438 Chap. G. An Expofitionupon the Book,of JOB. Verf 4. of lies,there a third of falle dealings, here a Troop of filthy as lions, and, here a Legion ofuncleane,or prophane thoughts,ali at once fighting against thy life, and everlafling peace. Lafily, you that have never felt thefe arrowes, nor teen any of thefe armies, and yet God bath been pleafed to difsover to you his love inhis Chrifl,fee what caufe you have to biefs God ; Or, or ifyou have at any time felt them,an.d are now againe at peace, and ifthofe terrours are removed, and the poyfon of thole arrows lucked out, and the heads of the arrows drawn out, biefs God. Doe younot hear how lob eomplaines of arrows and ofterrours? 7be arrowe: ofthe Almightyare within me,thepoyfon whereof drink- eth up myfpirit ; the terrours ofGoddoe fet themf elver in array a- gainft me, Verf. - 5. Doth the wildAft bray, whit he bath graft ? Or low- eth the Oxe over bit fodder ? &c. The three verfes following containe fimilitudes,taken from na- ture,bywhich lob tells on the ftory ofhis forrows,and juflifies his complaint. The fenfe in General is this, as if he had faid,j doe not cry out without caufe ; I fhould be more unreafonable then bruit beafts in fo doing, The wild Aft doth not bray, when he bath graft, &c. Or thus, We blame not beafit, if they compláine, when they have caufe : take away graft. from the aft, and fod- der from the Oxe; Pinch themwithhunger, and they will tellysu of it, in their language ; they will low andbray, tillyou underfiand they want meat:Therefore Curdy you have no reafou thus to find fault withme, or to charge me fo heavily, becaufe I have complained, when my grafs and fodder, my comforts and my neceffaries are taken from me : Nor is it any wonder, ifyou complain not, who have contentments to the full,and know not(by experience)what forrowmeaneth. E-ra, 0nagcrd D;ith the wilde Aft bray, when he bathgraft ? frlicavfr, The* Hebrew word for a wild' r comes from a root, Ggnify frufluuftum fecit, f pod fern Uo- ing Tobringforth : and the rea(bn is given, becaufe wild beafts rñeflieu ui ufually are morefruitful, and bring forth more plentifully than mrlibusfinrf. the tame. The word alto notes wild in general ; and is applied cúdio re:. Shin to wild and ravage men, who delight in wild beafts, or wild pla- ces, forrefis and wilderneffes, So ( Gen. 16. r a . ) God fpeakes of Ifhmael, whom llagar bare unto Abraham, that he Should be a
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