Chap. 29. An Expofition upon the Book or J O B. Verf. 7. 469 Fi rfi,fcme undei Eland them of a going quite out of the City thorow the Gare, and fopafling into the Country to travel , to take a journey, to take the air ; But this is incongruous to the tenour of his whole difcourfe. Secondly, O,hers interpret ir, not of his going to the Gate thorons the City, but of his going out of his own Gate, that is out o his own houle to the City about his bufinels. Same take that ro be tht fence of Mr. Broteghtons tranflation, When 1 went out a door to the City. But though we fhould take his tranflation, yet there is no necefiìty to make that interpretation of it. Thirdly, Others render thus, when Iwentoat of the Gate, or from the gate, that is, togoe home ; as ifhe hadPaid, When I had been doing my office, or adminifiring Jufiice, much people fol- lowed me all the way home. But I pals that allo it being im- proper for him to(peak of his returning to, before he had fpoken of his going from his houle. Our tranfLition is moll pertinent to his "fcope : and the word which we render a Gate,fgnifies rather the great Gate of a City, then the gate or door of a houle. And though Princesand chief Magiflrares have great gates totheir boules, like the Gatesof a City,yet it ismuch more convenient to expound ir here of a pub lick Gate, the Gate ofa City,tather then of the Gate of any par- ticular houle, though the Gate of a great Prince (when I went to thegate thorow the City) To the Gat`. Gates are of a fourfold ufe. Pìrf(, Gates are for Entrance into a City. Secondly,Gates are for the defence and lirength of a City. Thirdly, Gates are for aliment, Gates are the mofi beauti- tiful parts of a City:We read of the beautiful gate of the Temple. (A'eîs 3, to.) And ulually all Gates are made beautiful. Fourthly, Gates were appointed for the admiaifiracion of ju- fiice, or Tome known place veer the Gate : fo that his going co the Gate was his going to the Bxercife of hìsCivil Power. As the Powers of darknefs, thole evil fpiritual Powersare, calledGates; the Gates ofbell (that is,ali the Dominions, Principallities, and Powers of hell, faith Chrili, (Math. r6.1 8.) (hall net prevail a gajnft theChurch, So Gates are put for outward Civil power . and
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