Chap. r. An Expofition upon the Bookof J OB. VerC'2o. 179 much concerning yob in his fufferings, He arofe and rent his man- tle, that is,thoughhe heard all thefe fad relations, yet his fpirit was not over-whelmed,hewas not drowned in thofe forrows, he did not fink downunder them,but hearofe and rent his mantle,&c. asifhe had railed himfelfup to wreille with the temptation and the tempter, towreille with Satan himfelf. In this fen(e the Lord is faid to rife, Ifa. 33. 8, g. Where there is that fad defcrip- tionofthe Land, The Earth mourneth and languifheth, Lebanon is ajhamed, &c. Nowwill I rife faith theLord, now willI be exalted; that is, Now will I come and them my felf with a mighty power for the deliveranceofmy people. I willbe exalted, and they thall rejoyce. That prayer of the old Church, Arife O Lord, and let thine enemies befcattered, hath the fame intendment, defiring the Lord togo forth armed with frength for the help ofhis peo- ple,and the fubduingoftheir enemies.Thus Job arofe,bound with a four-fold cord ofafili&ion : he railed himfelf up like Sampfon, though in humility, yet with 8rengthand courage. And fo it is oppofed to the finkingofthe fpirit under troubles, as you know the fpirit ofEli did, a Sam. 4.18. There was fad tidings brought to Eli concerning the death of his Sons,and the taking ofthe. Ark, the Text faith, Asfoonas he heard thefe things, befell down back- ward, he had no fpirit, no ítrength left inhim ; he did not arife and rend his garment, but he funke down and brake his neck. WhenNabal heard ofthe danger that his churlilh and inhofpitable anfwer had almost drawnupon him, a Sam. 25.37. His heart died withinhim, andhe became as af}one. When all that yob had was dead and gone, his heart lived,yea he was (sreclo animo)ofa railed fpirit,not only when he arofe, butwhen hefell upon the ground for then he worlhipped, and worfhip is the lifting up of the foul toGod ® In the worfhipofGod, while the body is upon the knee, the mind is or ought to be upon the wing. And rent his mantle. That is the fecond Aft. Rentingof garments is very often fpo- ken ofin Scripture,and we find it efpecially in thefe two cafes. In cafeof extream forrow and in cafe ofextream indignation. In cafeofextream forrow, and that oftwo kinds ; either in the forrows ofafiliáions,or in the forrows ofrepentance;in both thefe we find renting ofthegarments. Aa2 For
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