_------- Chap. 30, min Expofition upon the 'mkt of J o B. Vert 24. 225 pound it ) the mountainous places ofMoab ingenerall,but force fpeciall place in the CountryofMoab, fo called from the many Graves of the Hebrewes bursted there in ancient times. It being fuppofed that Heber thePatriarch and roote of the Hebrewes was the Ertl Piince or Chiefe ofthat Region after the flood. So that from thcfe ancient grates or heaps the place conk,: it deno- mination. But I notethat only by the way, there being no need to flay upon the proofe of fo plaine a matter, That graves or Tombes may wel be calledheaps, and both be exprcflèd by one word. He will ffretèh out his hand to thegrave,, though they crj in his deftruftion. That is, though they who are ready todye and be carried to the grave make complaint, and fupplication, when he is deftroy- ing them: In the fame fence that dying is called prrifhing,'tis called alto deftrutlion ; death is the deltruetion of the outward mayor of the Beth ; death layes this'high, ftrong, and beaút:toll building of the bodyof man, or the bodyes of thoie men which are higheft ttrongeft andmolt beautiful!, row and level with the ground, yeabelow the level or furfaceofthe ground. Now that which not only defaceth; but pills downs fo goodly afabricke, and breakes in fender all our worldly relations and correfpon dencies, may iuftly be:tre this inglorious Title, Deftr:;fli%u. And fo the fe w.ord5 of the text:, ?'dough they cry inhit deftruttion, carry this meaning ; Though they cry when he, that is, God is bringing them to deftru&ion or death. But though we have attained the meaning of the figie Termes of this verfe ; yet how to put them rn,g.?ther,eoPwhat interpretation togive of them a3 put together is not fo eally attained; nor bath it a little divided the Ju:l +g melts and appre- heafions of learned men, what to` conclude upon. I intend pot to thy in adilcuffi ni of all that hash been e:ffcred, but among the variousinterpreratiors -given ofthis vere, there are only two which I (hall a little iriii i upon. Freft That 74 here fits forth the refolvedneffe of God to bringhim to the grave, and fo dohbut pu;lúe what he fpake in the former verfe, I know he will bri'.g me todeath. and to the haufe appaated for all living ; I know atlfo that he will not ftretch out his hand to thegrave, though thej: cry in his drftruRion, that is, G g though
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