Chap. 19. erAn Expofition upon the Book of J o B. Verf.9 . 203 capacities ; fo perfonall eminences and advantages are the glory of a Tingle or particular man : and when he who was rich is made poore, when he who is ftrong becomes weake, when he who had may children is made childleffe, when he who was exalted in great power and authoritie, is caft dowse, and con- temned, then he may fay, as Phineas his wife did when the Arke ofGod was taken, .Ichabod, Where is the Glory ? or as ?ob in the Text ; Hehashffript meofmy Glory ; and ( which carries the fame fence and fcope. ) He bath taken the Crowne from off my head. A Crowne and Glory are of Poch neere alliance, that they are often put together as one thing. Solomon exhorts to exalt Wifdome ; and why Shee Jhall exalt thee and a Crowneof Glory /ballfhee deliver to thee. (Prov. 4. 8, 9.) And the Lord promifeth ( Ifa. 28. 5.) That hewill befor a crowne ofGlory, andfor a Dia- dem of beauty unto the refidueof his people ; Yea, that his people /hall bea Crowne of glory inhis hand (Ifa. 62. 3.) All Crownes are glorious, and Glory is a Crowne. Hence the ApoRle faith, ( Heb. 2. 9.) We fee ?efts, who was made a little lower then the Angelsfor the fuffering of death ; that is, that he might be fitted to fuffer death ( which he had not been, unleffehe had been made a little lower then the Angels in one refpec&, namely, by his taking upon him our humane nature ; for Jefus Chrift was made lower then the Angels that he might fuffer death , as well as by his fuffering of death now ( faith the Apo(tle) we fee Jefus who was thus made low) crowned with glory and honour. Thus Glory and the Crowne are joyned ; and therefore as foone as ?ob had faid He bathflript me of myglory ; he futably adds, And, He loath takenmy Crowne frommy head. Some render ; He bath untied; Crownes being anciently tied to the heads of Princes. The word Crowne may be taken two wayes. Firft, Properly, for that Royall ornament of Kingfhip ; Some interpret it fohere, as if yob had complained that he had loft his Kingdome, or was divefted ofKingly dignitie ; 'Tis undeniable that hewas a great man, a chiefe Magiftrate 5 poßìblya King. D 2 Se- 71n quod his vertitur aufer- re , contrariurn ell verbe 1tIK quod vinc?re frgnifuat, verti poteff dif- folvit. Conqueritur fe regno fpoliatum nonnulli fHfpi- cantur. 7obum regé fuiffe.i e. regtslurn terree Vz, Di uf.
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