Chap t9. An Expofîtion upon the Boole of J O B. Verf. 27. Or Again; T his! addition to the vifion may refer ( by way of oppofition ) to that fight which wicked men (hall have of Chrifl in the refurreftion : 1 /ball fee himfor my felfe. There are others that fhall fee Chritl as well as I, but I (hall fee him fo as they (hail not fee him, they ;hail not fee him for them - felces, ( Matth. 24.30. ) There will be an univerfall vifion ofChrifl in that great day ; Then¡hall appeare the fgne of the Son of Man in heaven, and then all the Tribes of the earth (hail mourne, and they ball fee the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven withpower andgreat glory. All the Tribes of the earth ;he fpeakes of all Nations in allufion to the Nation of the 7ewes, who were diftinguifhed into twelve Tribes, All the Tribes, that is, all the families and kindreds of the earth ¡hall fee him : but (hall all the Tribes ofthe earth rejoyce in feeing him ? No all the Tribes of the earth (hall mourne. Not that every particular perfon ofevery Tribe ;hall mourne, but many of every Tribe (hall mourne. And this Scripture may give us light in the ex- plicationof thole univerfall termes about redemption ; for as it is laid, Chrift dyed for all ; fohere he faith, all theTribes of the earth¡ball mourne at the appearance ofChrift : yet then ma. ny that rejoyce. Lift upyour heads (faith Chrift to the Saints ) for the time ofyour redemption is at hand. Bu, all the Tribes, that is, a number of the Tribes, or the greateft number of the Tribes (hall mourne. All ;hall fee him, but with a difference : the Saints (hall fee Chrift coming, and it will be a welcome day to them. The wicked fhall fee him, but it will be a black and a fad dal to them. (Revel. t. 7.) Behold he comethwith cloud;, andevery eye¡hall fee him, good, and bad. Which he addeth by way offpe- cification ; Every eye¡hallfee him and they alfo which pierced him. Ifeveryeye (hall fee him, then thcy that pierced him muff needs fee him, and if fo why are they particularly named ? It is ufu- all in otherScriptures, when an univerfall is firfl laid downe' yet to nominate a particular kinde or perfan, though that b included in the former general!. As in the title of the i 8:h Tfalme, ASon? of `David in theday that the Lord deliveredhim from the handofall his cnemies:tbere is the univerfall,&yet it fol- lows, andfrom the hand ofSaul. Sanl was among his enemies, and fo was included in the general! (tile ofall his enemies, but he puts inSaul by name for fpeciall reafon, b:caufe he was his mutt
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