Chap. 3. An Expofition upon the Bookof J O B. Verf. 7. 365 the light of knowledge, and withall the light of Serif:. There are twoOpinions about this joyful vogee, which I fhall but name and pafs on Firít, The Caldee Paraphrafi will have this joyful voyce to be the voyce of the Cock , Let not the Cock crow that night the crowing of the Cock is a comfortable voyce in the night ; the. Cock is a natural O ck, and by his crowing tells us the hours of thenight : As if Io'b had laid , inftead Of the ehearful voyce of the Cock, let that night be filled with the doleful voyce of the Owl, or of the Shreech-Owl. A fecond Opinion faith, this 'joy- ful voyce which, lob puts from and ,denies his day, was the voyce of theStars, fpoken of, as they wouldhave us to conceive, Chap. 38.7. When the morning gtars, fang together, andall the fons ofGod fhoutedfor joy. But to leave thefe asfancies , rather then expo- litions; the_interpretation. given is clear and fuitable to the me- thodof the curie: lob wouldhave no meeting on that night , or ifany were,he forbids their joy, Let no joyful voyce be heard there- in. It is a great evil upon any time, when thevoyce of joy is taken away from it : It is a great evil upon times, when joyful meetings .can no more beobferveds when ifany do meet,they meet and ugh together, theymeet and lament together, they meet and bemoan, each others lofl'es and calamities. The Prophet Amos fpeaks of'a time when the fangs of the Temple fhall be howling!, (. Chap. 8, Verf3.) And Verf.io. Itvill turn your fea(is into mourning, and your fongs into lamentation. It is very fad, when the Tongsof our private houfes are changed into bowlings : but much more when . the longs of the Temple. Both thefe are pronounced againft Ba- bylon , as a part of that dreadful curie which God will pour ont upon it; when his wrath comes to the utmoft, Rev. iß.22. The voyce of Harpers and Mufclans , andof Pipers and Trumpeters,. fhall be heard no more at all in thee , and the foundof the milfione 'hall he heardno more at all in thee , and the.voyce of the Bridegroom andof the Bride jhai be heard no more at all in thee. That is, O Babylon, there [hall be no joyful voyce any more at all in thee ; Not the voyce of mufrck , no not the voyce of a milíione. tive have great càufe to fear that the joyful voyce may fuddenly be taken away, not only fromour nights, butalfo from our days; not only from our honks., but alto frórn our Temples ; For the voyce of fin hathbeen heard fromboth. Darknefs hath begun to feize uuon our light ; the feed ofdivifion. is not only fown but. *I a 3, fprung, lYlonflra vo- lent, diræ,flri- dent in noíìe volucrer, No£lurneque gemunt¡iriges P/,y ferialabubo. Damna canenr. Statius I. 3.
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