Chap, 42. an Expofition upen the Book, oj J o B. Verf. 12. 977 Secondly, We have hex the Author or Fountainof this bief 'fipg ; it was the Lord, Thirdly, We have the Subjedt ofthis bleílìng, es here exxefl and that was the latter end °flab, or job in kis latt er eod. Fourthly, We have the quantity or greatnefsof this b1effing, which is expref} comparatively, it was more than his beginning, The Lord bleffed his beginning, but his latter end was more bleffed.. I (hall confider thctwo firfi together, the caule of his flowing profperity, a blefng ; and the Author, or fountain ofit, the Lord, the Lord bleffed. There isa twofold way of bleiling. Firf}, a wicking or defiring of ablefling : We are not thus to underfland it here, as ifthe Lord did only wiih a blefïing upon job. Secondly, There is a commanding of a bleiling, and fo we are to tmderfiand it here. TheLordbleffed, that is, the Lord com- manded a bleffing,or elle&úally poured out a bleffing upon fob. The word bleffed (The Lard bleffed) hath two things in it. Find, Itimplyeth plenty and abundance, a copious and a large provi(ron ofgood things. For as the word [ abundare ] in Latine, and to aboiend in: Englifh,comes( fay Grammarians áb undo) from Sicut abundarn water, beca tfe waters abound and flow ; fo this Hebrew word .ab undii t4tinm [ Beracah ] which fignifieth a bleffing; comes from, or at leak , dicunt;irs vide.. is near in found to the word Berecah,whichGmnifieth a Fifh-pond, bræo A' j,' where there is a.great confluence of waters, and a great multi- quafiafjlueni. plication of fiches, or, a Fountain,from whence waters flow conti- aondenominare nually. So that to biefs, notes the bringing in of abus- àfontoeut dance,or of a great increafe, like the waters of a Fifh -pond, or pf' :na, guar» Filin in the waters To increafe as Fifh, is to increafe abundantly. xécahant s a It is fail ofthe Children of lfraei, They maltiplyed lite fii19 (that's the fignificancy ofthe word ufed bead. t, r 2.) while they were under the oppreffion of the Egyptians. Secondly, This Expreffion, 71s Lordbleffed, imports a power- Deibenedieere ful effeet following it. The Lord bleffed the latter end oflob ; that idem oft quad is, he triade his latter end very bleffed. As the Lords Paying is benefacere. doing, as his word isoperative, and will work ; fo the Lords bief- Beatumnon fa. £ng orwell-faying, is well- doing ; his Paying is"doing, whether cubominom nl" for good or hurt..' Manbleffeth man by wtfhng or praying for x f qui fedtbo- a y J. p y a minem.Augufl: bleffing uponhim, or that God would do him good ; Man bief- Epi t,gnad hula fc th"Macedon.
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