Chap. 2. An Expofition upon the Eookof 613. 'Vert: '7. 259 water, and the like) "cannot keep himfelf in his own bounds, yet he is eafily kept in bounds by the word and power of God. Verf. 7. So went Satan forthfrom the prefenee of she Lord, and fmote Jobwithfore boils,from the ffoie ofthefoot unto hit- crown. Verf.8. Andhe tookhim a potfheardtofc rape himfelf rrithall,and he fate down among the Afhes. So Satan wentforthfrom the pretenceofthe Lord.] He is prefently upon execution,as foon as he had his commiflion. We have explai- ned thefe words in the former Chapter. See then what he doth. He [mote Job withfore boilesfrom the foie ofhisfoot unto his crown. He (mote gab, faith the Text. In the former of li Lions Satan had inftruments toworkby : He ftirred up the Caldeans and Sa- beans : he moved the fireand the wind into a confpiracy again[[ job. Here he (that he might be lure it fhould be done fully)doth it himfelf. Hefinote fob.] When the Devil finiteth, he fmiteth thorowly, he fmiteth hume. When Angels firike,they firike topurpofe. It is faid Ai?.12. that an Angel ofthe Lord(moteHerod,andhe was eaten ofwormes, andgave up theghoft. Spirits havemighty power. He [mote fob ; why, he did not demand to (mite fob, he did but delire to have him 2oucht : you heard before fomewhat of that. Satan moves that his flefn and his bone might be only toup ched;now his motion being granted, it is laid he»note him. There are two things in this fmiting Firft, It notes fuddennefs : he did not afllio`f him by a difeafe that grew upon hirn by degrees; as youknow boiles and fores or- dinarily axe long a gathering, breeding in and breaking out of the flefh ; but he was all over full ofthefe boyles in an inftant. Secondly , Smiting intimates the vehemency of it, a killing firoak, a deaths wound ; the Hebrew word fignifieth to ftrike to Ill So here was a fudden ftroak, and a vehement firoak. It Aebortre,oc- mutt needs at once wound both his mindand his body , on a lad- cldit, terd;dú. den, in a moment,to be filled with fores,and covered with a fcab ; he law no caufe, he had no prognofticks which might induce a fu- fpition that hisbody was in fuch a diftemper; and fo it look'd the s more like an immediate firoake from an offended God. Every L 1 2 word
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