Chap. 34. An Expoftion upon the Bookof j o B. Verf. i g. 69 or throughly ; God doth not break them inpieces for corre6lìon, but for deflruClion; there are great breakings upon the perfons -and elates of forme men,andyet it is but for correolion ; others the Lord breaketh fcr utter ruine, (as here) fo that they are de- ftroyed. The Original word figniñeth to deflroy as it were by tc- contré pounding in a Monet and the fame word is ufed to fignifie a vit, anrivit, contrite heart, a heart broken bygodiyfarrow under the fenfeof fin. contudit. They are deftroyed, or, as it were ground to powder ; you may break a thing into manypieces, yet not grinde it to powder or dull, as corn in a Mill, or fpice in a Morter ; but thefe (faith E- lihu) are not onlybroken to pieces, but beaten toduff, that's the firength of the word which we render, theyaredefttayed, -Hence Note. what. Codhath a mind to do,he can do it certainly,dnd will do it throughly. Hebreaks men in pieces, fo that theyare dalroyedand brought to dug. ; When the Prophet declares the breaking of the four Monarchies, it is faid (Dan. 2. 3 5.) They (hall be as the chafeof the Summer threfhing upon the Mountains ; if the Lord will de- ftroy the mightíefl,they (hall certainly be deflroyed ;asBalak aid tqBalaam ; Iwot that whom thou curfeif are curled ; as ifhe had laid, thou canlî curfeeffe&ually, if thou wilt fet thy feli co it %is' not iiithe power of all the Balaams in the world to e ++eC` 'a curie, though they pronounce a curie, 'tis only in the- power of the Lord to curie effe6lually ; he can biefs whom hepleafetl;,ànd they are blefied; he can curie whom he pleafeth,'and they are curled. Thus as Ephraim lamentinghis fin and forrowconfeffed, (ter. 31. "¡ S.) Lord, thouhalt chaftifed me; and Iwas chafti f.,d ; God paid him home ( as we fpeak) ifwe chafiife a childe, he is chaflifed, but) when Ephraim faith, thou halt chalkedme, and I was chaftifed; his meaning is, I wasgreatly and effectually cha- flifed ; that is, firfl, In a literal fence, I found thy hand heavie uponme, it was a fore affiidticn that I was under. Secondly, In a fpiritual fence ; Thou halt' chaflifed me., and I was chaftifed ; that is, my heart was humbled and broken under thy chaPdfe- rnents ; in either notion we fee the effeîualnefsof the Lords work ; Thou halt chaftifedme, andIwas chaftifed. Andtthere- fore Ephraim invited the Lord to another work ; 7urnme,QLord, Tttt and u
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