i`8 Chap. 19. An Expofitionupon the Bock of JOB. Verf. 25; this fenfe ofa relurreFtion illuttrioutly held forth (Ezek. 37. ) where the returneofthe people ofYfrael out ofBaby/on is de- fcribed by the revivingofdry bones. God himfelfe makes the Comment (verf. I L, t2.) Then hePaiduntome, Son ofman,thefe bones are thewhole Houle of lfrael: Behold, theyfay, our boner are dryed, andour hope to lfi?,we are cut offfor ourparts. Therefore pro- phecy andfay unto them : Thaufaith the Lord god ; Behold,O my people, I will open yourgraves, and caufeyou to come up, cut ofyour graves, Omy people, and bring you into the Landof5frael. An citate ofextreame mifery and danger is often in Scripture expref- fed by death. 'Paul faith, that hehad been in deaths often (2 Cr. II. 23.) and that Godhad delivered him from a Great death (a Cor. i. io.) that is, from deadly danger. Such a condition de- prives us ofall the comforts oflife, and makes our lives often- times more bitter then death ; yea, men in fuch a condition are fpoken of as buried and diffolved into duff. In purfuance of which metaphor, deliverance is called, a quickning, a revi- ving, a rifing againe. P/al. 71. 20. Thou which haflfhewed me great andfore troubles, fhalt quickenme againe, and'hall bringme againefrom the depths of the earth. So Tfal. 80. )8. Pfsl. 85. 6. ifa. 26. 19. Hof. 6.2. Rom. I I. is. Inwhich laft place,the cal- ling and restoring of the Jewes, is called Lifefrom the dead. Now (I fay) the Rabbines generally, as allo fome ofour lear- Morcer, nedExpofitors run upon that ftraine here ; conceiving that fob ('alvir. therefore calls God his Redeemer, becaufe he had to that day . preferved him alive in the mid'ft of fo many deaths and dan 'gérs, as alfo becaufe he had a Ritehope that he Mould through the power of God furvive theiän, and be reffored to fuch an c- iliate ofhonour and riches, as he had enjoyed in the former part Ofhis life; this they call his refurredion and redemption, and fo accordingly they fit an explication to the feverall paffages of this Context ; yet theiropinion is ítrongly oppofed byothers, with much evidence ofreafon. Three fpeciall reafons may beurged againft it. Fir{t, The height and fpiritualnes of 7ob'r language tells us, that his thoughtsmoved, and that his hopes were fixed above this worlds felicitie; His faith foared aloft in the meditation of a Redeemer, in the prxmeditation of the lait Judgement, and in the vifion of God ; all which argue more then a meta- phorical! refurretion. Secondly,
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