Chap. 19. An Expoßtion upon the Booke of JOB. Verf. 25. 335 And to make that yet clearer, fame expound thofe words upon the earth comparatively,/,the l.afg ttpon the e.srth, that is,l,who am viler then the earth, or(As the Apotile fpeakes) theciffcorering of s, verba fairer all things in the account ofall men. We have fuck án expreíiinn terra vet pail- inour Langutge, concerning a person who bath low thoughts verem, romp,_ of himfelfe or is vile in his owne eyes. He is not worth, or he rat ve jumere- doth not judge him el e worth the r to und he goes on that is he m"' '' e. ahje- judges himfelfe as lob is fuppofed to doe, according to this FfN%nx n Terra interpretation, more vile then the earth. And then the fenfe of E it:6.r1m ba- the whole may be thus conceived ; As ifhe had laid ; Though I bet. Bold, am inmy orene opinion, or in the opinion ofoher.c, more vile then the earth, as the of-(cowingof all things, thefcorne,of tren,and the out - ca(t ofthe people,yet I know that my Redeemer liveth,and that I'ball (land right before him in judgement when my caufe comes to tryall. In which fenfe this word Rand isufed (Teal. z. 5.) Thewicked /hall not 'land in judgement, that is, they (hall not be juffified or acquitted,they fnall fail before the Judge. Wicked men though they judge themfelvesmore excellent then the heavens, fhall yet fall in Judgement when the righteous (hall Band, who thought themfelves, or were thóught more bale then the earth. But I (hall not flay uponthis interpretation, there being fomuch ftrai- tiing of the Text to make it out. Secondly, It is referred to the perfon of the Redeemer, Ibe- leeve that myRedeemer liveth,& that heJhallßand the /aft upon the p `o,d ne, qua earth. The fall, is one of the titles ofChrift ; who is called Alpha rerro n im :slknt andOmega, the faroand theTaff (Rev. 1. 7.) It is as great an ho- ipfe manebit : nà tr to be called the laß, as the _ßirft, (Ifa. 44 6 )Thos faith the roffrernm ainni- Lord,theKing ofIfrael, dro the Redeemer the Lord of Hef1,Iam the `.' n exit, (isbit,. &ll, and 1 am (acaron theword ofthe Text)the laß e- pr ,and be f de taanebi, vivet me there is no God ; frrfl and lafl,Alpba andOmega comprehend & porfre.nus d7' carry all. Alpha is the fret, Omega is the laft letter oftheGreeke rthima Deafe Alphabet ; thefe are letters of more eminent note then the ref}, becaufebeing firer and lair, they enclofe all the rat. How emi- nent then is Chriif, who is Himfelfe both thefe letters ! How great is he in whom the termes of greateft ditlance imaginable, fsrfl and laß, meete, and are united; fo that Ctrift calling him- felfe firkl and laß, takes to himfelfe abfhlute perfeftion, power, foveraingnty, eternitie, dignitie, and Divinities He is the&ít, becaufe before all beginning, he was in the beginning with God,
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