334 Chap. r}. h'n.Expofirion upon the Bookof J OB. Vert. 25. mans redemption, and fo is the perfection ofall times, or as the Apoftlecalls it(Gal. 4. 4.)Thefulneffe of time. Secondly,be- taufethe whole time of the worlds-centinuance being diftin- guifhed into three great periods, the Gofpel time is the laft of the three. The firft, was from the Creation to the giving of the Law upon mount Sinai. The fecond, from the giving of the Law till the appearanceofChrift in our Nature. The third,from that appearance inhumility, till his appearance in Glory. Thefe are, the latter dayes. Thirdly, As the whole-Carpel time is called the laß time or the latter daye.e,fo,there is a latter day or a laic time( r Pet. r . s. ) which is more fpenall and particular, and that is the day of the Refurretlion, or the dayofjudgement , which we maycall the Taft of the latter dayes Under both which notions the words maybe taken here ; firli asreferring to the commingofChrit in the flefh to redeeme us from death fecondly, to the comming ofChrift in Glory to raife the dead, and toJudge both quicke and dead. Further, As this word laß or latter, is expounded with refer- ence to a time, fo to a penon. And thus it is taken t -vo wayes. Ego xiovijjïmus Firit, Some referre it to the perion of ?ob, and joyne the fuper terram, wordson the earth, not with the word/bold, but with the word (7c. i. e. Ege laß, giving the fenfe thus ; Iknow thatmy redeemer liveth,and the omnium ixi tel- la(man)upon the earth fhallßand,that is,hewho is laft,loweft or ra erbnantiur. meaneft upon the earth, meaning himfelfe cb fpeakes of him_ mi/erimur fur- P g ( retthrur firm dr felfe in the third perion ( fay they ) the more to move compaf- vitfor exiltam ton) fhall Rand upon the earth freed from the bondageofthefe inhac vita. afflictions, under which now he groaneth, and which is more Verba fu as a con uerer in the caufe which now de ndeth. There is a terram jungrsr; q Pe non (urn verbo general! truth in this. To call any man the laß upon the earth, forget vel fta- is as much as to fay, he is a poore ora miferable man. The laß bit,%d cumna upon the earth, is the lowelt or meaneft upon the earth. Thus thine novifli- ?obdefcri!wth at once the povertyand weakneflë of his condi- v' no. don and the ftrengthofhis faith ; I know that my redeemer imsu fuper a g ÿ terra,n.i. e cur. liveth, and though I be laft upon the earth, yet I !hall Rand Ilium in terra in this caufe, and carry it againft my friends, becaufe I have habieanriü nzi fùeh a Redeemer, fuch a Deliverer, to undertake for fe,ritmur crigar jc. bold. me. And
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