446 Verf. z . An Expofition upon the Bookof j O B. Chap. 3. from the boufe ofJacob, and 1 will lookfor him. The Prophet Ho- Jéa applies the word to robbers and thieves, who (land watching and longing for the Travellcr,and looking at every turning, Chap. 6. 9. As troops of waitfor ,z ¡pan. Yet further to clear this, we may take notice, that in the Hebrew there are twowords which come from this root, whereof the one fignifieth the Palate; L tacrim, Pod of the.mouth ; becaufè the palate is the part affedied with the talle cti.o ;r,i3ter. of {Itchmeats as we long for : Hence we fay, themouthwaters al. ter fuchor Inch a pleasingdiíh.Thc otherword-fignifiesafifo- rack., f3araur,gc oil j, and the;reafon is double, either becaufè thole hooks are:pleafantly eum jifcesrrht- baited, which when the fifh fees, he longeth áfterit, and greedily enr, vet tottue (wallows it down. Or because when the Angler bath call in the e tf`eá hook, he is in great expeaation, waiting and looking earrìefily when the kith will be enticed and bite. By all theft ufes of the ,Original word, we may colléd the exceeding intenfivenefsof that detire which is here exprefl by longingfor death : They long for death, even as a hungry man longeth for any meat, or as a woman with child longeth for forne fpecial meat, as a kith longs for the bait, or as an Angler longeth till the fifh bites, or as a Believer (which as it is the moil fpiritual,.fo the moll ardent defireofall) delires to have any prornife fulfilled, upon which he hath pitch'd his faith, andanchors at by hope. Which long Jr à death, and it cornett) not, thatis, it cometh not fo loon as they would have it ; for deathwill come at one time or other, but death Bothnot come at their time, or their pace. It éomethnot, in the Hebrew it is only thus, which longfor death, and t is not, we fupply, it cometh not. And digfor it more thenfor hid treafsres. To iliuflrate the greatnefs of this defire after death, he adds a fi- militude of thofe who leek for treafures; if there be any natural delire more firong, then that ofa woman with.child, or a longing woman, it is the delireof a covetous man, the delire of gain or treafure ; covetoufilefs is the ftrongeft appetite. Obferve but what a gradation there is in this expreffion, to fet .forth thegreatnefs of their defire after death : they do not only long for :it, but they dig for it ; digging you know is no ordinary labour, it is an extraordinary work, a hard labour ; as longhsg is a !firong defire,fo digging is firong labour, hard labour. And then it no ordinary digging neither, but digging for a treafure : men will
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