746 chap. z6. ein Expofition upon the Too of Q Werf, 6. Verf. 6. Hell is naked before hits, and deftrottiion loath no ca- vering. 'Tic queflíonrd what is 'here meant byhell. Some expound he'I of the lo'eft parts of the eartS, fo Mailer 3roogbton The lúrveft earth is naked before him, and the loft (that is, that which feems ro be loll and conácrnned, as GM-II-elf Glof- ftt.h it) bath nr. caverirg. Secondly, Hell is ofccn put for the grave (Taal, r6. ro.) Those ^gilt not leave any foule t'that is, mt)i:i heft (that is, in the grave) :tor wilt thoufreffer thy hold one to fie corruption. Thirdly, It is moil ulually taken for that prifon or place of torment, where the Lorddetaires all thofe,in hold,that have re- belled againft hint, and dyed imprcnitently in that rebellion, In this third fence we may interpret it here (as I conceive) matt fuitably to the (cope and purpofe of ?ob in this place. Heft is naked before kiss', That is,ir is fully difcovered to him, he fees who are there,anel what is done there,heobferves all pafTsges there, even in that bottomleffe pit of hell, as well as in heaven orupon the earth. As if7A had Paid toBildad;You told me that God makethpeace in his leigle places, I leftyea Goss bath to doe in bell, or in the lowefi places. The log bed is naked before hire. The Apoftle fpeaketh in this phrafe (Heb: 4.13.) Neither is there any creature that is not ma- vifft in his fight: but all things are naked, and opened unta the eyed of kip; with reborn rre have to doe. Thewords are an allufion unto bodges, which ¡King itript, and uncloatbed,all fee what they are; there maybe many deformities, blemifhes, and (carrs,yea ulcers upon the body undifcerned while'eis cIoathed or covered, but when naked nothing is hid. All things are naked before God,that is, be as plainlydifccrnes what they are, as we difcerre what a body is, thas frauds naked before us. Hell is calleddarkneffe, and utter darkneffe, yet it is light to God. Anddeftrulliox loath no cnering. Here the fame thing is :Taint repeated,and'cis ufuall in Scrip- ture to fpeake that in ntgAtive words,.whichwas before fpoken its affir-
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