Chap. i. An'Expofation upon the Bookof J O B. vyt i r . not moderating, or'regulating,or reilraining,or abating, or limi- ting their power,that fatisfied,they'mufl quitecdown,and be taken away. God gave them a touch, juii as they touched others before: So that a man mayfay certainly, there is a God that judgeth the earth. Thefe are the touches ofSatan; and the touches ofmercilefs men are as like his as themfelves are, they think there is nothing done unlefs men be undone : they never give over touching till they come to ruining. Touch all that he loath, andhe will curie thee to thyface. Some render it thus, Touch all that he loath, ifhe cairJe thee not 0 to thyface : So it is word for word out of the Original, nifi, un- lefs, or Si non , touch all that he loath, andfie ifbe do not curfe thee to thy face. Wegive the fence of it in a dired affirmation, touch . all that he hath,and hewill &c. Othersput the force ofan impre- cation to it, Touch all that he hath,andfee ifhe do not curt thee to dré,fu, ut ubi thy face ; that is as if he had laid, let me never be believed, and iegimuaSi Da- never be trutted. Indeed Satan is fo far difgraced and damned al- vidi mentiarSi ready, that he hath nothing to lofe, he cannot damn himfelffur- intro bun in ther,he cannot with any thing to himfelf worfe thenhe already is f b ell, but yet here is a kind ofexecration or imprecation upon hirnfelfgrtur, Sim va_ init;do this,and ifhe do notcurfe thee to thy face, let nie never nusaut ait'quid be accounted of,(or as many ufe to fay)let me never be trutfedi or talc.Dru. in as forne wretchedhellith ones, Let me be damned, if fuch or Inch ¡of. a thing be not.There is fuch an emphafix in that manner of fpeak- ing fed in the Text. But we tranflate it by a direâ affirmation, and that isa good fenfe too, touch all that he hath, and he will curfe thee to thyface,that's certain,fo faith 'Satan,he will do it it is as lure as done already. 131 Curfe thee. It is the fame word which is ufed before, verf. 5. It may be my Childrenhave curfedGod. The word lignifies properly to blefs. It was thawed that probably in that place it might be tranflated Curie , but,in this Text there is aneceflityoftranflating it fo,fee- trig a clear fence cannot be made out, taking the word properly. In'curfing.another there three things concur. Firft, an ill opini- on of conceit of that perfon. 2. Hatred or malice againf{ hint.3.A S 2 defire
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