.q. t 6 Verfb z 3. an Ex<pop-ion upon the Book of J o B. Chap. 3 ti. J O B, Chap. 36. Verf. 32, 33, 32. with clouds be cozuereth the light, and cone- mandeth it net tofhine, by the cloud that cos reth be- tween. 33. The noife whereoffheneth concerning it the cattel alfv concerning the vapoxr. Hiefe twoverfes have aCharac±er of difficulty and obreurity Hu}us et fe- put upon them by feveral interpreters ; and foule have con- que;uil vertus cluded them the moil difficult and dal portion of the whole d{fcultas et P obfe:uritar tan- Book of Job,yea,of the wholeBook of God. And (hould I reckon to ¡caper ab up all the various Grammatical confiruolionsof thefe words, omnibus enar- together with the diaina interpretations given upon them, I rateribto habi- íhould weary my felf, and father perplex than advantage the taeftutvixa- Reader. Y Y Tires in tato floc libro, nedicuns And therefore I (hall fpeak to thefe two verfes, Firft, as they rn toto j aroco- are laid down plainly in our tranflation,according to which (with elite locus :/to fttbmil ion to the judgement of thofe learned Authors) I fee nei- rmpenetrabiÍi ther any great difficulty nor obfcurit in them and (hall afterwards or çffe 1idea- Ya Y Y tut. Bold: give a brief account at lead, of fotne of thofe different readings and tranflations which I find upon them. The words (as I conceive) according to the.mind of our tran- (laters, and as the Text clearlybeareth, holdout two things con- cerning the raine, of which,Elihss had fpoken before. Firfl , What is naturally preparatory to raine or foule wea- ther, that we have in the 3 ad verfe, With clouds be coverethi the light, aid commaidetb ¡t not tothine by the Cloud that corneth be- tween. Sec_ondly, We have that which is declaratory of raine, or (as force call them ) the Prognoflieks and figns of raine ; there are laid down in the 3 3d verfe, The ?rife thereoffheweth concerning it, the Cattel al foconcerning the vapour. Verf. 32.,With clouds he covereth the light. Ile, that is, God covereth the light with Clouds. We heard of the Clouds at the z9th verfe, but the word there ufed is not that
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