336 Ghap. 33. An Expofition upon the Book,of J Verf. r9. Ile is chafened with pain 'Upon hie bed. There heufed to have refl,but'being lick hisbed becoms refl- fiefs to him. Tobe upon the Bed,isa periy.hrafis of ficknefs ;That of Chrifl ( Luke 17. 34. ) 7here(hall be two in one bed, the one fkall be taken, and the other left , as it may be meant of any two Bed- feliowes (efpecially of husband and wife) in their, health, fo forne take it principally of two in a fickbed ; Grace takes holdof one andnot of another upon a Pick bed. I infift not upon that fence, though it be a probable and a profitable one. But Purely to fay, Aman is-chafiened with paineupon his bed, implyeth , the man to be in extraordinary pain ; as to fay, fuch a man keeper his bed, implyeth, he bath more then an ordinary ficknefs, or that he is very lick. We have three exprelfions in our language gradu- ally fetting forth the fickneffe of aperfon ; Firfl, we fay, hekeepes his houfe. He that is not well Both not goo abroad, ficknefs hou- feth him. Secondly, we fay, he keepes his chamber ; that's a fur- ther degree, when ficknefs bath brought a man up flaires, and Phut him in his chamber, he is ficke indeed. Thirdly, we fay, fuch aman keeps his bed; The meaning of which every oneunder- flands to be, that he is dangeroufly or extreamly Pick. Thuswhen Elihu faith, He is chafienedwith pain upon his bed ; we may con- ceive him fo ill, that either he muff ndt, or is not able to fit up. And EliLte in (peaking thus, feemes to have relation towhat Job had fayd ( Chap: 7. i 3. ) when Ifaydmy bed (hall comfort me, and my couch (hall eafe my complaint; Then thou fcaref me with dreames, owd terrifaeib me throughvifions. As if he had fayd, O Job, thou indeed haft had recourfe heretofore, to thy bed for re- frefhing and comfort, infilent meditations and foliloquies with God, but he terrified thee with dreames, andfpake to thee by fearing ens, to turne thee from thy purple. And not only fo, but finding thee diesfe to thofe admonitions, or not regarding them, yeafl illcon- tinuing thy unquiet murmurings, he bath now even made thee bed- rid, or unable to rifefrom thy bed. Though Elihu fpake here in the third perfon,yet in all his fpeech he intended andpoynted at, yea Pet forth andpoynted out robs condition. He is chaftened with pines upon his bed, And the multitude of bones with firongpain.
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