z6o Chap. 22. An Expofition pp:n the BookofJ 0 B. Verf. 26, Fidacia ha naturallconffitution, but thecourage and confidenceofthe fou!, recairaidi and that a holy courage and confidence, is here intended. And addam. there are not many, who can thus lift up their face to God, as is in. promifed here to 7ob by way of priviledge. Andfbalt ;eft thyface to Faciei devfrio To lift up the face,is taken under a twofold notion in Scripture, ha fra, as a gellure or bodily pofition in prayer ; He thattpray co °ejria,ntpl¡ncrd cloth ufually lift up his face to God, and fo to lift up the face God, is to pray unto God. A corporal pollute being put often in Scripture to fignifie a fpiritwil duty. Thus fome underhand it here ; Thom /halt lilt np thyface to god, that is, thou fbalt pray ; fecondly (which further tomplycs with the duty of prayer. To Vult'n at"11 lift up the face, notes (as was touched before) confidence of fpi- quifibi . 11E, and boldnt. ffe, courage, and affarante towards him, before conkhis eft ani- ;toy;fidenii, whom the face is lifted up, whether God or man. The Seiluagint who rather paraphrafe then tranflate this text, Dan l'F'4112ilgilgive this fente fully ; _Thou 'halt be confident before the Lord (or iliaout, xu rho:J.11)4h a17ficlucially andboldly before him ) and behold heaven rd. Sept. chearefully. This lifting up the face is oppofed ro eating downe the face,& that is a phrafe tired in Scripture to fignifie tharne & fiyling of fpirit. When courageis down,the countenance is down too ; aswe fay, fuch a man bath a down looke, that is, there is an appearance ofguilt upon him.The face is calt down three wayes; Fir11,by fear ; fecondly, by forrow ;thirdly, by fhame, (Ezra. 9. 6.) 0 my Clod .1 ram afbarnedandblu,G, to lift sipmy faceunto thee; for oser iniquities are ircreafedover our heads. So ( Luke 18.13.) the Publicandroll not life uphis eyes to heaven, and poffibly there was a complication of all thefe three caufes why he du-a not, feare, forrow,fharne; hewas fo much terrifiedfo much grieved, fo much afhamed ofhim felfe, that he durft not lift up his eyes to heaven. It was the fpeech of Abner to e,,ifshei (z Sam.z, 22. ) Turne theeafidefromfollowing me; why fhoseldIfinite thee to the ground?how then fhould I hold Asp myface to 7oab thy brother? that is,ifl flay theeI be afraid to looke him in the face,nor can f have any confidenceofhis favour ; and it is well conceived, that he fpake thus (for it is indeed a very unufuall thing for the Ge- neral! ofan Army in the very heate of war, to look after the fa. your theGeneral' of the .oppofite Army, but (I fay) 'cis con- ceived
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