3 3 z Chap. 19. An Expofition upon the Boole of JOB. Vert 25. From this doublecomfort (which indeed includes all com- forts ) iffuìng out of this Great truth, that our Redeemer liveth, I (hall one! intimate this Tingle duty ( which indeed includes all duties ) :ncurrubent upon all beleevers, Live to Chri Paul had made out this Judgement upon this ground (2Cor. y. J 4, r 5.) aed fo fhould we, That ifone dyedfor all, then were all dead; and that he dyedfor all, that they which live, lboula not hence. forth liveunto themfelvos, but unto him that dyedfor them. and role againe. I >` Chrift hodonely dyed for ns, that we might live, yet that had been fo great a benefit, and fo unfpeakable a kind- neffe that it would haveobliged us for ever to live to his rr me and memory; but when, as he dyed, fo he arofeor lived againe - forus, and is thereby ..nabled to powre dowse benefits upon us; and doe us kindneffec every day, how much more doth this oblige us to live untohim. Some areapt to forget dead friends, yea though they lay d downe or ventured their lives for them, yet they are leone forgotten. But flail not he live in our me- mories, and be the furr,me ofall our lives who th ed to re- deenieus, and yet is our livingRedeemer. Though every be- leever doth rot arive at this clearneffe and full affurance of faith, to know that the Redeemer is his, yet he that beleeves cannot but know that he upon whom his foule reflect), as a Redeemer, liveth. And therefore,though he dothnot yet receive the fweetneffeof this comfort, that he /ballfor ever live with Omit, yet he ought with his Jill, and in hie ever topay the tri- bute ofhis duty in livingunto Chrift, Iknow that my Redeemer liveth. es.fnd that he;hall F/and at the latter day 'upon theearth, &c. Thefe wordsconiaine the fecond Article of fob's holy con- feßïon As if he had Paid, Idoe not only believe that my Redeemer 'liveth, bur that he ¡Ballfi<aoidat the latter day upon theearth. 1:1171 a radice. The word which we tranflate tofland, lignifies- to rife up to L.S furrrxit Rand, or to be ereäed, or lifted up, andhence fteam (from the odr:nnuu,r., fame roore ).is ufed b Motes ( Gen. 7 -. 4. )-to liignifie, every li- reíluf, /aru rb a ru {uir.' viug fubflance,fo we tranflare,Foryet feavendayes,fa¡eh the Lord, o me andIwill caufe it to rain upon the earthforty dayes 6 fortynights, yuoa'.>ar, ;411 and every living tul(lance that Ihave made, ( or every thing that inter etvidi` inter 41. flandeth uporfublfeth ) /will de ro y A livin body ftandeth up;
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