a H s62 Chap. 28. an Expofation upon the Book of J o B. Verf. t 3. (to note that by the way) who refirain this expreflìon to the land of Canaan, as if that, byway. of Eminency were called The Land of theLiving. Thus they expound (14a. 38. r r. Ezek.1.6. 2o.) as allo thofe other texts already mentioned. As if towalk in or tobe cut off from the landof the livcng,were to live in or dye off from the land of Canaan or Judea, in a more peculiar fence then to live in or dye off from any other Land upon the face of the Earth. And there is a double reafongiven for it. Fira, Becaufe the land ofCanaan was furnidled with all things neceffary for na- tural life, beyond other lands ; It was a land flowing with milk, and honey ; In theword flowing we have abundance, and in chofe words milkand honey, we have the fatnefs and fweetnefs, the firength and deliciou(nels of thofe food-provifions which Ca- naanyielded. Secondly, in a fpiricual fence, Canaan was called, The land ofthe living,Becaufe,there was the worfhip of the living God, and there the livingGod did in a fpecial manner manifefl himfelf. Therealto were living rneo,or men livinga life of Grace: in comparifonof whom all other menmay be numbred among the dead, andare often inScripture- language called dead Mien, dead in fins and trefpaffes. So that forafmuch as, to that land, the land of Canaan, the grace of God was confined, upon the matter, (for though there were here and there force picked out andcalled to a life of grace (as the firfl fruits of the Gentiles) from other nations, yet that was the land of chofe who lived a life of grace, holinefs, and faith, while the re(I of the world fate in darknefs, and in the fhadow of death. Now I fay,forafmuch as the grace of God was almo(+ Phut up within the borders of Canaan) That may well in way of difference from 411 other lands, he called the land Terra Canaan of tie living. Yea not only did all the living (in this fence) dwell dicebarur terra in the land of Canaan, but ( as I may lay ) The enliveners dwelt v,Ventiuea,quia onl there, The Prophets of God dwelt there more tbon in all ibi habitabanr y cuttore, dei vi- lands, this was Canaans glory andpriviledge, It was the land of vi s fedpræci- the Prophets., who enlivened the people with the knowledge d juèpropter the livingGod, and fo was the land of the enliveners, The Holy muititudtnem Prop he`ts were the living (lades of God,and carryed the mefl'age fan forum fie- of eternal life and titivation fromGod, to the Inhabitants of that veorum, í. e, vivicatorurry land. But though Canaan (I grant) was the landof the living in fc. propheta- a peculiar fence, and had pr'viledges above all lands ; yet in this rum, sold. text I would not fo retrain it, nor is there any reafoe why any others
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