° z. ^ An Ex g¡itiott upon oo oB. Verf. P p . 3 '233 To deftroyhim. The word De/troyfignifieth to [wallow up or to devour: You have it, Gen. 41. 4. where it is faid, that the feven lean ears, and (even lean nine, diddevour or eat up thefeavenfullears, and thefever fat.kine. And Exod.7. i z.The text faith,Thot Mofes his roddidfwal- low up the rods ofthe Magitians,ffal. i 24.3.Vnlers the Lordhadbeen on ourfide, they had fwallovedus up quick, In all thefe places it is the fame: word we have here, thou movedit me to defroy him. In the former Chapter where Satan defired God to touch yob, I fhewed what kind of touches Satan defired to lay upon the people of God, you fee it now cleared by God himfelf, Thou movedit me to defiroy him, tofwallow him up. The words were moderate and di- minutive, do but touch him,but thy intentions were bloody and deflruf ive, thou movedit me to deft-rayhim, to make an end ofhim, that was thymeaning. Without caufe. But will the Lord, the wife God,do any thing without caufe A wife, a prudent 'man will not do any thing without caufe though Satan may be fobruitifh' and unreafonable to move God to doa thing for which there is vdcaufe, would the Lord bê_ fo per- fwaded by his motion to do it without caufe? The Text feem- ethhere to (peak fo, thoumovedit me to dcftroy him without caufe, and God hearkned tohis motion before, and gave him up all his eftate to 'dowitfritwhat hepleafed. Briefly to clear this. Without caufe. It is the fame original wordufedin the former Chapter, Doth jobferie Godfornought, or without cattle (as was then opened) fo here, Thou movedit me againft 'him to deftroy:himwithout caufe, or thoumovedft me againft him for uothing,orfor naught. Wemay confider this phrafe of fpeech [ without caufe ] three wayes. Firft, in referenee,untoSatan. Secondly, in reference un- to God. Thirdly, in referenceunto job 'hitiifelfi From -each ofthefe contiderations light will thine into this point. d Firfi,inreference4unto Satan. God tells. Satan, thou moveoit me againjt rem without' c ttfe, that is, job never gave thee any caufe -Why thou íhouldeff make fuch a motion againft him ; job had -never wronged thee, or done thee any hurt, as David faithof his H h enemies,
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