4 Chap. 30. An Expefttioa upon the Book, of J 0 B. Vert t. Secondly,He thews it,by their injurious siftingsand affr:tít; pep uponhim,to the 16th verfeiVpox toy rightbarn rife theOath they puff awaymy feete, Stc. Thirdly , By the extreame griefe and paine which he fuffered, thrruzh the lores and fckneffes which afü;fted his body, from the 1641 to the t 9th verge,. Fourthly, by the fevereand enemy-like carriage of God to,- wards him, f;om the 2 etti to the zç.th verge. Fifthly, By that little companion and left. reliefe which he found from others in his afiietion, though himfelfe had been full ofcompaßion to the af;ded, v. aç, 26, 27. all which he (huts. up with a fad complaint from the z8th verge to the end of the Chapters, Verf. I. Bat now they that areyounger then I, have me in de- riftan. In there words we have two thingscon(idèrable. Firit, The contempt rift upon rob. Secondly , The perfons,' whócontemned him, 7 b aggravates the afi8iveneffe of this contempt, verymuch by the character and conditionofhis con- temners ; They were meane, yea. vile, and he defcribes their meareffe and vileneffe feverall wayes. Fire, By their youth ( n. r:.) They that, areyounger then 1, (men belowme in.yeares, yea veryboyesor Children) leave me- :aderifren. Secondly, He defcribes them, by the bafenef aof their pedigree, or parentage ; whorefathers I would have difdained to have fee with the dogs ofmyii-,eke. Thirdly,He defcribes them:further,by their ufelesnefs at the ad verse; Tea whereto might the flrengtbof their hands prefit we,they were fuch a generation ofmen, as were unferviceable and unpro- fitable,not worth the taking up in the flreetes for any honeft its- ployment. Fourthly, Hdifcribes them by their poverty and want ofall things, none are more necefficated then they wh,. (as he fpeakes at. 3, 4. ). cut up Mull,wes by the beelbes, and ?uniper rotes for their meute,they were furely men ofa lowcondition, who had no better fare, or could.make nobetter provifion for their Tables. Fifthly,.
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