45 o Chap. 6. AnExpofirion.upon theBookof J O B. Verf. 8. grace unto the hearers,,and often grieves the holy Spirit of God: Thefe work men, for their ill divifion of the wordof God, have reafon enough to be afhamed, and theLord may juflly reprove them, as he did job's friends, Chap. 42.7 7e have not fpoken ofme (nor ofmy wages) the thing that is right. JOB Chap. 6. Verf. 8, 9, r o, &e. O that I might have myrequeft ! andthat God wouldgrantme the thing that I longfor! Even that it mouldpleafe God to dejtroy me, that he would let heft his hand andcut me off. Thenfhould tyet have comfort,yea, I would barden my f ifin for- row; Let him not f pare,for t have not concealed the words ofthe. holy One, &c, JN the former part ofthis Chapter, we have had job defending his former complaint oflife,and his delires ofdeath,In this con text, from the 8. verfe,unto the end of the i z,he reneweth and and reinforceth that defire,henot only maintains and juftifteswhat hehad done, but he doth it again ; begging for death asheartily and importunately, as he did in the third Caapter,0 that I might havemy requeft l and that God wouldgrant me the thing that ,1 longfor l The requeft it felf,is laid downin the 8th and 9th vertes :.and. the reafons ftrengthning it, in the ro,i a.,and i.z,verfes. So, thefe. 5 verfes are reduceable to there two heads ; z , The renewing ofhis delire todye. 2, An enlargement ofreafons confirming thatdefine. 0 that Imight have my remit. It is fuch a vehement delire, and fo expreft, as David, was, 2: Sam. 23. a 5,. And David longed, andPaid, O that one would give me drinkofthe water ofthe well ofBethlem, which is by the Gates. Daviddid not long more to taft a cup ofthat water, than jobdid to talc the cupofdeath. The fum and fcopeofjobs thoughts in this pallàge, may be conceived thus. Hewould affure his friends, that his faith was Erin, and his comforts flowing from it, very Tweet, that, it was notimpatience under, the troubles ofthis life,but aál'uranee or the corn.
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