580 Chan. 29. "le, Exco,&tion upon, the Book of J o F. Verf.20 24.) forety grieve ham, a,d _hoot at him, and hate ham , that is, fpeak bitter words againit him,and wond him with their tongues in fecret ; yet(as it is allo laid there of jofeph)Hie bow _hall abide ïr' flrength and the a+"mr ofbie bands fhali be made ffrong. by the hands of the mightyGod ofJacob ; from thence is the fhepbeard and /loneof Ifracl. In allufion to which I may conclude, that 'cis only by the hands of the mighty God, that Magi(irates are upheld as Shepheards to feed the people,and are made firm in their power as a rock or Gone to uphold or bear up the whole body of a Common-wealth.And if ever there be a cheapnefa, or an under- valuing of their perfons, if ever there be a withering and a (lain upon their Glory,or a weaknefs upon their Bow, 'cis becaufe the dew ofbleffing from above, and the hands of the mighty God are withdrawn from them. Thus we have fee Job'sconfidence, with Tome grounds of it opened, He hoped to dye in hie nefi,and he therefore hoped it,be - caule his root was fpread by the water.r,and the dew lay all nightup- on his branch, which made his gloryfrePin him, andbis Bow to re- tier; in his hand. Before I pats f om there words, I (hall onlymind the Reader, . that thefe three verfes are expounded with reference to the refure re&ion of the body, and of eternal life, by Tome ofthe Ancients.. As if Yob had laid ; I_hall dye in mynefi,comfortably,and after a while I (;hall rife againglorioa(y, and then I {ball multiply my ¿ayes at the fand, I (hall live eternally(Thedayes of eternity are more innumerable then the land of the Sea) Then fhall I fpread out my rooter by the everla(ing Springs of divine love, and the dewof heavenly tranquility (hall lye continually upon mybranch, my Glory (hall be always fre(h,and my flrengrh (hall be for ever new ; I (hall renewmy flregth, and mount up withwings as the agle, I Nall run and not be weary, walk and not faint. This is a truth in it feif,and there wordsmay be piou(ly expounded,as an allufion to that bleffed (ate ; yet I doe not at all apprehend that ob aimed at more here then the continuance of his prefent feli- city to the urmofiline of this life;he havinggiven fufñcient proof of, his faith in the relurre&ion, CO eternal life, at the igth Chaps ts;r of this bcok,v,2j,26,27.
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