Chap. 39. An Expeition upàn the Boob, of J o B. :- Verf,z-5. for the battle : Thus the horfe finals the battle afar off, the thunder of the Captains and the (hooting. The whole verfe may be read in this fottn ;Ar the f ifftcient found of the trumpet,and the exhortation of the Captatns,togetherwtth the acclamations of the Souldiers, he faith,Ah,ha, (or rejoyceth)perceiving that thebattle (though the armies be not yet joyned, but keep their ground at a dijlance) is at hand, or will fuddainly 6e. Havingopened this whole context concerning the borie, and given feveral obfervations from ,the parts of it ;, I (hall for the clofeof all Phew how aptly this defcription of the horfe repre- fents, or is applicable unto two very different forts of men. Firft, The Horfe,as here dercribed, is the embleme of a bold and hardened Inner. The Spirit of God (peaks this exprefsly (far. 8. 6.) I harkened, and heard (faith the Lord) but they fpake not aright, no man repented him of his wickednefs, faying, what have I done; every one turned to his courfe (what courfe ? his finful courfe, how ? ) as the horfe rufheth into thebattle ; as the horfe mocks at fear, and will not turn back from the (word As the horfe will not be affrighted at the railing of the quiver, nor at the (baking of the fpear fo hardened (inners rufh on,though you tell them there's deadly danger in ir, and that the Sword of the Word points directly at them, and will cut them of :Yea, theywill not turnback, though the Lord (hould brandifh a flam ing (word, as he did againft Adam, to keep him from the tree of life, fo to keep them from the tree of death they, will for all this,ru(h on as the horfe to the battle. The wicked man is thus defcribed, inone place of this book of yob( Chap. 15. 2 5 26. ) where Eliphaz faith of him , He Jlretcheth out his hand againft God (here's war with God ) and flrengchens himfelf opting the Almighty (that is, draws all his forces together ; and what then ?.'° jull as the horfe in the Text ) He runs upon the thick 'boffes of bas buckler, even upon his neck. A wicked man, like the horfe, runs upon God, even upon the thickboffes of his buckler. TheLord is there reprefented, by Eliphax;, as holding out a buckler againft the firmer ; what's that ? the Law, his Word of command, that's Gods buckler ; and this buckler hach thick boffes and (harp points, efpecially, in the middle, a great bofs with a pike , fuch are all divine threatnings, yet the fanner runs, asa horfe, upon there thick boffes of Gods buckler,his fevereR thteatnings.Thus the horfe, and a bold (inner are alike Secondly,, 4 3
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