Chap.;6 An Exppfitaon upon the Rorrkofj OB. 'VerC22. 3349 that he thould fee this Redeemer with humane eyes, and there- fore he did believe, that his Redeemer thould have a humane Nature, or be The Son of man. JcfusChria, was A Son of man, in reference to his participation with us in all things, which concern created nature. And he was The Son of man, by way of Eminency in reference to his freedom from any participati- on with us in corrupted nature, otherwise then in the penal effet` s of that corruption as she Apoiîle flares it, bleb, 2 I I. Chap, 4.15. In all things it behovedhim to be made like unto his brethren, and hewas tempted in all ¡1 ints, like ,K we are, yet with outfin, He that is in all things like man except fin, is rightly called The Son ofman, for fin is not at all the form, but all the deformity ofman Hence job's faith propheled, The Son of man will plead, For his Friend. The word in the Hebrew comes from a root which fignifies to feedeither our (elves or others, becaufe friends ufe often to feed together, and fometimes one friend feeds, or provides , and offers food to another. Ir is taken fometimes largely fora Neighbour, and not seldom aridly for a special friend, Dew-. 13. 6. If thy friend who is as thine own foul entice thee, &c. that is, if the nearft friend that thou hail in the world entice thee, &c. in this arid fenfe the word is to be taken here; Job was not one of Chrifts friends at large, he was a fpecial, a Bofom friend, Job was not (according to the known ufe of that word among us) Afriend of Chrijl extraor- ditZary, but he was Chrifisfriend in ordinary, a man who dayly converted with Chrift,and Chrift with him; a man who daily performed Offices ofdutiful love to Chrift,and a man to whom Chyift dayly performed the Offices of bountiful and merciful love. Hence his holy affurance that Chrift would perform that Office Ofmercy for him, be Son ofman willpleadfór hisfriend. The words thusopened are (as 1 may fay) An Epitome of the Gofpel, a little G fpel, yea I may call them the wholeGofpel; what is the Gofpel but thisgood news,that Chris},God manme- diatesfor his people. All that Christ was is expret d in this, whatfoever,Chrittdid more then this oh earth, is implyed in this, and this is alhChrift now' doth for us inHeaven, He ever dives to make intercefón for us, faith Saint Paul, Heb.7, 25. which is the fame in eflel, with what holy .7áb profetteth in his Text, Hewillplead for a man'with God, and the Son ofman -.for bis Friend. Dd d 2 There
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