338 Chap. '9. AnExpofition upon the Borgeof JOB. Ver!; 25. iicke the duff, but he fhall (land upon the duff, or cotinue Taft upon the earth. This holds out a comfortable truth, That Chrift will certainlyoutland and vanquifh allhis enemies'. Perpetual! duration triumphs Over all. Whatfoever Chrift hath done, or Both, or is todoe, is wrapt up in this, That be war, and id, and is to come, or in this, that he is Alpha and Omega, Firi and !alb. It is a Grand principle among Politicians; Take time andye may doeany thing, He that isfirft and /aft, may take what time he will, and therefore be may and will doe whatfoever he wills. The Eternall will have the laft word, and the laft blow. He that stands lafi upon the ground , aid keepes the feed, carrieth theday againft all, ai-d is proclaimed ;Conquerer. What a mercy is it tohavea friend who counts all our enemies his, aid who is too hard for ail his enea mies. Thirdly, Thefe words (asothers conceive) at leafs imply and intimate to us the Incanatio :n of Cthritf, or his taking fle(h. Ibelieve that my Redeemer liveth, or that he God from everlafting. There is ?ob's faith in the divine nature of the Re- deemer, and that in the latter day he JhallRanden the earth ; that is, that he [hall take flefh and bk incarnate, there is 76b',t faith, that the Kedeemer fhould afii me our Humane nature, and fo become god with ur- He could rot have had a true faith in the Redeemer unleffe he had beleeved this ; he couldnot have cal- led Chrift his Gee!, or kinfman in the former part of the Verfe, unteffe he had believed that he fhoufd Eland upon the earth, as he eaprefferh it in the latter. The Redeemer muff be God, how elfe could he fatisfie? The Redeemer muff be man, how elfe could he fuffer ? Fourthly, Others conceive thefe words fpeaking 7eb's faith in the refurredtionofChrift from the earth, or Itanding up up- Ft pefferiorem on the earth. junies (IfI apprehend him rightly tranflates rfur effi teat. fully to this fenfe. AndJhall rife the 1aft upon the dull'. Not that Jan; Chrift (hall rife laft, for he is thefiefs bornfrom the dead, and the Firsfruiter ®fthem thatfleepe, but hearofe as the laß Adam in opofition to Adam, who was thefirfl man,as the Apostle fpeakes ( a Çor. 35.45. ) Mr. Broughton agrees allo to this meaning, rendring
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