hait234; !In expofrtion upon the Bo& of j o 1. Verf. 7. bukethee for it openly, and to thy face, that thou mayefl fee thy error and be afbamed ofit ? Secondly,(whicl: is yet higher,and I judge too high) his (corn- 'Bibere fubfatt- ing is referred byfeme to thedealings andprovidences of God, nationem velut as if he had fpoken ofthem with a kind of fcorne,at leall with that agttam eft ere irreverence, and flightnefs of fpirit, which Eliphazdid early and ,Pibus 1 °° earneflly admonill-i him of (Chap: s. 17.) Defpife not thon the L hr, yatabla . cha¡inirg of the Lord;and which the Apoflle cals The.exhortation, which fpeaketh untous as unto children (Heb: 12. S.) Myfonde- fpire not thon the choisiening of the Lord. Thus altoElihu may in a qualified fence beunderfìood charging jobwith drinking up fcorn- nag like water. As ifupon the whole matter hehad fayd; job loath drunke fcorne till he is almofl drunken -with it, at leafl, he iafa fuit ofit, that he poivres i"t ont upon every one that comes nearehim, and which is wadi of all , he fpeakes fo unbecomingly, that we (hall not muchwrong him,ifwefay he bathfpoken or ailed defpifingly (which is a-degree of¡peaking er ailingfcornefally) concerning the chaften- nags of God upon him. Further, When'tis faid; He drinkethfcorning like, water. It may imply three things; Firfi, the frequency of hisfcorn- îng, he doth it commonly, he is at (corning as often as at drink- ing;SSecondly,the content which he was fuppofed to take in fcorn- mg, water cooleth and refreiheth the heated and wearied body :. Thirdly, it may note the eafinefs or naturallnefs of it to him. Td drinke isnaturali toman, it putshim CO no pairles nor Rudy. We fayproverbially of that which a man loth- without trouble ; Hé dab it as eafily as he drinkes.Bnt of this word drinking anddrink- ing like water, the reader may fee moreupon thofe words ( Chap :: 1 ç. 16.) Mandrinketh iniquity likewater. Once more, whereas Elihufaith of Job,Hè drinketh ¡coming like water. Some havemade a critical! obfervation or diflin&lion about it ; Elihu loth not fay;he drinkerh (corning like wine , but like i a- ter ; Theywho are provoked or led onto fin by the delight and fweetnefs which they find in fin , are fayd to drink it like wine (Prow, 4. 17.) They drink the wine of violence ; or they drink violence s3s
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