578 Chap.29. , An Expoftion sopen the Boobof Jò B. Verf, 20s''. that they were ready tohumble at every flraw that lay in their way, he their f1L ength foreie«ed that they can even leap over a wall, or remove the greatefl difficulries out o± their way; Jacob PYlea potenria ('peke thus o` Jfepb (Gen. 49, z.1..) "Hot Bow abode in flrength, guotidiè inter that is, heconrioued in power. The bow being a warlike in- twos mantis in- ((rumen ,and the chief int+eut?ment of war in thole times, yea that rreslentumre- (with the (word) being,in a manner, all the infiruments of war ripiebst. Bez. in chafe times, therefore the bow might rightly fgnifie flrength, and chary threefold flrength. Fitfl, Natural flrength, the flrength of the body. Secondly, Civil firengrh. The Magtflraies Authority or Ci- vil flrength, is that whereby he fhootes at the wicked, and isas terrible as a bow with a quiver full of arrows to ail that fail un- der the revenging power of his Juflice Thirdly, By the bow, we may underfland ':f; iritual flrength too, that's our bell bow. lob's bow (that is,his threefold flrength, his natural, his civil, and his fpìritual arength) Was renewed or reflored in his band. Diary Propri , The word tignifies, to pafs by, or to país thorow ; fo 'cis elegant- e/ltranftre vet ly afcribed unto the bow, which being renewed and firengtbned pertranfire, gut in the hand, makesthe arrow to pars thorow, or to pars away vturari pertran- with a mighty force, like the bow of)onathan, which turned not j"enndo. Ptneeo back, without efferual execution, from the blood of the (lain, and from the fat of the mighty.. Jobs bowwas renewed, or chan- ged in his band; How changed ? not from flrong to weak,or from good to bad,or frombetter to worfe but from good to better, and from (Irons to flronger. So the word is ufed (11-4 4o. so.) They that trufl in the Lord ¡hall renew or change theirflrength that is, their flrength (hall encreafe, by changing toe greater de- gree of firepgrh, Their flrength (hall changeas a young's mans Goth, by receiving moretirength then they had, not as an old mans (Irength changetb, by looting the flrength which they had. Hence note ; dr is from the Lord, and'tis a high favour from the Lord, when the eflirnation, Power, and Antbority of cillagifbraus,are re newel and daily confirmed to them, .. That
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