ií2 Chap. 25 t An ExpoPion upon the look. of J OB. iffure us ofthe truth and certainty ofit; as if hehad laid, I am not afraid to averr what Ihavefpoken, I bave (aid is, and Ifay it gaine, bow much lefeman, who is a worms, and thefort ofman which wa worme. Thefon ofman ; that is, any man, high or low, rich or poore, learned or unlearned, they who are at greateft diflance in them- felves meet all in this, They are wormes. To be called the fon of an imports the meannes ofman, and minds manof his we akr.es and frailty. E .. kiel the Prophet is often fpoken to by the La =rd, in this Rile, Son ofman; the reafongiven by tome i- this, becaufe he was a man often rapt up in the vi;rons ofGod, or had the vi- lions ofGod tent downe co him,he was a rnan char lived to much in heaven, that he cultic even forget that he was of the earth, therefore the Lod minds him often ofhis O, iginal. by calling him, Son of man, S n ofman ; fohere, B>ldad mindeth man of themeannes of his bin h,he is but tile(on of man Some prow's men have drawne their pedigree from the gods, or from theStarres, Alexander the g eat would be called the fon of 7upiter, which was to fay the tonofthe Sunne, he did not like tobe called the ton ofman, though as he was fo, fo he was foon afterconvinced andconfcffed that he w s fo. and thefon ofman which is aworm,. i iVL?1I1 ve We expreffe chis tatter branch by the fameword worm in our mu magna,, & Englith, but the Hebrew fpeakes it in a different word ; and Ma- redrew, gat ab fter Broughton renders it differently in the Englifh, and thefenof ownbar nditrur mana vermin. The word li nifieth both frnall and great worms gjconrrtndirur. all fortsof worms or vermine; here's the Rate ofman; andhow can he who is filch a worm Randbefore God,in hispurity, when the Sonne Mooneand Starres are impure before him ? Again, we may take notice that Sildaddoth not fay, man is like a worme, but id awortne:Tis not fpoken by way oflimilitude, but ofaffertion. Hence obferve. Man it avery poore thing. So poore a thing that be is twice in this Text called a worme; the loweft things ferve for a Companionand bear the likenefs of thehigheft and greateft men in the world ; man is but a wonme, and Verf 6.
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