Chap. 6. An Expofition upon the Bookof J OB. Verf. 7 ;y44 or favour. And fo the fum of all is, that Job in this piase by a Proverbial fpeech ( for fo I take -this to be ) intends only thus much, that he had very intipid tafllefs things prefented tohim; fuch as he foun.íno reliilh at all in,fuch as no way railed his ap- p:tite or quickned his Pt niack to receive them, all were unfea- fond and Htt.In the next words he goes yet higiler,eveu to the higheßA.itipathy againtithem.. Vat. ?. The ; hinds which my foul refnfed to toneb, are ai my forrom- fut mrat, Anima, 7017A Here is the application and explication of both the former f- zyptnzhxicr. militudes.Tbe tinnywhich my foul refufedithat is,the things which partemfcilicet I exceedingly refufed or abominated.(The foul is here taken for animas qua the appetite As to delire with the foul, notes a (Iron intention concupifcimus g NOW hoc loc& ofdelre.(If. a6.9.) Witb my foal bave l defïred thee in the night, yea with my fpirit within me will l feel{ thee early, that is, I have molt vehemently defined, and in my moll retired thoughts fought the Lord, When the foul is ea rolled to do that which nothing can do beat thefoul, it imports the highefl wings of the foul in doing it. To deire with the foul, implies the fweetcfl delight, and to to refufe with the foul, implies the bitterel averfation, a refufal to the utter- rn.3f}. The word refafe, is proper to the naufeating of the ito- mack ;at the fight of any filthy thing, (I(a. 3o. aa) Thoufnalt defile the covering of the graven tmagee,&c. Thou fhalt ca(1 them away at mcnftiruetes clvsh,tbou fhait fay unto themget ye hance.SOhere, the 'things Which`my foul refnfeth, as a man refufes a filthy clou,,°r as he fhould refufe that which is more loathforne,than any fit- thY clour,an image or an Idol. Tbefe things (faithhe) are now my forrowfeel meat, or, the 'meat of ray farrow; the terms of the latter claufe are at farthefl diflance from, andoppofition with t that whichwent beforc.Not to toucha thing,notes thegreateftaverfation from it;and to have a thing given us as meat,notes our greaten communion with ir. That which a man will not touch with his finger, how far is he from chewing it between his teeth,or letting it down intohis flornach,and digefling it into himfelf ? So that jai meaning feems tobe this,that, what he defir'd to be the grratefl flrangcr from,was now offered to bis neerefi familiarity& acquaintance He was ngw(as it were)tocatawhat before he wouldnot touch, this
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