586 Chap. '0. AnExpoftion arpon the Bock of J O B. Verf 27. J-a $, Chap. 20. Verf. 27, 2?, 29. ', e heaven ,C1.7 reve« le his inn. aitie o and the ear.'.& f1'allrite,rp agarn17 hint; The ncreafeof his heajèPali depart, andhisgoodijhail jicw t: zray i n t he dayofhi .r zr ratb. '2hi r is the port;onof'a tricked man fromGod, and the heritage appointed to him by God. r7 Opb,:r having in the former paffages ofthis Chapter let ! fr'r'h the mikrab!e eflate ofa wicked man : in three three ver les he winds up all, and concludes his difcourfe with a rein- forcement of his mifery, by the jo5nt fuffrage of heaven and earth agaital him, and by the determinate cc unfel and purpofe of God concerning him. The heaven foall reveale his iniquity, &c. in the 16 Capter, verf. í8,r9,74 had appealed to heaven, and earth, and as it were provoked both, to declare and fpeak what they couldagainfl him : O earth, cover net thou my blood, env ftne;s is in heaven. Here Z,phar tels him he (ball have his ah, heaven and earth (hall unite todifcover his hloud,that is, the boudy fins which he had committed, they (hall bring in their tetlimony, and condemne him : The heaven jTan!1 reveille . h/s iniquity, and the earth Jhall rife up againf! I he heavenJhallreveale. There is a twofold revelation. Firft, Formal! and expreffe. Secondly, Virtual! and equivalent. Lard. per mc In proportion to this twofold revelation, there is a two- rsnymLLrn cu.x fold notion ofheaven: n' 5 rprer a e- .rit, Some by heaven,underftand the inhabitantsofheaven, f' or they whole place and fear, is chiefely in heaven;The h aven- pro !err gtif Y P '';::tu. !y d.roeL'ers(hall revealehie iniquity. Who are they ?Fiat, God himfelfe, whole throne is heaven, as theearth is his footftoole. Secondly, The Angels. Thirdly TheSaints who though they dwet!
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