ro*For thou wilt not leave my foul »: in hell » ; nei- ther wilt thou ſuffer thine holyOne oto ſee corruprtionp. mt, e. My perſon, as this word is evefy, where uſed, by a Synec- doche of the part, and then the Perſon by another Synecdoche of the whole is put for the Body. The ſoul is oft put for the Body, ei- ther for the living Body, as Pſal: 35: 13; and 105. 18: or for the Carkaſs or dead Body. as it is takeny Levir. g: 28: and*21: 1: Num. 5: 2: and 6. 6,9, It. and 9, 10: and 19; 11, 13:\. And fo it is inter- preted in this very place, as itis produced, A« 27 29,. &c. and 13: 36, 37. ” te. In the Grave or ſtate of the Dead, as appears, 1. From theHebrew wordScheol,which is yery frequently ſo underſtood, as is undeniably evident from Gems 42: 387 Numb: 16: 308 Jobs 14-132 Compare with 17; r3: Pſa. 18: 5, and 3043; and 141. 7: Ecgleſ. 9. 16: Ezek. 3 2.21, 27% Jonah 2. 2. and many other | places:j z. From''the following clauſe of this Verſe, 3 From A#s 2: and 132 where it
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haſt ſan&ified and ſent unto the World. Ir is peculiar to Chriſt,co be called che bely one of God, Mark 1: 24: Luke 4: 34+ p Or. Retremeſe, 7. 6 Tobe corrupted or putrified in the Grave,, as the Bodies of others arcs Seeing 1s of put for perceiving by experience. ' In which Senſe men are ſaid fo /ee good, Pſal: 34.13: and to fee Death, or the Grave, Pſal: $9: 48:. Luke 2: 26: John8, 51: and toſce fleep, Eccleſ. 8: 16: And the Hebrew word Shochath, thongh ſomerimes by a Me- ronymy it ſignifies the P.t er place of Corruption, yer properly and generally it | | 30: Pſa135: 7:and 55, 25, Jena 2. 6. and is ſo rendred by the {ſeventy Fewiſh Interpreters, Pſa. 107. 20. Prov. 28. ro.. Fer. 13. 14: ahd 15+ 3- Lament. 4+20: Ezek. 19: 4; and 21:: 31, And fo it maſt be underſtood here, although ſome of the Jews do avoid the force of this Argument render it ce Pit. . But in that Seaſe it is: not true, for whether it be meant of David, as. they ſay, or of ; Chriſt, it is confeſſed thar both of them did ſee the Pit, :, e. Were Jaid in the Grave., And therefore jitmoſt necefſirily, be taken in : the other Senſe now mentiqned 3 and ſo it is properly, and literally {true in Chriſt alone, although it may in a lower and Metaphorical : Senſe be applied to Dayid, who had a juſt and well grounded Con - ' idence, that although God might bring him into great Dangers and ' Dilſtreſſes, which are called the ſorrows of Dearh, and the pains of Hell, P/#, 116. 3 yet God would not leave him to Periſh in orby them, 1x Thou wilt ſhew me 9 the path) of life r: * in thy
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