Chap. 33. An Expofition wpm the Book of J o B. Verf. 26. 345 torturingly lick, howwould the power of Godbe feene in heal- ing the ficke, and rebuking their paine ? For all thefe purpples, (Man is chaflenedwith' paineupon his bed,and the multitude of his bones withflrong pane. We never profit by chaftenings, till we anfwer the purpofesofGcd in fending them, and unleís we know what and which they are, we can never anfwer them. If we an- fwer thefe time toucht upon, we (hall either anfwer all, or, to be fure, we Chaff baulke or refufe none. Elihu having thus (hewed us the ficke man inpaine, proceeds to Phewus what further effeóf his paine and ficknefs wrought upon him. Verf, zo. So that his life abhorreth bread, and his foule dainty meat. This verfe f seweth the fecond effe& of ficknefs. The former was paine, This is lofs of appetite, or naufeoufnefhe. His life. That is, his livingbody ; We may call the tick mans body a livingbody, though it be hard to fay whether we fhould number him among the living or the dead. We read life put forthe bo- dy which liveth, or whereby it liveth. (Pfal: 88. 3.) My route ( faith Heman) is full oftroubles, and my life draweth nigh ants thegrave; that is, I am ready to dye, and my body to bet uryed, He lothnot fay, he bath no greatflomack to, but his life abhorreth bread. The word hereufed is of a Syriack derivation ; nor is it found pox of 4,t s°ym any where in Scripture but here. The nowne fignifieth any thing ra eft, notat that is filthy, excrementitious or uncleane; whence the verbe is naufeare facers rendred to abhorre , loath , or nauceate ; becaufe we abhorre nam LtttltS thofe things which are filthy or unclean. His life abhorrretb fades mnt= bread. guicquid fordi- cum er immun That is common food. Sometimes bread is put for all kind òf dun efl vel in dyer as David fayd to Mephibofheth (z Sam: ]. 1 o.) Thou humanu corpo- alt eat bread at ru table. But becaufe of that oppofition in Ye ret ex co ,$ y pp excretó. Drufc the text to dainties, by bread, we may here underfland onlyAlerts ordinary food ; His life abhorreth bread, Y y ttd
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