Chap. 33. An Expojition upon the Book, of J o B. Verf. 21. 349 dainties to feed their lulls. As force who abufe the creatures are punished with the want of them, fo others with anabhorrence and loathing of them. So much for this fecond fymptome of ficknefs, His life abhor- reth bread, andhisfoul dainty m^ac. The third followeth, and ap- peareth in the generali decay and languifhment of the Fick mans body. Verf. 21. His flefh is confirmed away, that it cannot be feene, and his bones that were not feene, ftick.out. In this verfe and the next, Elihu fill infifts upon his defcrip- tion of the Fick mans condition, and in them he gives us two o- ther fad effe&s or fymptomes of his ficknefs. Firf, The generals wall and confumption of the body (verf. at.) Secondly , The utmofperill of.life (v. 22. ) El;hu defcribes the firf effe&of fickneffe ( the firf here but the third inorder) by two things'. Fitt} , By thedifappearing of that whichufed to be feene, and appeare very faire and beautiful! ; the vifible part grows (as it were) invifible, his flefh is confirmed away, that it cannot be feene. Secondly, By the appearing of that which ufed not to be feene ; his invifible parts ( not fo in theirown nature, but as to their place, I fay,his invisible parts) grow vifible, His bones which were not feen, fticl¿,out. Thus with much elegancy he fets forth the forrowfull and deplorable elateof the lick man. His flefb s confirmed away. As if he had fayd, Before his fickneffe he wasfull offlefh, fat and faire, but falling intoficknefs, he falls away, and is worn, ( as we fay) to skin and bones ; hisflefh'is confirmed. Flefh, in Scrip- ture, is taken twowayes. Firf, Improperly, and Tropically. Secondly, Literally or Properly. Ina Tropicali and Improper fenfe, flefh fignifieth our finfili. corruption ( Gal: 5. 17. ) The fiefs evermore lulled) againft the ¡firit, that is,the unregenerate part in man againft the regenerate. Theft.
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