Chap. i 5. An Expofition upon the Bookof J O Po Verf.t5. of admiration ; as if he had fa,d, Wouldyou thinkit , that God puts no trufl in his Saints ? yet he doth not : or is not this a wonder, that God puts no true in his Saints ? whom will he trufe, ifnot his Saints -? 5`1L2do27 The word which we tranflate, to put truff,fignifiLs proper- ly to believe, he doth not believe in his Saints , ornot give 2éde e sane credit to them ; he doth not ( as our word hath been ) confide gram ran-eü in them;a perfbn is confided Cr truficd in, either becaufè of his ,1 conjlantie faithfulnefs,or becaufe ofhis ffrength and liability ; the word outjideli 5 which we render here to trua, fignifics fometimes arength or conflons cui firmnefs, as alto a Pillar, which is not onely firm, but up- credidebear. holds and confirms the wilding , or that which leans upon iititit it. The fame word dothelegantly lignifie, both to trail, and Genus colum. to be firm, becaufe every thing (: that is truled ) is trufied lip- forum, z Reg, on fuppofol, either of a natural,.or moral flannel's. Hence the is Vulgar tranflate, immutable ; Behold among the Saints there, to fair non eJl jides,t.e not one immutable, or unchangeable : And another of the An- jirmita:vel tient There k no faithfulnefs in his Saints ; that is, firm immutabilitas fiefs, or unchangeablenefs of nature is not to be found in naturd: rug. them: Ecce inter Sara There are three different cites of the word. £Iose3sHnemo immutah,lis. Fira, To trufe. Vulg. Secondly, To trufil in. Bliqui feyunr, Thirdly, Totruffupon. So the tranflation varies, here. Noneredirfsn- For lira flame read, He doth not :ruff his Saints. anflossfuss, rn Secondly others, He:dathnoteruff in his Saints. plow nfoot fu. A third, He doth not trua upon his Saints. Sic credere its Thus, force put a difference between believingGod, and be- Deum,inDea, lieving in God, and believing upon God ; though we find them £. Deo, Synoa ufed promifcuoufly in Scripture. It is faid by Mofes ( Gen. ruffont. 15: 6.) Abraham believed in the Lord , and it was accounted to him for righteoufnefs ; but the Apoffle(Rom.4,3,)faith plain- ly AbrambelievedClod, and it was counted to him for righte- oufnefs. So that there is not any material differencebetween thofe twoexprefíions ; yet ordinarily to trial in or upon , is taken in a higher conaruóion than barely to truft Behold be puttetb no truff in his Saints. Here it is queftioned, who are meant bySaints ; there are if) "p Ell oh three opinions about it. Theword Saint ingeneral lignifies odud:vtñu comma a perfon_feparated, or one fet apart from others Hlinefs is how. ,. our ,
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