Chap. 6 . An Expofitionupsn the Book of J Q B. Vert, g.; 455 bream and bowels ; the greatefl favour I expea in this world, is, but to have mure weight laid upon them, that I may dye. Some ofthe Martyrs when the fire was (cant, have cried out, morefire, The crueleit flame was their friend, and the more the fire raged, themore merciful it was to them,The rook ofour Marts reports ofreverendLatimer, that when he was giving witnefs to the truth, and glorifying the name of Chrift in the fire; he cried our, Oh 1 cannot burn, t he fire came not fall enough upon him. Such this expreffion ofJob teems to be, Oh, I cannot dye, Icannot be de- Jlroyed, I cannot perifh yet ; O that the hand ofGod would lay more weight upon me, that I might dye. He feems to ask fucha curtefie, as that Amalekite Paid, King Saul craved of him, 2 Sam. a. 9. Stand I pray thee upon me, and flay me : for anguifh is come upon me,becaufe my life isyet whole in me.This is the favour,the only fa- vour, that remains for me. I am capable ofno worldly comfort, but a quicker difpatch out of the world. And that he wouldlet loofe his hand and cut me of, Here is the fame petition though other language,That hewould 1n1 let loofehis band. That's anelegant expref ion ; the word figni- f: esycufjlc- fies to loofe the bond, that a man may have ufe of his hands, or feet. As prifoners are loofed, Pfal. 146. 2. The Lord loofeth the prifoners, So that it is, as iffob had faid, Lord thou ball beenfmi- ting andmoundingme, butifee-thou ball not given thy hand the fullfcope,thy band it arit-were bound or tyed behind thee :. As you know, a man that hath a great advantageofanother, or is much his over-match, will "fay to him, I will fight with thee with my hand tyed behind me, The truth is. God is able to contend with Tr406o o& ah the creature with his hand bound behind behird him, his qui manwrn," his hands fall bound, that is, without putting forth the leafl part bentt.om La!: (to fpeak on)ofhis power;he can overcome with fpeaking ; Job obferving here, that God contended with him (as it were) with his'hands bound or ty'd up,dcfres now thatGod wouldgive him- felffull fcope,and put out his ftrcr gth,and not ftrike,asifhis hand.. was a prifoner. And he rnv t,a. ea refp.ft in fpeaking thus to the tti'onfegrrat reftraint or binding up ofSatans power, In this work Satan was eer,,gai7s,.cw Gods hand ; God put pcwur into the hand of Satan, all that. he gatom habsntiß, bathkin tbypower, of it, nz:prer t, 12: Firft God maúum. loofened Sao 1; d , r : ,+:e .ár ('hate. Next, he1et baba o à +; áody,but faith God,
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