i Chap: 23. An Expofstionupon the Bookof JOB. Veril T. 38 9 Vert. r i . cMyfoot bath halahiefteps. MyfootiWe are not to take the wordfoot,ftridly,for that fpe Cum licit, pee ciali member of the body fo called ; but by thefoot we are toun meus, pro eo derfiand the whole man ; my foot, that is, Imyfeffe have bold bis h.abendum acfi flaps, I have held them ; And he means Inch a holding as hath a drx,jîer, ego a(r- kinde ofhoneft pertinacioufneffe in it; or a refolvedneífe not to [um' f_ let goe what is held, a refolute holding, a cleaving fail to,a hold- .Drat ing with a kindeofviolence,fuch as 7acob expreffed to the Angel Verbum frgnift- (Gen. 32. 26.) 1 will not let theegot except thou blaffe me. car a°rp'dvt° krìèr d>tirere, Myfoote half held. ne laLarrr,a.rc fogiat, outjl'a. To lay hold is the proper actionofthe hand, not of the foote; at. Boa and it is ufedhere onely as it lignifies the keepingofa thingclofe 1`1i11.ß and fait any way, fo asnot to part with it; or as it imports, a conftant walking with God. My footebath held his Peps, or upon hisflops. Theword which fignifes to gee, lignifies alfo to be happy or bleffed, and the reafon is, becaufe our way or motion fheweth what our end and reft fhail be ; our happineffe in the end lieth virtually inour way. Butwhat were thofe fleps that his foote took hold of? Steps in the Text may be taken two waves. Firft, For thofe Reps which God hath appointed man to take, Vefligie dei i walking as and where God would have him; fo thefeReps are the demi f3,:ifrcare, fame with the lawor way of God : not actively for the Reps pJreruat yued which God takes, but paffively for the Steps which he dires and via dei, fe laie appoints us to cake. u precepra Secondly, We may expound thofe Reps for Gods owne flees, age eénd m oe not for theReps which he (hews us in his word that we fhoald commonfirar. take, butfor the Reps which he (hews in his prafxife, or in his ex- Pined. ample that himfelfe hath taken. My foot loath held-hri! (r'eps ; Io Gref "'n °jar to follow the hp, ofanother is to imitate him,and to follow the e tep f'+t"4'nid Reps ofGod is to imitate him ; the Reps ofGod are thofe holy aâingswherein he goeth before us, and lets us an exam ple.Some )iratum: jun. oftheworkes of God are a rule, his a&ions are directions to us. Veliigia dei Then 7ebs meaning is, I have imitated God, and fol lowed his ex- fmt divin - a° ample thones iurbus
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