Vert.. ;á o. An Expofition upon the gook,of J O B. Chap. 3. and, pangs, for joy that a man-child, fuch a mafi;uline bleflimg , is bora into the .worl.d.But theText goes ora. ífillin tears,;as follows, ,Nor hidfrrrowfrommine eyes. .The word which we tranllate forrow, fignifies more properly labour' and wearinefs, or the wearinefs that doth arife from la- ' boor, and fo from thence it is tranflated to fignifieany kindoffor- row or trouble. Becaufe it bidnotforrowfrommine eyes.] By the hidingoffor- row from hiseyes, he noteth>only thus much, that he thould have been delivìred from thefenfe andexperience of farrow. =He had mill thole evils which he met with, lince his coming into the- world, if thofe doors being thut, had Phut himout ofthe world: When forrow is hid from our eyes, thenall evil is- removed, as in that 1peech, (Ifa. 65.. 16.) Becaufe theformer troubles areforgot-` ten,' becau if they are hiddenfrom mine eyes, that is, as hehad laid, we fear no trouble, no danger, noevil hangs over our heads, now the former evils are forgotten, they are hiddenfrommine.eyes; 42)-s we ufè to fay of great dangers, that they are iminent dan- gers, they hang over our heads, or hang before our eyes, becaufe they lie ío near, and are inEach a.readiuefs to opprefs and fall .up-, an us, Nowwhen Job fubjoyneth forrow to his birth, as ifas loon as ever the doors wereopen for him to fiep into the world, the firít objedt he met with was trouble,and he _was falluted by forrow as Coon as ever he law the light. Obferve, That man is born to firren'. He fees forrow the firfi thing he fees. Sorrow is his firft acquaintance.The conneCtion is very clofe, Becaufe it flout not up the doors of the womb , nor hid forrow from mine eyes. Eliphaz tells us, (Chap. 5. 7.) That man_ is born unto trouble,as ehefparks fly upward. He is born to it; the expreffi pn impliesthat troubleand forrow take hold ofus,or we enter up- on, & take hold oftröuble,as loon as ever,we enterupon the world, we areborn to them, trouble and forrow are a mans inheritance; as an heir is born to his Land or Eflate. Man hath aright to thofe troubks,they are his birth-right,and all his birth-right bynature; and as loon as ever he is born, he takes poffeflion of forrow, or forrow poffeffes him. Many aman is born fó riches and a great E.11: te,bu:t he Ylayeth a great while for thepo fefúon of xhem;rnan is
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