Z Chap. 19, AnExpofition upon the Rock of JOB. Verf, 2;7. molt mortal! enemie. Samuel commands Ifrael to put away all theirfalfè Gods, andAPubaroth (r Sam,7.3.) Ifthey put away all, theymutt needs put away APubarcth; but he names APubaroth, becaufe that was a principal! Idol. So here; EveryeyeJballfee him, and they alto which pierced him. Linder the general! tbej. that pierced him are included ; yet he fpecìfes his piercers, who were of two forts, and fo according to the Text and poynt in hand, muff have a twofold fight ofhim. Among thofe who pierced Chrift, there were fome that repented, and returned, as we read') at that Sermon of `Peter. A is zd, Teter told them they were the betrayers and murtherers ofChrift ; this pricked them: to the heart, and many repented, embracing and beleeving on that Chrift, whom they had betrayed and murthered. Thee 'hall fee Chrift with joy, though they pierced and put him to forrow : The death ofChrift bath procured mercy for thofe, whole cruelty, procured his death. They who judged Chrift worthy todye,judging themfe!ves fo,were through faithdeliver - 'ed from death. Therewere another fort that pierced him, who never repen- ted, and they fhan fee him too, but they ¡hail fee him to their forrow. They would withdraw from this fight, they would not behold him whom they pierced, ifthey could helpe it, they would fain be excufed, but they (hail not. every eye !ball fee him,even they that piercedhim. What a dreadful! thing will it be when they who willfully and malicioufly pierced the Lord Je-i fus Chrift to death, and dyed impenitently in that fin, fhall be brought into his prefence ? This f;ght ofa pierced Chrift will pierce: their foilles with forrow; yet they trail fee him not with forrow only, but with vexation of heart, and 'anguifh of fpirit. They who have not fence a pierced Chrift in the forrows of re- pentance, can never foe him whom they have pierced, but in the fotrowesofdefpayre. To behold. Chrift wich the eye of fence will be molt grievous to ali thofe, who have not beheld him with-an eye of faith. See him ! No, they had rather be covered with the mountains, & that the hillsfhouid fall upon them. But they ¡hall fee him andbe afraid, terrour (hall take hold of them, 'Tisa promife to tome, chat they Thal! fee him whom they have pierced and mourpe, (Zach. J2. I O.) 'Tisa threat to others, that they (ball fee him whom they have pierced and mourne; every
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