284 Chap. 3 3. An El-petition upon the Book., of J o B. -. Verf.t g, take the vifion diftinftly from or joyntly with the dream, the fcope- of Elihu in-this text is equally anfwered and fulfilled:. Further, Elihu doth not only report the wayof Gods difco- vering himfelfe, that is, in a dream, in a vifion , but he declares the time or feafonof thefe dreams and vinons, or of thefevifions in a dream ; that is, the night, and the night conndered under this divifion. Fitti , when deep fleep falleth upon men. Secondly, When they have their flumberings upon their bed; that is (as I apprehend) at the beginning of the night, and break of day ( for thofe are the flumbring times of thenight) or in the middle of the night or midnight, for then uflially men are fallen into and abide in a deep fleep,or as we render, Then Deep fleep falleth upon men. Some fleeps, aswe may fay,are but íhallowfleeps,flight fleeps, in comparifonof other ; Deep fleep is that which we call, Dead flees. The word hereufed by eau, notes the firongefl and the foundefl fleep, and therefore 'cis fitly difiinguifhed from flam- berings upon thebed. plus There are three words in the Hebrew which lignifie fleep ; erguam +i]tt, whereof the firl} lignifies fleep in generali ; the fecond,deep fleep;. t ratli plus the third, anyflight fleep, which we here tranllate flumbertng, el! quam Ordinary fleeping is more then flumbring, and a deep fleep, ArlaltÉ rag more then ordinary fleep ; we commonly fay , fuch a man isMk ,fleep, he is, a`s it were, bound hand and foote. Sleep is the bind- ing of the fenfes, and fo, by confequence the bindingof all the members of the body. We often finde this diiiin 'cion in Scrip- cure (Pfal. t 3 2.4. ) Iwill not givefleep to mine eyes, norflue-. ber tomy eye-lids ; that is, I will not onlynot give my idle to fall afleep,but I no much as(according to our manner offpeak- ing in that mIrrer ) forget my felfe. We find the fame difiinf ion (Pf.- t 2I.4.)Behold, he that keepeth Ifrael(hall neither 'lumber nor aliqusn- fleep. The words are a defcription of the exa6watchfulneffe of do frmplacitèr God over his people,he that doth not fo much as flumber,he that redditurdormi- never lays his eyes together, he that Both not only not take a nap re; Grcè e1I (as we fay) but not fo much as once nod (to fo little the He- ni eu,te r brew word may be drawne downe, which is likewife the impor- é nta órmyrra tance of the Greek word, he, I fay, that doth not fo much as Bolds nod
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