Chap. z8. efln Expofttion upon the Book óf J o s. Verf. t i. 173 Verf. rg: It cannot be gotten. for Gold, neither (hall filver he weighedfor'the price thereof. Gold and Silver are the molt valuable things in this world. VVbat cannot Gold and Silver buy ? yea, what cannot Gold and Silver doe ? It is faid proverbially, tie may buy Gold too dear ; but there isnothing fo dear among men which Gold will nor buy; yet Goldcan do nothing in this cafe ; wifdom cannot begotten for gold,&c.VVben Simon (Atagus;Acs8. i8. )ja iv that through laying on of the .dpoflies hands,theRelyGhoff was`given,beoffered themmoney, Paying, give me alfo this power, &c. But Peter fate' un- tohim, (v. 20.) Thy money perifh with thee, becaufe thou haft thought thegift of godmaybe purchafedwith money, VVhat Peter there fpakeconcerning that fpecial gift of God, is true of this al fo. Money cannot buy it out of the hand of God. Ít bath been laid, All things are to befold or faleable at Rome. Goldmay get Omnia Rome any thingofthemwho are covetous of Gold. Not only Dignities venalia, and Offices, but indulgencesand pardons, Altars andCroffes, the powerof the keys, and Cbrift himfelf, with Heaven and all, are fet to fale in open market by thole RomifhMerchants. But the things which are highly efieemed among men are an abomination to the Lord. Further , The word here rendred gold,fignifies, Ant up or en clofed ; Gold is focalled upon udouble confederation. -1110 Denordt Firft, With refpe& to c rural locality of Gold ; For as durum interfa- fome Gold is mingled with the fand, and lies open to the eye up- 'pea conciufum on the face of the earth; fo other Gold is Phut up in the bowels comprejiam of the earth, or Phut in among Bones and rocks. This enclo- et wawa apud fed Gold is the belt andrichelt Gold; andyet for :`this, wifdom firebrxot claufury be gotten. Bold, Secondly, It is called fo, becaufe they who have gotten Gold , Phut it up and keep it fafe and clofe under lockand, ¡key, within bolts and barres;Nature locks it isbard' to cot by at.firft. Andwhen men haveonce unlockt Natures claret, and got it our, they lock it up in fafer. clofets. VVhacwe ef}eem highly, we lay, up carefully. And our care in keeping in is p-cportilonable ;to cur; pains in getting it This word is re?dredpunt Gold,ar we ciut in, the Margin fh t tip (ì Kings6. 26) " ;andïhere r:be u reg Gold . is meant ; It cannot begotten for Golá, the finefi Gold. N n Ne her
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