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John Trapp on Job 3:19

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Job3:19

Verſe 19. The ſmall and the great are there] In Calvary are ſculls of all ſizes, ſay the Hebrewes, Stat ſun cuique dies. It is appointed for all once to die,Virg. Aeneid, lib. 10. be they great or ſmall, low or high, Mors ſceptra liganibus aequat, death makes no difference: Kings and captives, Lords and loſels come then under an equall parity: death takes away all diſtinctions. William the Conquerours corps lay unburied three dayes; his interment was hindred by one that claimed the ground to be his,Daniel. King Stephen was interred at Fever ſham Monaſtery; but ſince,Speed. 498. his body for the gain of the lead, wherein it was coffined, was caſt into the river, where at length it reſted, as did likewiſe the dead corps of Edward the fifth, and his brother ſmothered in,Speed 935. the Tower by Richard the third, and caſt into a place called the black deeps at the Thames mouth.

The ſervant is free from his Maſter] Servant is a name of office, he is not his own to diſpoſe of, but the masters instrument, ſaith Aristotle, and wholly his, till he pleaſe to manumit him; if he do not, yet death will, and by taking away his life, give him his liberty: his body reſteth from all ſervile offices for a ſeaſon howſoever: and if with good will hee hath done ſervice as to the Lord, and not to men; he ſhall receive of the Lord the reward of inheritance, even a childs part; Coloſ. 4.24.

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