406 , Chapai'. An Expo(tionupon the Book of J;O B. Verf. i. As ifhe had more largely fpoken thus. As Iperceive Iam going to the grave, f' I def re to go thither, I have(ac to thisfenfe )made á covenant with death andanagree- Sepulcbrami.. ment with the grave.rhegrave and Ifhall not fall out, nom that I bifupple opto. am ready to fall into it. For if I hadmy vote or might put down qudrocogito in writing what I would havo,I would write A Grave , Agrave aurquid amile for as I am declinin and deco in in m bod fo my trït 5epulcbv mib ' g, y g y y' y fp , ínblant, ego andmy mind are as willing that my bodyfhould decay: I am as fepulcbris. readyfor thegrave as that is for me. Agrave for me : So the d °r" words carry a reciprocation of readinefs between Job and the ribus valedrebut rave thé gravegapesfor me &I gape far the rave:We may a. voledico argue g , e renunciojun. rallel this kind of peaking withthat in the book of Canticles, Chap.2 16. where the Spoufe faith , My belovedis mine, and I am hra : The Original is, My beloved to me, and Ito him There are no more words then needs moil be. The largenefs of their afeCtion,°bred this concifenefs in language, My beloved tome, and Itohint:We aretoone another,as if we were but one. Theexprcffìòn notes two things. Firtt, Propriety, My beloved to me, or, my beloved is mine; that is, I have a propriety in him. Secondly, It notes poffcflion, I have him , I have not only a right tohim, but Ienjoy him ; I have not only a Title, but a tenure ; God hath given me Livery and Seifìn ( as our Law (peaks) he hath put me into pofftflion of Jefus Chrttt , and I have given Jefus Chrifffull poffeflìon of me, I am no longer .my own, but his, andat his difpofe. So here, The grave for !ne, andfor thegrave. The grave is my right ; yea the grave is my poffcflion. The grave is a houle that every one hath :tight to,and fome are fo near it, that they feern poffelf'ed of it.. 7 he grave is mine, faith Job, or I am as a dead ;man ready to be carried to my grave ; The grave is riot made ready, till man is undreifed by death, and fo made ready for the grave. We.,fay of very old men, though in health, and we may fay of very. lick rnen,thoug young, 7 hey have one foot in the grave. ;Jobhpeaks.as having both hisfeet en the grave, Yea, we may fay, that Job (peaks as if had not only his feet in thegrave, but ( which is far more`)'his heart in the grave. There are .many; who have their feet in the grave, whole hearts are`at furthefi diftance feom it J >b had both. Heman, Pfal. $8 4, ,.,) defcribes his condition in Euch a language, My foul is full
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