Chap. 32. -; ,fin Expòftion upon the Boal¿,of J o ifexf. x, 3 or ftand forth. The word in the Hebrewmay be rendred thus They fabbatized, implying they had found it aweekof hard work, Verb= ipfum and ftrong labour in dealing and tug ing with fob; And now as if 1721) ind;cit their feventbday or Sabothwere come, they fatedowne and took ncoe t /li iouutnreaam their refl. Speaking efpeeìaily arguing and di uting with a knowing and refolved rtiio o- adverfary, is tough worke ; And they who ,, prarerite have been at it to purpofe, may for very wearineffe have caufee - & iagentem nough toreft or taketheir Saboth ; fo did tilde three men, they Y p 1 yam, ceafed or fabbatiz'd from anlwering fob. aono, We mayyet !further enquire, why did they ceafe? Firft,fome pined; men ceafe to anfver, becaufe they 'rave nomore toanfwer. Se- condly, others ceafe to anfwer, becaufe they fuppofe they have anfwered enough already, and will anfwer no more. Some lay the former was the reafon why fobs three friends ceafed to antWer, theyhad nomore to anfwer ; Others take the latter,that they had nomind,nawill to give any further anfiver.13ut the reafon expref- fed in the text ( which filmic' fatisfie us and fuperf ed further queries ) is, Becaufe he was r;ghteozrs inhis vwne eyes. As if it hadbeen faid, Becaufe they fan, they had done no good inpon him, 3ób kept.his ,o-roundand maintained hisflanding, he' d f ; puted every inch with them, andycildednot an inch ; at they found .him atfirfi,fo he was at laß , theyfaw him a man immoveably let downein his owne parpofeand opinion, and therefore, becaufe they cottldget nothing byfpeakjng, they would ffieak no more. 'Tù but ,iosl labour, ( as we lay ) to wag) the Blackmore. The conflancy and warmth ofJob in defending himfelfe they judged ob(lin.icy and a humour to ot,pofe, or but the fwelling of a proud f1 irit ; whereas indeed it was the love oftruth,not of contention, a zeale to doe himfelfe right, not todoe them wrong, which caufed him (iüt to hold up the Bucklers, and adhere fo flitfely to his owne opinion.. Thus defpayring toconvince or bzhag him to an ac- knowledgement, that he .was unrighteous, they ceafed. Becaufe he was righteous in his ovine eyes, That's filch another forme of fpeaking (Pro. ;', . ) Be u t wife in thine owne eyes As allo that ( Pro. 26. a a. ) Seefl thou.aman ui fe in his swvne conceit, there is more hope of a fool then of hinz. B 2 You
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