304 Chap. z. An Expoftint upon the Boohof -) OB. Vere ji. eo r;zrtletsss ton- at let times to celebrate the name ofGod according to his own in- vaáus :rdé. ititution. And in the thirtieth Chaptcrof this Book, the grave is £1rrs, tcn;,,at called Beth-mo ned v.z3 1 the houle of the gathering together of gsa3 arras at- g . (' g teri corftituit. all men, according to that StatuteofHeaven, It is appointed unto men once to dyej eb 9.27. It is the fancy ofOrigen upon this place,, that thefe three friends Came at adventure, that they came all of them feveral ways, unknown to,or without the privity acne an- other, from their feveral Countries, and met as"it were by miracle at jobshoule, the fame day andhour. But the Text is clear, that there was a profeil covenant and agreement made, by which they ccree together. They came (faith the Text) to mourn with him, and to com- fort him. In theft: words we have the end or intendment of their coming. ila hirft , Vey came to mourn with him. The wordwhich we tranflate, to mourn, fignifieth to move thebody, or to pafs from place to place. Cain (after the fin of his in murthering his Brother, Gen. 4.) bath this judgment palled by God upon him, that he fhould be a fugitive and a vagabond, he fhould be Nod, a mover frein place to place t and afterwards it isfàid, hedwelt in the Land of Nod, which Tome interpret for a fpecial place, for a Country called Nod : but it is taken by others thus ; He dwelt in the Land of Nod, that is, where ever he dwelt he found the Land as it were moving, it was a moving, a fhaking, a trembling Land to him, He dwelt in the Landof Nod : His con- fciencc quaking continually, by realenof the guilt thatwas upon him for murdering his Brother:the earth alto Teemed toquake-un- der hire, whitherfoever he went or dwelt. That only by the way.. The fame word here tiled in the Text, by a Metaphor, fit nifies to mourn or companionate the afflictions and rniferies of another. So, Nahum 3. 6. Niniveh is laidw.aft; who will bemoan her ? And Ifa. 55. 59. Thefe two things are come unto thee; who(hall be firry fer thee ? And the reafon why this word which fignifieth properly to move, is tranflated to fignifie mourning in companion with others, may be, either firft this ; becaufe fuch perfons will run, goor move from place to place, to give and adminiifter comfort to their friends, whole of lib ions affeóand grieve them, as welee here in thefe friends ofjob:thetook a long journy,theymov'd in- deed when they Came to mourn.Or rather fecondly (as Iconceive) for this reafon, becaufe Inch'compallionate forrows and mourn- lugs
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