3,76 Verf. 8. -An Expofition upon the Bookof -1 O B. C.hap.3. fonal or pùblick. Thefe had ( Lachrymas venales ) tears to fell, or Pale tears., making both a profeflion and a profit of mourn- Sotent in lulu inge Such the Prophet fpeaks of, Ier. 9-.17,1.8. Thus faith the vv.eflshili, J Lord, Confider ye, and call for tie mourning women, ( he fpeaks lacertos mani- of them as ofa fociety or filler-hood well known, and as well eu- 6ss5 vereran- flom'd) andcunnin women.. that they may come, , tes'ad techy- g y (that is wo rn.as pcpuluns men cunning in mourning ) and let them make haft, andtake up- ¡rovoc..re. Hic a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and enirn nos per- our eye-lids gufh out with waters; fora voyceof wailing is heard á m°.net ni Iu- out of Zion,How are we f poiled? And verf. 20. Teachyour dough, za tomutie tens wailin g and ever y one her nei g hbour lamentation ( you fparjs cri- rb:*, nuditif- fee it was an art taught amongft them ) for death is come up in- .rue peaorituo to our windows, &c. In 2 Chran. 35. 25. we have a Record tv Toro modutata the fame cffeft,concerning the lamentation for Iofiah : AndJere- or,.nesod fie- _rniah lamentedfor Jofiah, and all the ftnging-men and ftnging- tum conritent. Hiceon, in women fpake of Jofiah in their lamentations to this day. So that raç.ç.Jet. there were .both men and women prepared and ufually called forth to lament filch occafions of forrow. Again, Amos 5. 16. Therefore the Lord, the God ofHefts, theLord faith thus, Wailing fha11 be in all fireets, and they (hall fay in all the high-wayes, Alas, Alas ! And they float! call the husbandman to mourning, and filch as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. . Obferve here different mourners, they fhall call the - huebandmautomourning, andfùch as are skilfu-1 of lamentation to wailing. You fee he fpeaks of two forts of perlons , they (hall call the husbandman to mourning; Piusbandrreen are filch as mourn when they mourn ; when they mourn, they mourn indeed, they mourn down-right : But betides the who mourned ( Ex animo) really, therewas anothert fort who did but perfonate forrow , and as a part ingrief; So faith the Prophet, Call in fomewho are skilful of lamentation, men or women who have ffudied the point,and know how tomove a paf- lion ," and to heighten an aftedion beyond that which the plain husbandman can do ; Let the husbandmanmourn,but befides that, let there be art and folemnity in the mourning , call in thofe that are skilful oflamentation. There was a kind of profeffion, trade or art of mourning ; which is further evinced , (z Sam. 4. 2.) Joab feat to Tekoah to fetch thence a wife woman , (which is in- terpreted in the words following to be a woman skilful in la- mentatiot) and raid unto her , Ipray thee feign thy[elf to be a rt acrner : Thou art a cunning woman, thou knoweft how to ai the
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