ChaP 6. AnExpafition upon the Book,of J p B. Vcrf.7. 447 that afif}ions how grcivous foevcr, were not the things which his foul refufed to touch. And the apprchecfion of a learned in- terpreter fatisfies me in ir, Thisfore (faith he) is too low for a Than afftiáed with troubles, far above there , which coreeree'd his tutuard yerftH hard_ liar ell,quom hominem decal g aviorabus make esagita. min.. Pined é.í sÿ ist7,,1; 144 h páFw.es xéYot 6. al. The Septuagint are exprcffcly for this opinion, who trar,, time thofe words, Is there any taste in the white of an egg? th us is there any tafte in veinwards ? they are fo far off the judgment that thefe uufavoury things, the things which jobs foul refufed to touch, and the white of the eggc, in the Tcxr, arc all meant of lain words,that they put it into the very Tex .It is a ufnal bo'd- ncfs with them, and a very unwarrantabl one, to vary fo trc m the words of the Original,and make their gloire the Trxt,but it thews us how_(lrongly they were engaged to that fence; Moff of the Greek writers concur with them in ic,viz.that Job aims at the counfcls and fpeeches of E1tpbaz, which wanted the feafoning of wifdom and prudence, yea of truth and foundnefs, as applied to the fpirit of fo fick a man, as fob was. And befides, many modern writers are clear in the lame ap- prehenflon, giving the turn of all plainly to this cffeff, as the mind of fob in thofe foregoing paffages, Iwould not bave cow- planed of the things which ye bave ¡?akin, iftheybad beta meatfor me, but 1 affurtyou, your conyfels arenet nourifhirg: 1 can findno fcod,mreeh ¡Ifsany fweetnefe or fatnefe in them ; your coonfelt want tke duefeafoning 7antt ak'i l ofwifdrm, and the right ttneFtratmentof ball zeal ; ?hey are either ur,_ ut f rmonibus lavatory or tafle/effe, faple fluff, fach as i am fe far from catreerena refrefhed with, that indeed they area burden to and ; and the remedy you dimento reffca_ prefcpibe me, it worfe than my di feafe. How can yea expeû that 1 aturvice taco, (heuld fubmit or fobfcribe to what youhave f?akin, or that I puld rift uri contra and acgnieffe in your reproofs or advice: feting 1 affure you, they dhow ipfuot are net for me, they bit myflute or fpirit, no mart tha a unfavoury mea: Fanviimq ;; loth my palate ; or that which 1 abhor ;to touch, cans pleafe my injucundiorer, tafle t And therefore with myfoul, I refufe and re_lea what you have roddanr,_juci. [Men ; and you have not only not fatii feed me all this `while, but you ebju ut vii have next or tiredme, aatd inflrad of mitigating my farrow have added fines ali- to them quandoamfco- But an objef}ion atifes agaittff this ; and one of the Ancients Daá frexeir, is very angry with thofe,who make this application to the coon--2"it. humtli: felt ofElipbaz, as if Job had rejefted them, as unfit food, unfa- r fertu.jaie° lroury meat. Ltt no moo (faith Iìc) !kink that this boll man defy
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