Chap. 3. An Expofition upon the Bookaf J O B. Verf. 8. for him, ready to entertain and welcom him when he comes, but they go forth to folieit his company and hiscoming. - This is to itir up Leviathan. So that the whole/fence according to this Expofition may be given to you thus;as ifjob had faid, Let this night be curled with -a grievous curfe, even with as black and foul a curfe as can -be molded and fafhioned in the hearts , or fpit out of the months of the.vilefl miscreants, evenoffuck as are fo let upon fin, that they hate the light, and curfe the day, which either the Sun makes in the,air,or which .knowledge makes in their hearts, left that fhould flop and hinder them in the aging of tin r yea, let fuch a curfe be upon it, as they ufe to vomit out, ; who are fo let upon mifchief; and engaged to their lufts,that they pray in-aid from-the Devil, to affrfl and quicken them in their wickedneCs; that fo their natural corruptions being oyledand fmoothed with his temptations, their motions to fin (and indeed to Hell) maybe fwifter and more vio- lent. There are they that give diligence tomake their damnation fare t there are they fromwhom the KingdomofHell fuff:rs vio- knee, and thefe violent ones (rather then not have it) will take it by force. Surely theirdamnation ileeps,not, who (left they fhouldk: not finenough)awaken the Devil to (hew them finning opportu- nities. To filch as thefe (according to the interpretation now fug- gefled) Job commits his night, tocurling , Lek them carte it n.111 curfe the day, &c. Now though there be a Truth in the things which are afferted- inathis.Opinion,taken abftraf ly; though it be a truth that wicked menare inch as curfe the day-of-air-light, and the dayof know- ledge-light; though they are often fo mad to be finning,that they provoke and tempt the Devil ; yet I- will not give this for the fence and meaningof the words, rather you may,take it and maker ufe ofit as an Allegory upon, then an Expofition of the Text. The laft Opinion,with which I (hall conclude the openingof the words,is this : that Job in this Verle Both allude to the Cullom of his own Country, and ofother Eaftern Countries, who had cer- tainperfons amongft them, bothmen and women, whom, upon folemn occafions either of joy ,or lorrow, they were wont tohire or call infor reward , to come and help. themout either in rejoy- -eing or in mourning.- We.find men.tion,oflath inScripture divers- times, who were thus called and invited or hired to mourn and lament in timesof fad and forrowful accidents, whether per- lonal... 375_
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