576 Ehtp.29. An Expo fition reizen the Book, of JO s. Veaf, so. Gloriamea jemperinnova- bitur.jVulg. rottonnefs, and their bloffome (hall go up as duff. When the root bath no moyflure from the earth it rots in the earth,and when the bloffome rnf cad of difiilling dews, bath blahs or mildews, then it goes up asduff, you may grind or rub it to power between your fingers. Now as the whole flare of the wicked, root and branch, (hall be utterly confumed, both being under thecurfe of God ; 'foa godly mans root and branch are under the blelling and favour of God, which keep him alwayes green and flourifh- ing in foul and body, both in fpiritualls apd temporalis, as fob fpeaks in the next verle. Verf. 20. Myglorywas frefh in me, and my bow was renewed in myband. This verfe (hews the effe6t of the former. The 'water at his root, and the dew upon his branch, kept him frefh and throng., Some read it in the future tence, Myglory/hall be frefh ; as if it were *confident perfwafion of his fucceedingprofperity,as in the fo r verfe, I(aid, I(hall dye inmy nefl, and multiply my daps as the land; that 1 fail mygloryfhall be)frefbin nee, and my boat (hall be renewed in my band. Others read it in the prefect cenfe, Myglory re frefh in me, and my bowk renewed inmy hand ; But I rather follow our reading, whichgives it both as an cffeet of the continued favour of God to hit,and as a further reafon of his for- mer confidence;c2'tyglory was frsfh inme, and my bow was re- newed in myband. As if be had faid, TheLord fby his confiant kindnefs to me kept me up in fuch a frefhnefs of honour, power, and profpericy, that I had no caafe to doubt any wicherings or decay. y glorywas frejii. Glory is thecrying upofa mans name with Commendation, that's glory firitily taken. But further, glory is that which doth magni- fie and render either things or perfons great and illufirious in the eyesof others. The goodnefs and mercy of God is his glory, becaufe he is and ought Çto,be alwayes glorified for his good- nefs and mercy. (z Cor.4. 6.) tiodwho commanded light to fhine out ofdarknefr, bath fhined inoar bearts,togive as the light of the knowledge ofthe glory of god in the face ofJefus Cbrifl As the light of the power and greatnefs of God (hines thorow and irradiates the
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