414 Chap. 6. An Expofition upon tbeBookof j O B. VerC z, afcend or are lifted up : A man takes up the ballances in his hand to weigh;So it is,as ifhe had faid,0 that thefe,might bepoifed to- gether and liftedup, to fee which way the fcales will turne. Together, There is fome difference in opinion about that word Together, whether he meaneth thus ; O that all my greif and ca. Pariter vet po- larnity were weighed, you confider things to halves, and leave tiusfìmilirer. out thofe points which are moil weighty and material;you íhould Nurtoejus par take in all together. Or whether his defire be, that hisgriefe and se præterma, calamity, both together, might be put into one ballance, and the fand of the fea into another,and fo anexperiment be made,whe- then his griefand calamity, or the fand of the lea were heavier. Or thirdly, Whether thus, that his griefe thould be put into one ballance, and his calamity into another, and then trial be made whichofthole two were heavier, his griefe and forrow,or his ca- Mcrccrus. lamity and trouble. A learned interpreter conceives, that yob wifhes his griefe and calamity might both together be put into one ballance, and all the fand of the lea (if it were poflible ) in theother,ftppofing that his griefeand calamity would out -weigh that vaft ponderous aggregated body. His opinion is cheifly frengthened by force difficulties in the Gramatcal confir ut`ion, unlefs this be admitted ; and yet if it be, a greater difficulty is Bolduc. mewed by a fecond, and therefore J rather take it thus ; 0 that my griefe andcalamity were laid in the ballances together, that is, O that my griefe were put,one into one ballance,and my calamity' into another ; or,O that my griefe might be weighed withmy ca- lamity, and it would appear ( notwithfianding your judgement ofme ) that yet, there is nothing fo much weight in my greife, as there is in my calamity,that is,I have not yet grieved or complai- a ed up to theheight or weight ofthofecalamities,which areupon me : So that ifmy forrowwere laid in one ballance, and my adli- ¿1ion in another, my afiliáion would out-weigh my forrow, and it would appeare, that I have complained, not only, not without a caufe, but not fo much, as 1 had caufe. And to prove that his calamity was heavier then his greife, he adds in thenext words; It, ('namely his calamity thus weighed) would be heavier then thefand of thelea : As if he had laid, it is potlible that in trying all heavy things,fomewhat might be found heavier then mygreife or my complaint bath been ; but j amPure nothing canbe found ofequal weight withmy calamity,for my ca- larnity(which is the immediate antecedent)would be heavier than the
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