Chap. 2,. An Expofition upon the Book. of J o a. Verf. 3 3, 833 laughs at them for it ; Becaufe theyprayed for thefavour and Tangua.n nefer good willof that to them, which could not he angry with them, anisa bara eft nor do them any hurt. Such were the vain imaginations and folam, qsWars` Swam tra,ca,^ fears of the dark minded Heathens,dreadimg theunkindnes or homrna Pítr.. cruelty of the earth to dead bodyer, but little dreading the Nar. Hirt, lib miferyof their blinded foules. How vain is it to fear, that r`' cap. 6g, e either a fenceleffebody fhould be pained,or that things with © to ra.a pre:- out fente (hould be offended and put it to paine. The clods of cos turd regsi- the Valley are alike fweet to all. a/cere in srna. Thirdly, Some give the fence of thefe words, as defcribing Etfr smas the fad conclufionoldie wicked man, who though he fpend ro¡aeuo on ones and of his dayes in pleafure, yet a little before his death, he, ovid.3,®rrow (hall meet with fuch forrows, that the clods of the valley will leg. a, befweet unto him ; that is, he will even delire death, as the only meaner (which he knows of) to give him a releafe from them. 'Tis truth that though death be bitterto a carnali man who is at cafe in his pofTzion, yet death is eafie and fweete to any man that is in bitterneffe ; and 'tis poifible for a man to tart fo much bitterneffe while he treads upon the clods of the earth, that the clods under the earth may be reckoned fweet to him. Lathy, This is plaine, that fob fpeakes here in figures, and Hyperbola per wrappeth up a profopopeia and an hyperbole together, while he Profopopeiam afcribes fence and the affe&ions ofa living man to a dead fenfum s body. The fumme ofall may be this ; The clods allbe weer manna aílionu i' i merrHú tribe to him ; that is, he (hall have the utmofl conveniency and enter. jun. happines,that any man (as tohis bodily capacity) can have in sepslchro fee. death.He (hall leek no more trouble nor paine there,he (hall Vii01 babel ncc be free fromcare and fear, when once he is gotten thither, ú*ckrnr fan' The clods ofthe valley ¡hallbefweete to him. Mier, Hencenote s The bodges ofBricked men are asfree from pain of twill in thegrave, as the bcdyes ofthe Saints. Death is the conclufionofand gives flop to-all the worldly sufferings ofall men. (Rev. a }.I4.)Bleffedare the dead that dye in the Lord, f.r from henceforth they refs from their labours. And whether men dye in the Lord, or outof the Lord, they reti fromtheir outward labours. This bodilyreti, or reti from O o o o o bodily
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