368 Verf. 8. An Expofitión upon the Bookof J OB. Chap.3. quently mentioned in divers Hiflories, who living under the tor- Hi folem tram- ridZone, in an extrearn hot Climate, ufed to curfè the Sun when f endentem ex. it àrofe,becaufe it fcorched them with vehement heat : This made errantur,eique thenfin love with the night,and hate the day. And fo the fence is convitia Inge made out thus. Let them curfe this night, whoufe tocurie the runt quAtoni- Sun riling every da , whole pain heightening tnd imbittering dur 1pJos d. their fpirits, caufed them to pour out the moil bitter and revenge- regionernper' fill execrations. ál néma= But I will lay this by,though forre let much flore by it,as a fpe- dantes dirio fo. cial treafure of invention ; For I much queflion,not only whether ortundexci- this cuflom of curling the day arnongft that people was known slung. Sohn. to Job, but whether he ever heard of fuck a people, being fo re- `'4' Polyp l' mantes 6,-1 moteand ditlant fromhim. folemorienten Secondly, I (hall a little open the meaningof that Tranflation r[g Occrdenrem given by Junius, Let them curfe it who enlighten the day , who are divaimprecati- ready to raite up Leviathan, or the Whale, one contuentur, By thofe who enlighten the day, he faith the Stars are under- Pine d. 5'. in l a, Pine flood ; Let thole curie thee who. enlighten the day, that is, let the . Stars curie thee; And who are ready to raifë theLeviathan, that is, let the winds be againft thee, let the winds curie thee, or bea curie unto thee. The reafon he gives,is becaufe Starsare (Illufira- tores Dici) the enlightners ofthe day ; And to falve it, we muff not(faith he)take the day firmly fora day artificial, for then the Starsare ofno ufe , but for that part of the day natural which is dark , namely the night ; the Stars are enlightners of the day, namely of the dark part of the day, the night ; And fo jobcalls here to the very Stars , that they fhould oppofe and trouble that night. We read in that notable Hiftory, Judg. 5.20. That the Stars in their courfes did fight againfi Sifera ; fuch expreflïons there are, making as it were the Heavens angry , the Stars tooppofe the de- fignsof men. The hoaft of Heaven is under the command of the Lord ofHoafts,when he calls them forth to the help.of his people. Thus he conceives Job inviting the Stars to take part with him in this quarrel againft his night ; Let the Stars curie the day, thofe enlightners of the day. Then he underfiandsby them that Itir up Leviathan,thewinds ; thofè words ( mho fiir up Leviathan) are ( faith he) a Pari- pbrafis,or defcriptionofthe winds. The reafon which he gives is, becaufe when great winds arife and blow ftrongly, that mighty fifh
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