3 58 Chap. 33. An Expofition upon the Boo,'of J o B. Verf. 2T Errommìnuen- Some read this Text, 1T1 bones are diminrfhcd, Ieífened, waft- tno Egg eju , ed, or broken in pieces, as if the consumption .reached not only non vzdewees his fiiefl' but his bones too. That's a fierce dtfeafe which at once totem ïnteepretvntes invadeth and wallah the bones. The word which we render to in ftgnfieatione flickput, fignifieth in the Syriack Idiom, the abating leffening or Syriaca. p;fc. breaking of any thing into Iefler parts Or pieces. And fo thofe S'ignificetion.e words ( arenot fees) in the text ( which accordingtoour tran- SyriacamMato nation refer to the timeof health, when aman is to fat and full guam omnes fiefhed, that his bones cannot be feen, fcarcely felt, thofe words randiur.Me , I fay are referred according to this tranflation to the time of uuniur.Rlerc y) ficknefs, which is fuppofed fo to diminifh andwall the bones,thar by an ordinary ftraine of Rhetorick they arePaid, not to befeen. His bares arediminiflied, they arenot feen. We alfo render this word in that firft prophetical! word concerning our relloring by Chriíl (Gen. 3. i g.) by broiling, It ( that is the womans feed ) frail bruife thy head ( that is the Devills) and thou (halt brui fe hzQ heele. Whenbones arebruifed, andas it were fhuffled together, theycannot be feen in their proper places, or asonce they were fixt bynature. This various reading doth not vary the generali fence of the Text, but only heighten and encreafe it. We render fully and fignificantly, his bones that were not feen, flick out. Hence note. There is no man foflron , there is nothing in manfo,ftron, that canBland oat againfl theflrengthoffsck_nef Our bones are not made ofbraffe, ficknefs will dimini(h them, and pain mailer them. Secondly; Whereas 'tie fail, Hisfiefh (that wasfeen) is not feen, andhis bones that were notfeenflick,out, or are feen. Obferve. Stck¿nelfe makes a wonderful) change inman. It puts that out of fight which was feen, and it brings that in Gght which was not feen ; This holds true, not only as to that which is natural) in man, his flefh and bones, Of which this text treats in the letter ; but 'tis truealfoas to that which is morali and fpirituall in man, his virtues and his vices, his graces,and hislulls or corruptions. How often is the flel1 (in a morali fence )that is,
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