322 Verf. t. Ar Expofition upon the Bookof J O B. Chap o .1TC "W7 fjfE T9C $ , *44440 +1 +P ;:h' F' lF'. ` T aC +I.i. t, i '4' 1+ii, f` . rt cCcaG dJ'+úi'+o.eu cNecld.;Lcar.72áédEcabcc`f°ca6cÿc4Ci 0 c14c f"``f'44. Jos 3. I, 2, 3. &c. Verte 'r. After this Job opened his mouth, and curfedhis day. And Jobfpale andlaid, Let the day peril wherein .t wad born,and the night,nohere= in it warsfaid; There is a man child conceived, &c. He former Chapter concluded with the afonith- ment and filence of Jabs three friends : This Chapter beginneth with an afionifhing fpeech of Job. We may be as much amazed at what Job fpake, aswe were at their filence; And there ap- pears the fame reafun ofboth : namely, the reat- tzeff ofhis grief. They faw his grief fo great,that they forbare to (peak; Job feeleth his grief fogreat,that he cannot longer forbear to fpeak ; it muff have a vent, After this_(faith the Text) Jobopened bis mouth. Why, Job had opened. his mouth be- fore, he had fpoken twice liince he was encompaffedwith thofe farrows. True, But Job never opened his mouth as now ; he o- pened his.rnouth before, to jufiife.and to biefs his God; now he openeth his mouth to accufe, and curie his day, and therefore the Chapter may well begin with, After this Job opened his mouth, he never fpake in this manner before : For he no fooner opened his mouth, but he turfedhis day. The argument and fzbjedofthe whole Chapter,iscontained in this firfi verfe,the turfing ofhis day;and concerning this,the Chap- ter holdeth forth three things moil confiderable. There are three particulars belonging unto this Chapter. uirfi, the Matter, and the Manner of this Curie-; what it is, and how exprefi : Job proiiounceth a curfe upon his day, and un- folds the curfe; he unfolds it with much Rhetorick and firains of Eloquence : Troubles will malt, a man Rhetorical.. Job (as it . were) cads up all his fpirits, whets his wit, and heightens his in- vention,
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