574 Chap.; I. An Expofition upon the look of J o a. Verf.27. Hegives his fence in this fhort glofle upon it I flopped all Idola- trous fpeecle of Starworfhip ; for wbich,Babei bred confufon. As if he had fayd, I have not fo much as entertained difputeor chan- iien Tait. gecl a word about falfe worftsip. One ofthe Rabbins caketh the fol. text in the fame fence, as if lob had clofed up his mouth with his hand againft all fuchdifcourfes. Secondly,Others following our radiation give the fence thus; Ifmy hand bath killed my snoutb;that is,if I have been wrapped up or amus'd in a filent wonder when I beheld theSan and Moone. The puttingof the hand to the mouth path been nfed as an Ern - ád ejt, Dwm bletne offilence ; and fome filence is a kind of reverenceor wor- coli flenrio. (hip. According to this interpretation, Yob feemes to fay, I have Sand: not been Bruck filent with any admiration of the (bluing Sunor ofthe Moone walking in brightnefs. Thirdly, rather, as our reading imports, thewords are a deni- all ofany outward a& of Idolatrous wor(hip; and fo the phrafe is ufed both in Scripture, andamong ancient Authors. There is a two. fold killing ; Firft, in way of falutation among friends and fami!iars;Secondly, in a way of homage & fubmiflion, or at leaft . in a way of honour and refpe& towards fuperiors.(Gen.4t,4e.) 'Pharaoh faith to7ofeple,Thou/balt be over my houfe,and according to thy word fbal1all mypeople be ruled,or(as we put in the Margin) be armedor kiffe ;that is, they (hall fubmitto thy-order and corn. mands. Such was the kiffe which Samuel gave Saul when he had arroynted himKing ( Sam. I o. I.) Then Samuel took a viali of ogle, andpowred it upon hiehead, andkilled him, and laid, is it not beccoufe the Lord hash anointed thee to be Captaine over his Inheri- tance ? As ifhe had fayd, I, by the Lords appoyntment, have an. noynted thee King, and in tokenof my fubjedtion to thee as my Soveraigne Lord, I have killed thee. So ( Pro. 24. z6.) Every man fha/i kiffe bic lips that giveth a right anfwer ;that is, every man (ball love, honour, and refpec`k him. And to Phew that kil- ling implyeth fubJedion to Kings and Princes, the Kings and Princes of the earth are commanded to biffe the Son ( Pfal.2. 7. ) with what kiffe ? not only witha kiffeoflove and affection, but with a kiffe ofhomage and fub'e &ion ; the Kings of the Earth towhom all doe homage, even theymull doe homage toChrift the King of Kings. This kiffing of the Son is oppofed to the breakingof his bands, and cartingaway his Cords from them in the
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