134 Chap. 34. An ,Expoftion upon the Eookof Jos. Veil. ?, nefs, and with akind of delight. And whereas there is a three- fold nieafure or degree of drinking; Firft, foberly, or for necef- fity : Secondly, plentifully or formoderate delight ; Thirdly, ex- cefiively,orfor drunkennefs,and the fatisfying ofa luft. This third feerneth tobe here intended,even anexceflìvedrinkingoffcorn, till he was as a drunken or mad-man with it, or ( as we fay) mad drunke ; For the text faith, What man is like Sob, who ,drinketh rap fcorning. He doth not only tact it a little, and lip at the fcorners cue, but drinks it up_ to a drop, or to the bottome. Hedrinketh up (corning. uH ita ride- And that's a ftrange kindofdrink,one of the worft if not altoge- aur et fannis ther the worfi ofNatures brewing.Scorning may be taken aways, excipitur ut eitherpalliively or ae- ively;fometakeitin a pafl.îve fignification; Yob h:hiit u what man is like gob, who drinketh upfcorning like water ? that is, ea fubfanns- who is Co (corned, or who fubjeðhimfelfe to thefcorn ofmen iur. Druf: as ne bath done.What wife or difcreete man did ever lay himfel 9ignj icat 7o- fo naked , fo open to contempt as he ? or who like him would bux ad fo ri- render himfelfe fo ridiculous, fuch a laughing flock to all his hear- dendum mattes ers, who are butrational! and underianding men ? It cannot be provocare cum a tat:bssiforme- denied ( nor doth.Elihu in fpeaking thus courfely of himdeny it) nibs utim but that job, moveddoubtlefs by theholy Geoff, had fpokenma- mere: ny excellent things, full ofdivine light and learning , yet moved with paflion, he fpake fometimes much amiffe, and is charged for it, as if like a fhamelefs perfon, he had proffered himfelfe, by fa- and intemperate language to the lath ofevery tongue. Secondly , Scorning may be taken a6tively; what man is like Yob,who drinkethfcorning like water ? That is,where (hall we find fetch a fcorner?who bath uttered fo many reproachful! fpeeches,as yob ? He drinketh fcorning, as if he thought he could never fill himfelfe enough with fcorning. This interpretation may have a a double reference. Firft , To his friends, who it feemes ,. were very fenfible that he put fcornes upon them. Zophar complainethof it (Chap: tr. 3.) When thou mockefl (hall no manmake thee alhamed ; As if he had fayd,whenthou haft mocked andderidedus, hall we let thee alone, and faynothing ? (hall we Puffer our felves to be abufed and paffe it by in Mence ? ought we not to tell thee ofir, and re- buke
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