378 VtrC`` Älì Expoftion upon the Bookof J O B. Chap. 3. Texts of the Book of Efiher, The Copy of the writing for a Com- mandment to be given in every Province, was publifhed unto all people, that they fhouldbe ready againft that day, Chap. 3. 14. and again,Chap.8.13.So that in Job,to be ready to raife up the mourn- ing, notes more then an immediate going about a thing ; As we fay, I am ready todo a thing, that is, I will or must do it prefent ly : For it notes alit a fludied readinefs or preparednefs to do a thing. The fecund word is [Gnour,J to raife up, which is properly to raife from flap, as in that place, Pfal. .q.. 23: Awake,, why fleepeft Expofti rum thou O Lord ? Arife, calf us not efffor ever. h brdiiLevia- The third word is [Leviathan,] which hath two other fignifi- thin ¡rmiicirer cations, both applyable to this Interpretation.. fro út7 Fin i, Divers cf the Rabbins tranllateit by the Hebrew word ua i umjùum, fEbel,j which frgnifies mourning or forrow ; and with the pro- - VIfit attnpro p7em,fcut ali- noun affixed, their forrow or their mourning. And this is aflèrt- hecconfun i ed'.by the learned Mercer for the plaineff meaning of the word, a'ide gkio and fo found in the writings of the HebrewDo6{ors, which alto Jgnrficatu m- directly anfwers,our Translation , who are ready to raife up their JriptH doflo- rumhetr -orura mourning. ocorrrrir, Yex Secondly, the word CLeviathanl is derived (according to the lingua .yricea opinion of others)from Lavah, i. e. joyned or atfociated. Hence Jinn t tm éß Leviah, i. e, fociety or fellowship ; to which the fame pronoun . vi'"nú nomi- being affixed, the word Leviathan is made up, and according to ni. t lid. that extraction and com ofìtion is rendered ocietatem uam Cbaldaut p U Ì verist. Simpli- their focicty or their company. And the word in this derivation eiamumofLe- andcontiruC}ion ofit, falls in with the fenfeof the former Inter- vrathan pro lu- pretation,whoare ready,to raife and ftir up their company,namely au, exponere to go forth and mourn, or their company of mourners. And the cum Hebræi,, g p Y I rc, Reafon is two -fold, why theyare or may be faid to raife up their company ofmourners. Firff, Becaufe thofe folemn mourners were dually a great ma- ny, they were a company, a Chorus or a Q.rire, making a doleful lamentation ; and fo when they were to mourn, they called to- gether or raifed up their company of mourners. And the word 'TV fraifedi is proper for a fecond Reafon, becaufe in filch mournings it was.cuffom'd to rife up very early, or early to raife uponeano- ther. As David, fpeakingofmufical rejoycing, Pfal. joS. 2. faith, A:vake Pfaltery and Harp, Imy fel fwill awake early : The He- brew is very ernphatical in that place,- word for wordthus, Imy flf
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