386 Chap.i6. An Expofition upon the Bookof J OB. Verf.22 Eloah, or E!obim, and fo it is in the clofe of the former Verfe, Mine eye powreth out tears, to (Eloab) God, and he will plead with God, which more then intimates a difiint perfonality or fubfiflence in the divine nature, One, who is, and is called God aóting towards another, who is,and is called God,thoughGod be but one or (uniffr'mus) One -molt in nature. yob weeps to God the Son in affurance that he will plead for himwith God. the Father, He will pleadfor a man with God. And the Son of man, that is, Jefus Chrift, whom he called God before, he calls now, The Sen ofman, this Title infre- quently attributed unto Chrift in the New- Teftarnent, Mat. 8 20. The Foxes have holes, &c. but the Son ofman bath not where to lay his head, fo (Matth. 10.23,11,19,12,8. &c.) Je- fus Chrift is called the Son ofman, Firtt, to thew the truth ofhis humane nature, he being line- ally defcended from David, according to the flefh,and is there. fore ftyled, The Son ofDavid. . Secondly, to thew the depth of his abafement, Chrift humbled yea emptied, andnothing'd himfelf , when Being in theform of God, he was made in the likenefs of men, Phil. s. whin being the Son of God, he fubmitted to fo mean a Rile, The Son of man. Ezekielamongtt all the Prophets isoftneft called Son of man. The reafon which force align is very probable , That God fpake to him under that Title,tokeep him humble in the . midi' ofhis many vifions and revelations, for which end, Paul in the fame cafehad f1 Thorn in.tbeffefh, the Meffenger ofSatan to buffet him, 2 Cor. 12. and though Jefus Chrift needed no- thing either to make or keep him humble (he being infi- nitely beyond the reach ofpride) yet he needed much to thew and give prooff how humble he was Nor could therebe any greater evidence of it, then this, that he was pleafed to be The Son (fman. Yet I conceive, Son of man may be here only anierbaifine denoting man, which kindof (peaking is al- to ufually among the Greeks. And that fob might (peak of Chris under this notion, is clear from that faith which he difcovered in the myfleryofhis incarnation, thatgreat myffery of godlinefs, Godmanifeffed in theflefb, ofwhich he fpake fo cone fi:.'ently, Chap.19.25.26,27. I know that my Redeemer liveth, andthat he (hall /(and at the latter day upon the earth, whom I Jhsllfee for my felf, and mine eyes(hall behold, &c. jobb believed, that,
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