Chap. 19. An Expofition upon the Book.of J O B. Vert. 26. in the"dull {Lill among us : thereforehe fpake this of another, and that other is Chrift, whofe body was fo exempted from cor- ruption as none, betides h is, ever was. For though Chrift ( as was toucht before)raifed fame dead bodies before they were cor- rupted, yet every body that dyes is naturally fubjeft to corrppti. on, and continuing under the power ofdeath,muft needs corrupt and be dettroyed by wormes. Secondly , Obferve ; The total confumptionof the body ofman, i no impediment no barre in the way offaitktoflop to frombelieving the refurretiion. yob fpdakes in fuch language as might reprefent' the greateft difficultie to faith, and yet conquers ir. And wee to reach his fenfe, fupply Inchwords as exprefly thew it,Though and though; Thoughafter my.rkin, warmesdefizroy this bodies Though my rein; be confirmed within me. Though it be thus,and thus, yet I believe. As death (halt triumph over my body, fo my faith triumphs over death. Chri(t himfelfe puts in a Though to this poynt of faith about the refurreftion, Speaking toMartha, (7oh. t 1. 25.) He that believeth in me, yea thoughhe were dead, yeffhall he live againe. But it may be fayd, Lazarus was dead lit that time, why then doth Chrift fuppofe that which was no more then adtuall y was ? And how can any man be Paid to liveagain who was not dead ? Why then doth Chrift fay, He that belie- verb inme, thongh he were dead, yet 'ball he live. I apprehend,that by dead in that affertion orpro mife,fomewhat more is intend. ed byChrift, thenbarely to bedead,as Lazarus was ; He that be- liever in me,though he were dead,feemes to (peak not onely the fe- peration of the foule from the body, yea, not onely (as (Martha fufpefted it waswith Lazarus ) the body beginning to corrupt, but even a totali corruption and confumption of it ; when ( anfwerably to the expreflïon of the Text) skin and bones, and reins, and all are eaten up. Now though he were thus dead ( faithChrift )yet ¡ball he live againe. Faith faith to death, Doe thyworft , and to the grave, put forth the utmoft ofthy power, digeft me fully ( the grave is a great eater, it hash a Strang. fie). mack ) affimilate me to thy We ( by the Taft at ofcorcoc`ti- onmeats received into the ftomack are ) turne me into thine A a a z ovine 363
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