Chap. 2. An Expofition upon the Bookof J O B. 'Vert. I2. 315, feafis, did fo dig for water, ' that_they madeall asone Well. Further, it is faid, they did not only weep , but they lifted up their voyce andwept. We may note two things in that phrafe; Firft, the vehemency of their forrow ; as when a man Both lift up his voice and fpeak, he fpcaks vehemently, Ifa. 58. 3. Lift up thy voice like a Trumpet, that is, fpeak with a loud and thong voice : So here, They lifted up their voice and wept ; that is, they wept vehemently, they wept exceedingly. Secondly, To lift up the voice and weep , notes the eating of the mind in forrow ; for it is an cafe to the mind burden'd and opprefs'd with forrow, to lift up the voice and weep ; tocry out in forrow, lets the flrength Uzi cor of the forrow out. We fay, that forrow which is included, ftran- glesandRifles the fpirit ; forrow kept in, is like fire kept in more augmented : As David (peaks, Pfalm 39. concerning himfelf, While I kept filence , even from good, my forrow was Jtirred my heart was hot within me; while I was miffing, the fire brirned His forrow was increafed, when he had note vent for it : Silent mournings are the foreft mournings; lifting up the voice, vents the forrow. The Holy Ghoft expreffes great forrow, by that of a wo- man in travel, crying out. Tocry out, notes (I grant) great pain, and yet crying out is a leffening or mitigation of pain. It is obferved, that the midwife feeing a travelling woman hold in, and conceal her pains, will bid her cryout. Some lift up their voyce and weep, when they are not in pain , when they mourn not at all : There are Crocodiles tears , tears and voyces tooof diffimulation. IJhmael had tears in his eyes, and revenge in his heart, 7er.4i . Othersare in pain and mourn,when they lift not Op their voice nor weep; Like one that hath a deadly wound, they bleed inwardly : But when there is the higheft flood of forrow in the heart, weeping will make an ebb, and you may let much of thofe waters ('which are ready to drown the fpirit) out at thofe flutes of the eyes. This is the inn a , the natural aer3 They lifted up their eyes, and law fuck a fpeEtacle, as made them lift up their voice andweep. There are four Ceremonial Acts. - Finn, They rent everyman his mantle. We have fpoken of that, when we opened the 20 verf of the former Chapter, together with the groundsof rending clothes, forrow, indignation, &c. I (hall refer you thither for further information in this point. The fecond Ceremonial aft of their forrow was, thefprinkling S f 2 dasi
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