Chap. 5. An Expofttion upon the BookofJ O B. Ver (.. 1 8. 331 Andbi,tdetb up] The word is appliable to any kind of bind - ing. z. To the bindingofcaptives in prifon with chaïnes. 2. To Weil the binding of ornaments upon'the head, Eze 29. Gigwzt g 9. 9 3 It u- gave t. ceili fed metaphorically, for binding toobedience or puntfhment, Job 34. 17. Shall even he that bateth rightgoverne ? The Hebrew is, fhall hebind; becaufe Governors bind their fubjeas or fervants, either to doe what they command, or to fuller what they inflia.. q.. It isalto applied by a metaphor to the binding up ofthofe civil breaches or ruines, which are upon the people, Ifa. 3. 6, 7.4t man fhall take hold ofhis brother, &c. Paying, be thou our Ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand : In that day he ./hall fiveare, Pay- ing, I will not bea Healer, or a Binder up. 5, It is ufed for the applying of ligatures,with which the medicineor plafter is bound upon the wound or fore ; And this word Both therefore alfo °fig- nifie the healing of a wound, becaufe the due binding of the Fortier luidam wound is one halfofthe patients cure, and a very great part of a /Pit deligatie Chyrurgions skill, as the learnedPhyfitians obferve in their Díf- courfes about wounds and chyrurgery ; Ligature contributes fo gatioui+ much to healing, that the fame word ferves for both , or either. Hip. inOficrna Now( Sbaddai) the Almighty is admirable at this, whenhe hath Ch)rurg; made a fore, he can make an exaf,} Ligature. Weoften 'find thefe two together, Pfal. 147. 3. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindethup their wounds. The Prophet Ezekiel ( Chap. 34. 4 ) complains of the falfe Prophets, Becaufe they did not heal that which wasficke, andbound not up that which was broken. They had neither skill nor confcience,either fpiritually to break hearts, or when they found them broken tobind themup,They knewnot how to fatten Gofpel promifes, and holy counfels upon the heart, that the wounds of might be doled, and were therefore, ,Phy- fitians of no value. - There are two interpretations given of thefe words, He maketh fore, andhebindeth up. Firft, Some expound them by anEnallage of the participle for the Verb,thus, He maketh fore, and be bindeth up, that is, He Pulnerat to" makingfore, bindethup ; as ifthe very ad by which God finites , ,nedetur. i e. had an influence upon the healing, and a tendency to the reftoritug vutnerante ofhis affliaed ones, Hemakingfore, bindetb up. We find fuck con- mode ranee tr ftruáions frequent in Scripture, Ifa. 65. 22. Theyfhall no: build, nerando janat, and another inhabit ; They (hall not plant, and another eat That is, Theybuilding, another(hall nett inhabit, and they plan= üu2 ting,
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