333., Verf..3. .?ín Expofition upon the Fsookof J OB. Chap.3. of each part ; Theday hath.a (hare , and the night hath a (hare, . each by it felt. Before I open this boxofcurfes any further, I (hall obferve fbmewhat from the difcovery thus farmade. And firfi I muff anfwer a doubt arifrng upon the whole matteri for it may be quefiioned upon this you have already heard,though we carry on his complaint no further,How job can be fet up with. fq much admiration for a mirror of patience, who makesfuchbit- ter complainings , and breaks out into loch difiemper'd palfion, curling hie day ? May henot rather bean example of impatience ? an unimitable pattern of an unquiet, an uncompofed fpirit ? Are thole the words of patience and fobriety ? Isthis the language of fi,bmiffioii and humility, turfed be my. day ? He feemneth to be fo fart-min patience,that he wantsprudence ; fo far from grace, that he wants realon it Of and good 'nature; his fpeeches report him mad or diltraded, breaking the bounds of mode(ty and moderati on,firiking that which had not hurt him,.and ftriking that which he could not hurt,his birth-day. In this job appears much like that proud Emperour Zerxes, of whom the Hiliorian reports, that . tivh-en the raging Hek'efont broke down the bridge that he had trade over it , he in a rage caufed forne hundreds-of firipes to be inili&ed as a punifhment on thole waters , and caufed a pair of (hackles to be cafe upon thofe waves , to teach them fubjefion was not thismach-ids ? 'what cared the waters for £tripes ? or why fhould Zerxes take revenge upon the waters ? And was not Yob as mad ? what cared his day for the curfe ?, or why fhould job take revenge uponhis day? But as the Prophet faith,Hab.3.8:. Wasthe Lorddi/pealed again)t the rivers ? was his wrath aga nf2' the fa Should the Lord f t his anger againtt irrational creatures? Doubt- le£s Le doth not. Therefore enquire furtherinto the matter ; So,. aid job Ell out with his day ? was he angry with his day.? This. is yet further to be enquired into and anfwered.. There aré forne, who on the one hand profccute the impatience. Or ob with Much impatience,and are over- paflì.onate againti job's pafhoh.Moti of the Jewifh Writers tax.him; at the leaft,as border- ing upon blafphetny,if not blafpheming. Nay,they cenfure himas cine taking heed to,andmuch dependingupon Afirological Obfer vations, as if mens fate. or fortunewere guided- by theConfiella tions ofHeaven,by the fight andafpe&<ofthe Planers in the dayof his nativity, as if job had obferved forne malignant Conjuntion. of.the,Sta upon that day ; A$ if, like the fuperftitions Heathen, he.. r
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