768 Chap. 26. AnExpoJition upon the Eeokof J O B. Verf. y Heaven or that place above, in oppoficion to the earth, or this fublunary world, is called the throne ofGod ; and that not the inferiourheaven, or gyre, (which inScripture is more then once called heaven) but the lupreame or higheá heavens: Thus the Lord fpeaketh by the Prophet (/fa. 66, E.) The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my faetff rile, where ie the herrje that ye build unto me &c.Thus alto out Savior in his admonition againfl: fwearing (Math. 5 34.) faith, Swear not at all,(that is frith- ly) either by heaven,for it is Geis thrcne, nor by the earth f r it his fettf ole, Againe(Mat. 23.22 )He that fecearethby heaven, fweareth by the throne of Cjed.The reafon wh, heaven is called the throne of Ged,is, becaufe there he ma hirnfclfe,ac Ptirces do upon their thro nes in gre: teD glory and rna jelly: as alto becaufe there he is more fully enjoyed by glorified Saints and Angels. God fills heaven and earth with his prefecce, yet he declares his pretence more in heaven then here upon the earth.Heaven is kddamfaciem the throne of God, but (Be hmapunu- Secondly, What k the face of his throne ? tant os tantnm I anfwer The face of a thing is taken for the whole outward & ocuto¡ erge- appeatance,or for the appearing Date of it.As the face ofa mans prolopon d:t body ts not onely that fore. part of the head., which we ftri fly cunr,quaneo fa call fo, but the forme and ftruáure ofthe wholebody is the face tier In forma of it. And in that ferce the word is applyed both to thofe great amn" et med,vr natural bodyes, the Heaven and the earth,as alto to a civili body, etfatlura qua -or to the BodyPolitickof a City and Commonwealth. Thus d louse cot poriram a faciendo whereas we render(Ifa.24.a.) Behold,tbe Lordmake.th the earth du la, fiottnen empty, and maketh it waft, and turnetb it riptide dowse, &c. The tit & crts a#y Hebrew is ( and fo our trarflaters put in the margin) he per- Ma+rr facie, verteth theface thertcf that is, he changetb the state andoutward probe Qtaran. formof thins andputteth them into a new mould or model GO. lib: 13. g P s c. 28. refpeáing order and Government.And fo we commonly fpeek after great publiek changes, The very fa e of things is altered, or thing., have a new farce. And thus the Ptalmiff expreffeth the gracious & favourable changes which God maketh in the things of this world (Pfat 104. 3o ) Thou fendeftforth thy Spirit,they Ctr!i rout,,, rip are created, and thou renew,ft the face of the earth; that is , all ccet, fapefrcie, thi:gs appear in another hiew and fafhion then before. So then, concavaieltats, thefaee of the Tbr,ne of ç d, is that part of heaven (fay fome) quanofiefpicx;. which looketh towards us, or which we looke upon ; All that Aibett: creamers
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