Chap. 3. Ax Expofition upon the Bookóf J O B. Verf. 7. 363 Andlet it not come into the number of the moneths. The Origi tt>ttiirtg,u nal may be tranflated,in the number ofthe Moons : The fame word fu:etn metift- among the.Hebrews, fignifieth the Moon and a Moneth : as like- boo Lnarfrsr wife among the Grecians:And the reafon is,becaufe theirMoneths nu iun were counted by their Moons , and the Moon is renewed every o f rvaro, Moneth. Every Lunation made a Moneth,and thirteen Lanattons quod &ilfùm made a year,their Monet h confiding Of 28 dayes,which.is a Luna- m¿ñfst nomen ry Moneth; So that when job faith,Letit not come into the number tllatur,guod of the Moneths, he would take away one fpecial benefit of the aped G;aecs night; And it is as ifhe had faid,let that night be ufelefs,andfand àu 'una mUet- for nothing in the Calender of the year. To every thing there is a (ply') menfs feafon , and a time to every - purpofe under the' Heaven , faith the efl, & vero Preacher,(Ecclef,3.r.) So every feafonhath fomething to do,and (N ff)Luna. there is a purpofe for every time under heaven. A purpofe for sum a.hocloV Summer, and a purpofe for the Winter, a purpofe for the day, and vu1t, deleaiur a purpofefor the night. And for anyofthefe to bedifappointed of e Galendario. their purpofe, is (fo far as they are capable of aflli lion) their af- ruf. fliCfion., We obfervehence ; That it is a great curfe upon any creature , to be made an ufelefs creature,toftand for nothing. This is 'to lofe the endofits being, and therefore it muf 'needs lofe the happinefs ofits being.' Every thing was(by the LawofitsCreation) ordained for Come ufè,and therefore cannot but be unhappy when it is made ufelefs. And if it be thegloryofinanimate Creatures when God will ufe them , or when men make ufe of themfor God; how unglorious then is the condition óf thofemen whoare (as God fpeaks of that King,Jer. 22.28.) like a defpifed brokenIdol, which hath no honour,and is of no ufe, who are as veffels wherein there is nopleafure, veffels laidby thewalls , ( as wé fpeak) laidafide, as unfit or unworthy to be look'd after, and employed in any publickTervice. Lo, let that night be folitary, let no joyful found come therein. This folitarinefs of the night may have refpea to the former words : He would not have it joyned to theday.es ofthe year , he would not have itcome in the number of Moneths. What then ?. then it muff needs be likea folitary widow,all álone,Let that night befolitary. Or fecondly, his meaning may this, Let there beno meetings that night. The night is not folitary in in felf, but then the night is called folitary , when tik fociety of friends is flopt Aaa z '
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