452 Chap. 6. An Expofition upon theBookofJ O"B. Verf 8. preti by a word that fìgnities to defire,or requeft,or to ask a thing_ 'importunately ; becaufe, the grave hath a mouth,as it were con- tinually open, to ask and beg, and cry out for more models, it confu meth all and is never full ; fuch a delire Job put forth for death. And that Godwouldgrant me the thing that I longfor !. It is a repetition of the fame delire, in other words. What it is tolgng,hath been opened in the third Chapter,verfe 2I.Wbo long for death : Here lob reneweth the fame fuit again,0 that I might hive the thing that Ilong for ! or the thing which I expo&with great expe&arion and vehemency of affedion.I 4hall not flay up- on it, but only give you the general fence a little varied. In this paffage, lob thews himfelfaffured, that his comforts Mould not end, though his life ended, before he was reftored to earthly comforts.And he thus teems to anfwer Eliphaz,who had made large promifes of outward felicity. I am not itayed at all in lob expeí?ati. my defires to dye, becaufe I maypoffibly live ingreater worldly honour once praxi- and ulne s maim fuitmcr. f f > than ever I enjoyed : All that n in the creature, is be- rem,ranqum low my longing, 1 have not afweet tooth afterr worldlydainties : I earn qua pati. fhall not envy anywho outlives me to enjoy them, let them divide my endi mltimam, portion tvhatfoever it may be, among them alfo : !the thing which I Cr paws ac lcngfor, is death (not for it felfe) but as that,whichwell bringme ftliciarit pri- to the la f ofmy ill da es and the firft ofmy be yobs thoughts a::tm repre, n. I f J y , J Î y f{ rotlinean,, Were ina higher form than his friends : they thought a Gold- en offer ofriches, would have made him a gog to to live. But yobs' heart lived above thefe, even upon the riches of eternal life ; to enjoywhich, he even longs for temporal deftrudion,and cutting off. I have fpoken at large in the third Chapter, concer ing the ladyfulncfs offucha rcqueft, and how far lobmight be approved in it ; therefore I need not difcufs it here ; only obfern in gene- ral, that Aprayingfoul is an expe1ingfowl.' Job had prayed,and prayed earnefly, and though it wasbut a prayer to dyc,yet he lived in the expef ationofan arifwer.When prayer is tent up untoGod,thers the foul looks for its return.Pray- cr is as feed fown : After this fpiritual husbandry the foul waites for the precious fruits of Heaven. -Pfal. 62. 1. My foul waitetb aspen. God ; *d (Pfal, 85, 8.) d will hearkenwhat the LordGod will
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