Chug. 36. an E.Lpa } tier; upon theBoo ,of J o D. Verf r 5. 3 9 but refiore them in due time to their former felicity ; Hedelver eth thepoor inafflilion, when he loath opened their cares in or by op- preffion. Elihuhaving laid down this general Do&trine, makes Applica- tion of it in the twoverfes following ; Verf. 16. Even fo would he have removed tbee out of the firait into a broadplace. Thus Elihu proceeds from the general Thetis or affertion of Gods deliverance, to the Hypotbefis, accommodating the Do- &rine to fobs Cafe and Perfon, Even fo. be would have remo- ved thee, &c. Thisr 6thverle contains the fart' part of the Application made to lob, where Elihu informs him what the iffue would undoubt- edlyhave been, if he had fubmitted ( which hedid not ) as he ought, to the affliaing hand of God, and had not ( whichhe did and ought not ) filled his mouth and the care of God with bitter complaints, nor flood fo ffiffilyupon his own defence and vindi- cation. This Elihudoth by a doubleallufion. Fitl}, to thebringing of a man outof dole prifon into a fiate offreedom, or into an open air. Thishe gives us in the form et part of the verle, even fo would hehave removed thee out of the gait into a broad place. Secondly, he doth it by alluding to the furni(hing of a mans table with Bore, not only of wholfome but of delicious meares, who before fared very hardly. This he doch in the dole of the verle, end that which (hould be fet on thy table, f saidbefall of fat- nefs. As if he had Paid, thou bad'fl harkened to the voyceof God, thou fhould'f have hadboth liberty, and plenty, had'ft thou been betteredby thy troubles, it hadbeen better for thee, and much better with thee;thou hadfl been enlargedfully, thou hadffbeen fupplyed a- bundantly with all manner ofgood chimp defarable,even to the utmofi ofthy defres:that's the general fcope of thisverte; more particu- larly. Even fowould hehave removedthee outofafira%t into a broadplace. Some read the verle with a retro- refpe&, or as looking back to the tirne part; as if elihu.had bid job remember his fo-mer expe- riences, whether God heretoforedealt not boum ifully with him. To this fenfe ( betidesothers) Mr. Broughton tranflates , which. bath
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