pag 278 Verf.x g. t/An Expofition upon the Book of J o B. Chap. 36, Sï1t13 in oppreffion,,or by oppreffion, a radica Foar l The word noces, extreamoppreffion ; we read it (1 um. 22. pregt, son- 25. ) in the tlory of Balaam, where 'cis Paid, bis Affe c tithed Pet, vim in- (or prefled, or oppretled ) his foot againfl the wall, while he was tintsprx;afao, going to curie the people of ¡fret!, that fo Balal¿ might oppreffe péræpev vales, them. This word is ufed alto jadg. 4. 3. r Sam. io. 18. and by it Elifha (hewed how he would have f ehoramo meffenger handled ( 2 Kings 6. 32.) Opprelrion takes fall hold. The Lord takes fail hold of (inners by oppreffion, and will not let them go till he hash opened their ears ; but as loon as he hach opened their ears in or by their oppreflions, then ( out of hand ) he delivereth them in, if not out of their afi1ielions. From the connecìion of this with the former part of the verfe, Obferve ; The evil of oppreffion or trouble is preparatory to, or a ufual meaner tofit ats for our receiving ofgood. He delivereth them in afflieiion, when he bath opened their ears in or by oppref ion. When once the foul by hearing the cry of the oppreffor is made obedient to thecall of God, then God comesand workesdeliverance. Good men, while free from evil, are oftentimes like the wilde als defcribed in the 39th chapter ofthis book , fuch as will nor hear nor regard the crying of the driver, though he be not an exa&or, (as the word there fignifies and we put in the Margine) but a fair and gentle driver. Few hear when fpoken to,till they feel as well as hear ; and therefore the Lo-d firfl fends them in o trouble, that they may hear, and having by that meanesopened their cares tohear, he b: ings them out of trouble. when we are truly humbled byof 'ttion, weare near deliverance from offlittion, The piailler b.- kept on till the wound be healed. The Lord will not leave cif fcourging or correé#inghis people till he bath brought them to fuch a potìlare, that they are fit for mercy. The Lord helps and heals chofe who fubroit ; and if they whom he bath bound wirkt the cords of affli- dtion, call humbly for releafe and relief, he will not forfake them, but fo made them obedient and ready to receive counfel from him,as that phrafe of opening the ear bath been opened. lie opener), or when or after he bath opened their ears
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