Chap. 34. An Expofition upon the Boob of J o B. V'erf.ao. 643 all into diforder and difquiettnent : Thus the people (through the fierce anger of God, and the wine of afionifhinent which he gives them to drink) fhall be moved, they flrall reel to and fro, and flagger like adrunken man. Greattroubles andof ii6tionsare cal- led in Scripture the wine of aflonifhment, becaufe they make many fayanddo they forteknow what; great troubles bereave men not onlyof their comforts, but of their reafon; they do not only firaiten them, but affonifh them. They who have drowned their wits- in cups of worldly pleafure , may foon have them , drowned in full and overflowing cups of worldly forrow. &fides this Expofitionof thepeoples being troubled withper-, plexity, fear, anddoubt, withanxiety, and uncertainty pf fpirtt what to do, I fay, betides this, there is another way of being trou- bled, upon which fomeExpoftors fpecially infiff. Thepeoplefhall be troubled ; that is,. fhall be in a tumult; they fhall rife up fe- ditioufly, and (as we fay) maleacommotion, they fhall gather to- gether as manywaters, with a .roaring noife. Many people, are compared CO many Waters ; and there is fomtimesa confluence, agreatconfluence or floodofthem tumbling together; The Poet tells us elegantly what rude work a people make when they rifeup likea flood of troubledwaters. Theirrage (fairh he) finder out dovslutl crag weapons, one throwsflones another throws firebrands till all's in no inpopulo P > cumf.epe co- fad combnflion : Thefe waters, if let alone,may quickly put all in- ortaeft toa flame. The Pfalmifl afcribes thequietingof the Sea, and the sedttio,fevir quieting of the people to God in oneverfe ; yea, I conceive the Pe animh :g- one is but the explication ofthe other, (Pfal. 65.7.) whichflit- nobtle vulgùr, leth the ?wife e theSeas the not e of their waves, and the tumult oamquefacer f f f f f 7677 vola,it theirpeople. Thus faith Elihu, the people fhall be in a tumult, furor arma mi- (this fuits with that expoftionfira given)ready to del-troy whom_nirat. Virg. foëver they meet next, or thofe efpecially whonever did nor lEneid. t. meantthem any other hurt but to keep the peace, or bridle their headílrong fury. Yet,I rather adhere to the former Interpretation, The people Jhall:bctroubled, that is, they fhall be in a great confrernation of fpirit,neither being able (which they feldome are)toadvife them- felveswhat todo,nor fit to receive (which they feldomewill)ad- vicefrom others. And (as Elihù adds) they fhall be thus troubled At midnight; Or, In the half of the night, as the words may be rendred Nnnn 2 that's
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