Chap, i$. An E'xpofition apan the Beek of J OB. Verf tg.. 93 or goe over their necks, in token of their totall overthrow and moY etas"spin fubjeftion. Thus (according to the prefent reading ) death and tmprtatcrar"n deftruelion like a conquering King fhall tread upon the wicked un "puop`r man. This hightens the fence Rill, to tread and trample upon ¡fern r(ry hurri another is a note of abfolute Conqueft. ( Pfal. 9t. z 3.) Thou d ífo"awn in it- halt walke upon the Ljon and Afpe, the young Lyon and Dragon ttus ieruicer et cotlutn rfutta"- :Male than trend under thy feete ; Thou fhalt tread upon them, not do conrutcarenr. accidentally, as aaman treades upon an Adder or a Serpent in the Cedrenm. way : but his meaning is, thou thalt intentially tread upon them like a Conqueroue, thou (halt tread upon them to tettifie thy dominion over them. So ( Lure Io. 19.) when the Lord Je- fus gave that promife to his Difciples that they thould doe great things, he faith, And yon fhall ( faith he) tread upon Serpents, that is, you fhall have power to overcome whatfoever may annoy you ; ferpentine power is all hurtfull power, whether literalt or myfticall. As the Apoflle adores all beleevers, ( £nm: i6. zo.) god(hall tread dovone Satan(that oldSerpent) fhortlj underyour feete. Thus death or defirac`tion fhall tread upon the wicked like a King. Taking this Kingof terrours for death ; which interpretatio* I pitchupon. Obferve ; That, death is very terrible. It is the King ofterrours; It is very terrible under a thra+efold confederation. Firít , It is terrible, ifwe confider the Antecedents , the fore- runners, or harbengersofdeath, which are pains, fickneffes and difeafes, thefe are terrible. Secondly , It is terrible, ifwe confider thenature-of it ; What is death ? Death is a difunion ; all difunions are troublefome, and fome are terrible. And as fome difunions are terrible, fo there are moft terriblewhich rend that from us which is neereft to us. The difunion ofneereft friends, ofa loving husband and wife, how grievous are they? Now death makes a difunionof thofe that are neerer then husband and wife, evenoffoule and body. There are ('as I may fay) more then married together; Husband and wife are one flefb, but foule andbodyare one perfon. This marriage bond is broken by the violence ofdeath. And
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