v'ßß "Chap. 22. An Espoftion upon the Book of J O B. Verf. 29 wh fie {icing a carting downe, he hath faid, There it a lifting np, or, O Lord, let there be a lifting up. This fence carrieth a high pr iv iledge ; but I rather conceive that intended in the next verfe. And therefore Secondly, I {ball take there words of Elipha as a promife, Poicetur j.ñ, when men are cafl down, thou fhalt fay,_(or confidently affirm this > Eli hs eximi thin g) there ie a lifting tip: th?r is, I promife or affure thee O «rnjilutrateu,, job ° that when thou`fhalt fee the Lord bringirg vengeance upon impiit offjb g' the'wicked, when thou !cell them fall on this fide, and on that, arumhoftábut )kit ad exwmrt when nothing is vifible but the ruine and deftruelion of men and in faticitatir families, yea ofNations, that even then thou fhalt fay, there u a gradxm pracipi 1 fting tep,thatis, thou (halt have faith for thy Pelf, that both thou setts' and thine (hall be lifted up,or laved and delivered in a time when many wicked men or thine enemies fall and perifh,andemail never (as to any worldly enjoymenr)rife any more. Hence obferve ; That a godly man may have much affurance when others are cap down, thatyet he andothers!hallbe preferved and liftedup. When men are cats downe in Sodome, when Sodomewas over- thro wn, Lot was lifted up, and affuredof his prefervation.,When all the men in the world were overwhelmed and fwept offthe face °-ûf the earthwith a Deîuge,there was a liftingup for Noah and his family,he and his were fafely houfed in the Ark floating upon the waters. Thus the Lord had made provifion for the prefervation of his people, when thoulands have been undone, and cast down on the right hand and on the left by common calamities ; yea when they have been cart down, his people have been not only prefcrved,but exaltedand lifted up.Thou/halt fay therek alifting up, e/'nd befbalifave the humble perfon. That is, the Lord (hall rave him; the vulgar reads thus; He that gat É,»rva, bumble!hall be inglory. The Seaventy thus ; Becattfe thon h fl gas e6u71, humbled thyfelfe thoufbalt be raved. S,pc. But I fhall keepe toour reading ; he /hallfave the humble per- Interior ani o' fn(or according to the frit`.;tnesof the Hebrew)He(halllave him faint t', tumor that is lowofeyes,'cis frequent in Scripture to expreffe an humble per oaths et per omnu extern perron in this forme ; 1l man that barb low eyes ; as high looks and ptfi'ur feprodá:. lofty eyes, are every where in Scripture the periphralis of pride. avid
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