386 Chap. xo. afin ExpoJitien upon. the 23ook.of J o B. Verf. 27. Court ofheaven, asthe Oaeen of the South toSolomon Court, and there behold howmuch God is beyond and above all that we have hitherto heardofhim here at home in our own Coun- trey, we (hall be rapt up into admiration and there fhall be in- deed no more of this low and narrow fpirit in us for ever. It Menu, aft- Further , The word is taken, not onely for another perfon,, de dif(m litu° or for one differing perfonally, but for one differing in condì- dinem quandary, tion and in qualitie, or bearing any diffimilitude in manners ;,. mor>im Co. vira and fo it was apply ed to himwho was an alien from the faith, iudicare potejl, r p } fignil at edam a ftranger.to the Covenant,and Common - wealth ofIfrael. As if id pod amico he had fayd ; I fhall behold him, and not another, that is, not an (r familiars alienfrom the Common-wealth ofIfrael, not a fÈranger from the appomrur, d7 quad propter in- Covenant ; not aman of another frame of fpirit then I now am fuerudrem eff of, fuch fhall not behold him. Which fuggefts this nóte ; herrori All thatbehold god in Glory, fhall beofonecondition,of onefaith naufea. andframe of Spirit. No fl:ranger fhall beholdhim all fhall be brethren , they all fhall be as one man, or as if there werenot another among them all. Heaven bath no mixture. All things and perlons fhall be as in one Rate, fo-ofone peice. No tares in that feild, nor goates in that floche. Saints enjoy unmïxt communion here fometimes, and live together as ifthere werenot another among them ; This Spirit ofholineffe andofunitie was eminently powred out upon the fir( Gofpel-Church, ( A17. 2.1 ) They were all together with one accord in one place; as if they had all but one foule ; and they continued as in the Apr f les dotlrine, fo infellowfhip, v. 42.. Thus it is in the truth and height of fpirituall communion be- low ; Saints have not a (ranger among them. And it is promi- fed as the great priviledge ofSion, the Canaanite [hall be no more in the land, that is, there (hall be no alien among them, ( Nahum 15. ) Behold upon the mountaines thefeete of kim that bringeth good tydings,that publifheth peace.O 7udah keep thy folemnefeafls, perfurme thyvows : for the wicked*Ill nomore paffe through thee,, he is utterly cut off. The wicked, or Belial, (in the originali ) he that will not Beare the yoke of God , (hall no more paffe through thee, much Idle Ray and lodge in thee : ro man (hall be yoaked with you, but he that beares the yank of Chrift : O re- Joyce, and keeps thy faits, That will be the dayof Signs glori-. ous-
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