Chap. 5. 4n Expofition upon the Book ofJ OB. Vert Ì f aftly, he dealeth with us , but as a tender nurfe, or mother,in- all his chaflnings..The mother ftrikes the child a littleblow with one hand,and gives it the breafl with theother,fhe gives it a little tap with one hand, anda fpoon with the other. Confider your chaftnings, they are the chattnings ofSbaddai, who, as a tender mother, bath a breafl ready to nouri(h and a fpoon to feed, while he chides or chaflens. And ifby greater affl,Ctions, he wounds or makes you very fore, you ¡ball not want careful dre(lïng and affurcd healing. Verf. i.8. For be maketl fore and'bindeth up ; he woundetb, and his hands matte whole. This verfe contains an exemplification of the former ground, why we thould not defpife the chafining of the Almighty : For, ifit ¡bould be objcQed again(l the former affertion ( Happy is the man n'homGodcorrelleth) Where is this happinefs ? Is there happinefs in fores and wounds, in ficknefs and weaknefs, in po. Ierty and wants? Who cannoteafily want this happincfs, and -not complaine ? Eliphaz feemes to anfwer for God in this text. Ifyour faith cannot come up to beleive this, thybut a while and, your fence (hall teach it you. Who would not be gladof a wound, when he knowes he (hall have Sbaddai for his Chyrurgion.Ifyou. will not allow a mars is happy, when he is fore,will you not allow hiin happy,when his fore is bound up by fuch a hand?Ifyou will riot grant a man is happy, when wounded, you cannot deny him. happy,when he is thus healed.The Almighty will not leave them in their fores in their wounds : As he hath a rod, fo he hath a fwath, as he hath a fword, fo he hash a falve. FIB platter is ready for your wound, and his' medicines for your difeafes. It is true Ziana eoclemf. ofGod above all others, One andthe famehandfmite,r and cures, can" vul: us. Thus of the génerall meaning and connexion of this yerfe. °penis ; turit.` b g He maltetbfore. The word is ufed in the fecund Chapter of this book, var. rg. ofJobs friends, that they flood filent, for they faw his grief was ?,ali ina great, or his forenefs was very . great. It notes the grief and asl co:pore. forcnefs, either of mind or body ; Some trariflate, He woun-_ elvtb . But the next claufe bears that diftindly, or we may joyn both, the one as the caufe, the other as the effeet, Hemalteth faro bywounding, 4nd
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