.1.60 Chap.'zo. An E.vpofiLien upon the Eoolle of J 0B. Vert. fir; fignifies in Scripture phrafe, the lowefl dejec$ion or deprelììon: So, to be lifted up to heaven, the higheft exaltation. We finde thefe two fit in oppofition (I/a. 14. 13, 14. J Thou (meaning the proud '1?Jjyrian) ha;tl-/ávd in thy heart, I willafcend into hea- un, f will elial!'my throne above the Starres ofGod: Iwill afcend r above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the null- high. But thonfbalt be brought downe to hell, to the fides ofthe pit ; that is, thou (bait be cart into the lowefl condition, as thou haft afpired to the higheft. And thus Chriff himfeif threatens that Citie which did not repent at the fight of his mightyworks(Mat.i r. z3.) And thou Capernaumwhich art exalted to heaven, ¡halt be brought down to hell. Capernaum was lifted upboth in her own opinionand by thofe reali priviledges, the perfonall pretence of. Chrift there,his frequent preaching and miracles; The contempt or non-improvement of thefe ripen'd her for ruin, bringing her to a deftru&ion which looked like a hell uponearth, and (weep- ing her at Taft from the faceofthe earth into that utterdeflru 9i- on in hell. Hell notes the lowefl degree of temporail as well as eternall miferie. And heaven notes the higheft degree of tempo-, rall as well as eternall happines. Thirdly ( which is more) to mount up to heaven, implyes a kinde-ofrivalitie withGod himfelfe in happines; or man pre- fuming, to foniewhat more then a man, a kinde of divinitie among men. Theywho can patiently receive fuch flattery as the Tyrians and Zidonians with thereft'of that throngbellowed upon Herod, cryingout, The voyce of god andnot ofman (417s 12.22.) and they efpecially who affe& or require to be adored as God, as many Princes and very many ofthofe Luciferian Popes have done, thefe indeed may be fayd to mount their ex- cellency unto heaven , though in fo doing they had but a phancie of exaltation unto heaven, and have really debafed themfelves- below the earth, yea (as it followes in the next verfe) they have become in the efteeme of God and ofGodly men, baler then their-ovine dung. Por as that honour which is due and but commenfurate untoman, exalts and enables him thatreceives it, fo every exceffe,efpecially this fpoken of(which is themoft irregulace and exorbitant excefTe)fhames and depref f th him. Fourthly, to mount up to-heavers, carrieth in it not onely the figni..
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