Chap. 2. An Expofetion upon the Booh,of 3 O B. Verf. 5. 245 JOB 2. 5, 6, 7, 8. But put forth thine hand now, andtouch his bone, andhis flefll, and he will curfe thee to thyface. Andike Lordfaid into satan, Behold he is in thine hand, butf,ve his life. so Satan went forth from the prefence of the Lord, and fnote Jobwith fore boyles,from thefoie of the foot unto his crown. Andhe took.him apot fbeard to fcrape himfelf withall,and hefat down among the ofes. IN this firflverfe, Satan goeth on, and makes a motion unto God (as we obferved his method in the former Chapter) hut put forth thine handnom, and touch his boneand his flefh, and be will curfe thee to thyface. This is Satans motion. In the fixth aefewe have agrant of this motion, bound up,yet with a limitation, as it was in the former Chapter. For the motion, Butput forthtbine hand now and touch, &c. What it importeth toput forth the hand, that was opened in the former Chapter, verJe._i i. where we have the fame expreflion, therefore we fhail not flay upon it here. Confider' now only that which is differing, a newobjeó upon which the handmuff be put forth, andwhich Satan defirethmight now be touched. It is the laying ofhis hand, not upon his Cattel, or upon his elate, or up... on his Children,but upon his flefh and his bone,Touch his bone and bis flefh ; that is, affliâ his body ; The bone and the flejh are the two chief parts, the material parts of the body ; of them the wholeFabrick, doth confift : the bone, it is as the timber in this houfe, and the flefh it is as the time and morter tilling of it up, Touch this, faithSatan. And in that hefaith,touch his bone andhis fiefh, he intends and requires a deep and a fore afidion upon his body; for ifhe had Paid onely thus, Touch his flefh, that had been . an afliidionupon his body; for we know often in Scripture, the flefh is put for the whole body, and foinetimes for the whole man, therefore Satan is not fatisfied with an expreflion general, but he putteth it in dire and exprefs terms , Touch his flefh andhis bone, that is touch him fo as that the pain-and the dittemper may Ii 3., fink;
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