Chap. 3: An Expofitiazt upon the Bookof O B. Ver{: rd 327, when a wife and a holy man opens his mouth, you may look for more then words, even the treafures of Wifdom and of Know- ledge. Let us now - examine what treafure we.can make of thole words which Job fpake, when hè opened his mouth. He openedhis mouth, and turfedhis day: But is there any treafure in a curie? except that which the Apo- file fpeaksof,as the fruit of Gods abùfed patience,Kom.2.5.'A trea- fere ofwrath. Ordid Job deliberate for a curfe ? was he moulding and fathioning .fo deforin'd an iffue "as this in his thoughts fòß long? Yes, faith the Text, he openedhis mouth, and cúrfed hrs day. The word here ufed,.to Curfe, is not the word which we have met with fo often in the two former Chapters : where Satanun- dertook that ,lob would curie his God. That word, in its.native fenfe,. fignifies to biers. Buthere when jobcurfeth his day,a word 1.717p iS ufeetwhichhath neithername nor thaddowof a blefiing: And it Levis vut nul- is derived from a root which fignifieth a thing that is li ht move if; Ponder, Z1 g' ga flit;tcr meta- able or unfetled. And fo byá Metaphor, it fignifes any thing or pb r ìm ;teat, , perfon which we defpife, .contemn-and flight, or the at of defpi- vt1H contemp, fing and curling ; and the reafonof it is, becaule thole 'things "0 !Litt in which we defpife, contemn or curfe,welookupon as light things, trivial, or vain, or hurtful On the contrary, the word in the Hebrew for honour and glory, comes from a root which fignitieth ntatedixit; heavyor ponderous;becaufe that which wehonour and rcipet;wè t fphemavár. look upon it as a thing that bath weight and fubftance init : And ¡ b to !{alfrgn- the- Apollo calls that.moft Glorious Estate of the Saints in Hua- r grave '7 ven, a 'weight ofGlory, 2 Cor. 4.17. The oppofite word which we fiLeirygra±ef have in, the Text, is frequently translated, to defpife.or contemn, COY infiel and likewife to curie and blafpheme : and doth properly fignifie uosb norar r fuch a turfing, as arifes from the contempt, or bight efeern,which non haber¡as we haveofa thingor Perfon..So we 'have the word clearly tiled, /eves eut Ti es, Levit. 20. 9. Every one that curfetb hirfather or his mother Nov¡ledcorm au. obferve,curfing ofthefather or.Fnother,it.is directlyoppofed to the t1orttatn ion- fifth Commandment, which faith, Thou fhait honour thy Father duofufdptrmr, Rívetas, and thy Mother, thou (halt look upon thy father and thy mother as upon perlonsof weight and honour, whom thou art bound to reverence and efteem ; fo that to curfe the father or mother, is to account them, vile and contemptible.. The fame word expreffes that,,::
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