Chap. 2. An Expofitioñ upon the Bookof J O B. Verf. 8: fain to do it himfelf faith the Text : Neither Wife, nor Servants, nor Friends would meddle with him. A hard cafe ! Then fecondly, confider what a toole he had to do it°with. He was left to behis ownChyrurgion,and his drefling infirument was u pofheard. The word lignifies, fometimes a whole earthen pot, fometimes a broken piece of it, a fheard,as we call it. Here is no mention of fine linnet' and falves to heal, or of oyl to fupple there fores ;'only a hard pot-(heard is the toole, and scraping is all the Surgery. Ahard café ! Thirdly, This intimates either that his body was fo loathfome by reafon of the difeafe, that he was loath to touch himfelfwith his hands : As we fay proverbially in our Language concerning-. 'deformedor filthy creature ; A man wouldfcarce touch fuch an one with apair ofTongs.. So, as ifYob had fo abhorred himfelfthat he was loath to touchhimfelfwith his bare hands,he mull take fome- what, and for want of abetter, apotfheard, to fcrape himfelf He had not the heart (as it were) to touchhimfelf, his difeafe was . fo foul, that (as we fay) it turn'd his fiomack. This fome give as a reafonwhy he took a pot-(heard, his body was fo filthy that he was loath to touch it with his hands. Or as others give the reafon, his boyles and fores did fo over- fpread an¡l envenome his hands to the very miles, that it was a pain for him to touch himfelf : his finger's were fore, that lie had fcarce any ufe of them; this confirains him to make a poor fhift,even to take apot-floeardtofcrape himfelfwithal!. What a lap mentable cafe was this ! Fourthly, There follows yet a further aggravation of his aflli- élion;Ifa roan be lick and full offores,yet if he can get an eafie bed or Come foft place to lie upon, it is a great comfort. Youknow howmen will remove from bed to bed, from place to place, when they arediftempered and in pain.But fee where fob lies,he háth no down-bed nor loft pillows, neither couch nor chair to fit in, but Hefat down among the afhes. There are two expofitions concerning this ; For his fitting in the Afhei, may be taken as a voluntary ad, or as a neceftary ad. Some take it as a voluntaryad ofjob, and that he did it eleîtivè, when he was in that condition,hewent out and chofe to fit among. ---the Allies ; And fo his fitting amon&r the Miles was a noteof his hums 263
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