Chap. 42. an Expojitiòn upon the Book of Jos. Verfo t. j O B, Chap. 42. Verf. a a. t I. Then came there unto him, all his brethren, and all his lifters, and all they that had been ofhis ac- quaintance before,&did eat breadwith him in his 'boufe; and they bemoaned him, and comforted him, over allthe evil that the Lord had brought upon him; every mien alfo gave him a piece ofmoney, andevery one an ear-ring of gold. IN theformer verfewe have the bleffed turn of 706, flare in general ; The Lord gave him twice as much as he had 6e fore In this verfe, begins the particular account of Jobs reflorings. Therewere four things wherein Job fuffered lofs. Firft, He fuffered the lofs of hiselate. Secondly, The lofsof his children. Thirdly, The lofs of his health. Fourthly, The lofs of his friends. Jobs repair begins with his laft lofs ; his friends were the lift that he loft in the day of his affliction, but the firfl that he reco- Interadvii., vered in the day of his reftoration. The firs budding or fprìng tareslobi qua, of fobs felicity, after fo long and sharp a Winter of forrow as fiprscipuso- he had gone thorough; was, the putting forth of frefh and fra- rat quod fuorea grant ads of love`fröm his ancient friends, that of late had forfa- °bamúú fu:s ken him, and left him in the hour of his tem tation. defertus,dv idea p bujses adver- This verfe, wherein the account is given about this firfi mer- fitetis prima cy, I may call, orintitle, The addrefs of Jobsfriends, and in it remediamponi. we mayconfider, sue, Aquin. Firfi, How they are defcribed, or whatthey are called. Pita, as CO their relation, His brethren, his fillers, and acquaintance came. Secondly, in their quantity or number, they came all Here is all, all, all; Allhis brethren, and all hislifters,and all that hadbeen of his acquaintance before ; there was not one miffing,not one that forbore to make this friendly addrefs unto him. Secondly, As we have an account who they were that carne to him, fo what they did when they came ; and that ih Let forth Ffffff 2 four 955
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