382 Chap. 23 . An Expcfition upon the Book of J O B. Verf. io. :IN gene,ale of it, and is applyed to fignifie any thing that is brigir, or fbine- vocaoulwm eft ing, pure and tplendid, as Gold is ( Zack. 4., 12. 5 we read of a co'orefulvo olden pipes which didempty thegslden oyl(or according to the let- ,, feu flavo, d7 ter of the Hebrew,the old out o tbem/elves.That f it tuall o ie femur ad g ) .f , p i y: aliara m terum was calledgolden orgold,becaufe,iike gold,fhining, pure and pre- mundnivn fig- clous. The gifts and graces of the Spirit are golden cyle indeed. nfiAndum, ¡c So(ver.5 t. 7.) Babylon bath been agolden Cup in the handof the ah aura (1j au- rora aurum de -Lord ; Which fóme expound tropicalty;taking the Continent for rival. Ifidor: the thing contained ; The cup for the wine, Cagedgolden wine, Flom vino becaufeofthe fplendidnes and beauty of it ( as Solomon fpeakes, lendidoevrlurPro. 23. 3i.) When itgivetb hie coLar in the cup. Or Babylon is piendi called a Golden Cup;firft,becaufe of the great glary, wealth, and illuftrious pomp of that Empire,defcri bed in 'Danir/(Chap.z.32: 38.) by abead of gold,and marked out in Ifaiah, by the name of the golden City(I ta.i4.4.)and fecondly,becaufe Goi had caufed other Nations to drinke deepe ofhis wrath by the power of the Babylonian Empire. Upon which account Myfticall 'Babylon is faid to have a golden cupin her hand (Rev. 17.4.) Gold, is the King, the chiete of metals ; gold is among metals as the Sunne is among the Starres and PlanetsofHeaven, the glory and Prince ofthena all. So that when ?obfaith Ifbal comeforth as gold, his meaning is, I (hall come forth pure and in much perfe&ion.Geld is firft the molt precious metall ; fecondly, the moft honourable metal; thirdly, the most weighty metal ; fourthly, the molt du- rable metal ; fifthly, the molt defireable metal : Every one isfor Aurum per ig. gold ; So that when 7rb faith, I fbaü comeforth gold, his meaning nem peobatum is, as ifhe had faid, my tryall will not diminifh, but rather adde .fymbolum eß unto me ; I fhall be precious, honourable, weighty, durable, de- ufminr"mla1iireable after I have been in the furnace or fining pot of my foreft dit eximen ig- and fevereft Tryalls. And he fpeakes thus in oppofition to his nie, per ifia igi friends,who had anopinion ofhim as if he were butdroffe or the tar verbs vir r ff_fcouring ofaQ things (as the Apoftles were reckoned in their rem patina cando time) 1fhafl comeforth not drofeana trafh, but gold, as ifhe had fon inno- cendx con faid, VVere lonce tried, I fhould befor ever quit of tbolre Charges Gcienria purita- brought in again)¢ me, and o f thole fcandal, call upon me, I fhould tent maxim= thine in reputation andhonour like puregold coming out of thefire. c:rcumloquitur J fiiould recover mygood name, and befound aman loyal! to God and o`d' righteous towards men. Hence note. ÿrae
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