Chap. 39. Expofitionupon theBookofJoB. Verf.,3. ¡3r5a (hall come out of their bondage from under myflical Egypt and Babylon. Men have been longgueffing at the iulfclling of thole lorry two months, but may we not fay to them concerning the birth of that prophecy, in the fame fenfe that the Lord lore, here to Sob, concerning the particular time when the wilde Goats of the rock, and the Hinds bring forth , Carft thou number the months that they fulfil? As the particular time of the Hinds ful- filling her months, fo of Sions fulfilling her months of forrow in this world , is a fecret which the Lordhath referved tohimfelf, and keeps fall lockt up in the Cabinet of his eternal counfels. Knoweft thou the time when they bring forth ? The Lord having thus quefhioned (ob about the time of the bringing forth of thefe two creatures, in thefe two verles, pro- ceeds to queflion him about the manner of their bringing forth, or the painfulnefs of ir. Verf. 3. They bow themfelves, &c. Thefe words are a defcription of the hard travel of the Hinds, . not of the Goats, as Interpreters generally agree. Bowing of the body is thepollute of anycreature in travel to bringforth.tls if the Lordhad raid, Is it thou, OJob, that haft, or I, that have given them an inflina in nature to put their bodies (as wilde as they are) confiderately, into fach a pofare (when their pass comeupon, them) as may be no4 eafcfolfor thernfcives , and !call hurtfu! to their of -fpring, by bowing their bodies to dilate the pafages of na- ture, and fo by a natural Midwifry to deliver themfelves of their burdens? as followeth, They bring forth their young ones. The word rendred bring forth, fignifies tocleave afander, im- r 'i proprfc plying their extream pain inbringing forth ; or that it is to them findo,d;fiindo, as grievous as the rending and cleaving of their bodies could be. trajicio. So the word is eradiated (Chap. r 6. 13.) where Job makinga lamentable complaint about his fufferings under the handof God, . expreffeth it thus ; His archers compafs me round about, heclea- veth my reins afunder. Stich torture have thefe poor creatures in bringing forth their young ; which is more plainly let down in theclore of the verte, They
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