63° Chag.3 I. An Expofition upon the Book of J o a. Verf.31. but no foundation. And,hence the Houles and Pallaces ofPrinces ( fuch wee may fuppofe ?ob., to have been, even their houfes ) were called Tabernacles, becaufe in thole dayes men dwelt üi Ta. bernacles, and not in foundedand fixed houles ; or Godly men called their fixed, founded and bell built houles Tabernacles, be. caufe they looked upon themfelves as pilgrims and hangers in thisworld, not having here anabiding place, or (as the Apoflle fpeakes. Heb. 13.14. ) a continuing Citie, but Peeking one to come, even a Citie havingfoundations, whofe builder and maker IS God, If the men ofmyTabernacle fail not. What laid they ? If theyPaid not: O that wee had ofhie flofl, ! This was thewith or defireof themen (globs Tabernacle , O that wee bad ofhie f e/h ! Two things are here to be examined for the opening ofthefe words. Pirtt , Wbofefte/h they meant, when they fayd, O that wee bad ofhis ff/h ! Secondly , What is meant by that flefb, which they had fuck a mind to have ? To the firft Enquiry, whofe fle(h did themen of Jobs Taber. nacle meane, when they faid,o that wee had ofhis fteh ! I anfwer, according to that line of Interpretationwhich I am now upon (rnd which I conceave theheft) we are ro underfiand the flethof Pt Enemies is here meant. As if he had fayd, Ibave beenffïrredup by my domefticke relations , both by myfriends and fervants, to take utmofl revengeupon my Enemies ; yea when they lawme f lent andparient at my owne wrong, they were fo pa lonate- ly anddeepely off fled with it, that they defired to rate the very fle/b ofmy enemies,and to drinke their blood ; that is,for myfake to ruine and deflroy them. Wee commonly fay of a manwho is eagerly bent and let to revenge,be could eate bidenemy withoutfall. There is nothing fo hungryas revenge, nor can any thingfadslie the hun- ger ofrevenge, hut the ruine of him who is fuppofed ( though wrongfully) to have done thewrong. When Haman conceaved himfelfe affronted by Mordecai, who refufed togive him reve- rence, or bow tohim, he (faith that Scripture, Eft:3. 6 ) tbougbt franc
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