Cháp. 26 An .Expofttion upon the Book ofJOB. Vert, 12. 791 andby hie under f anding he[motethrough the proud,or through Ra. hab. The divi..onof the fea is unquettionable (Exod. 14. 21.) eflnd 1i?ofesft retched out bis hand over the tea, andthe Lord cau fed thefea togot backe by a f rung (aft winde all that night, and made thetea dry land, andthe waters weredivided. The latter part of the verte is as clear in the plain lignification ofit,to the f, me work of providence, for then 'By his underflandixg didGadfinite through the proud.And the word Rahab,whiclawe tranflace proud, is often ufed in Scirpture to fignifie .Egypt. Thus ('P/.87.4.) Iwill malle mention ofRahab andBabylon to them that knowme, Oa is, of e/Egypt and Babylon ; as if he had Paid, thofe places which have been the greareft enemies to the people of God (hall defire to joyne with the people of God,Sion thall have converts from c./Egypt and Babylon. And tbereafon why Egypt is vac- preffed in Scripture under this word,arifeth from both fignifica tions ofis ; flrff, flrength, for erEgypt was a very ftrong Nation, and therefore the I /raeliter were reproved for going to them for helpe, and relying upon their ttrength,which though great in it Idle, yet fbould be to them but a broken reed;fecondly,as it fig- ni fieth pride, or the proud; men are ufuailyproudofftrength, & e,/,Eg;pt being a ftrong nation, was alto a very proud nation; yet this otEgypt, this Rahab, ftrong and proud, (ball fall downe and humble her Idle before,the Lord. And though now /Egyptians bo ftrargers from the Commonwealth of 'frail, }et of them it (hall be laid that they were borne (by a fecond or new fpiritual birch in Sion. We have the like fence of the word,and almoft the fame phrafe of fpeech with this in 'ob(Pf89.9,1o) Then rulefl the raging of the fea,wben the waves thereofzrife thonflint( them; then followeth in the next words,Tbou haft broken Rahab as one that isRain (that is;Egypt) thou haftfcattered thine enemies with thyfirong arm.And a$ain(Ifa. 51.9) Awake, awake O arme cf the Lord, put on flrength ; The Pfalm,ft fairh,Theu haft fcattered thine enemies with chi firong arme, the Prophet pray'eth..Aioakee, awake Oarme of the Lord, At in the ancient ¿ayes, in thegenera- ti°ns of old, art thou net it, that hash cut Rahab, and wounded the Dragon,art not thou it which bath dryed thefeat&c. Which plain ly hints the deftrudi.on of Tharoah and his huft in the red fea. V alto feemc to cyme at chat noble, and notable aét of divine power, and underftanding: And the words ache texr(as all mutt I i i i i gant)
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