Chxp.42. An Expofition upon the Book of J s. Verf. a 6, aoa 5 J O B, Chap. 42. Vert a6,1 y. 1.6. After this livedJob an hundred and fortyyears, andfan, his font, andhisfopsfont, even four ge- generations. 17. soJob died, being oldandfull of dayes. Tj Hefe twoverfes conclude the Hifiory andwhole Book of ,fob, and in themwe may confider thofe fix things. nit, The length of fobs life, or how long he lived, even an hundredand fortyyears. Secondly,Fromwhence we are to date this account of his life ;. After thin, faith the Text, lived Job an hundred and forty years. Thirdly, We have here the great increafe of his family ; he had not only fons of his own, but, faw hisfons, andhis fansfans, "e- ven four generations. Fourthly, We mayconfider the comfort and content inwhich he fpent this long life, and run out thofe many years, which is im- plied in thofe words, He faro hisfont, and hisfans font, even four generations. Fifthly, Wehave the clofe of his life, SoJob died. Sixthly, The hate of life in which he died, let forth two ways; Fìtf}, Being old(or an old man.) Secondly, Full of dayes. So Job died, being old (or an old man) andfull of dayes. Verf. r 6. After thisJob lived an hundred andfortyyears. He furvived all his forrows, and faw a very bleffed refurretaion> of his comforts and enjoyments. After this, that is, after this un parallel'd affli&ion was over-pall, after the Winter of his for- rows and troubles was over-blown, after the dark night of his calamitywas full fpenr, After this livedJob an hundred and forty years. The Septuagint makethis expofition their tranflation,ren dring the Text thus out of the original, After this Plague or blow lived Sob, &c. So that, here we have not the account of the whole race of his life, but of his new life,as we may call-fir, or,of his
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