8. fleraifeth the poor out of the duff. And again, 7-Kings 16.2.. For as much as I exalted thee out of the Duft, andmade thee a. Princeover mypeople Ifrael, &c. To be exalted from the du(l;is to be exalted from among the common peo- ple to a Princely fiate, as that parallel place tells us, 1 Kings 14.7. All menare but level with the duff in their natural con - ftitution, but all Magiftrates are above the duff. ( that is, the commonpeople) by their civil conftitution. When Job faith, Ihave defiledmyborn in the .dull;- it may be underftood tie ther properly, that he did fit down in duff and a.fhes as he fpeaks, ,- Chap. 2.. or improperly, that as God had brought him into low condition, fo he was willing to fubmit fell
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