45$ Chap. 6. An Expofition upon the Book of J O B. Vert, t p, Thenfhould l have comfort. If t hadbut thisfuit granted,I were refre(laed,notwithaneling all my forrows,the very hope ofdeath would revive me. Nothing dotla fo much refrefh the Coul,as the hearing of a prayer, an dthe grant ofa defire ..when define cometh it is ,;r a teeoflife (faith So- dimon)therefore jobmight well fay, when my longing cones, j (hall have comfort ; and leaft any fhould pthink, that as David would not drink the water he fo longed for, when it was brought unto hirn:So when the cup ofdeath fhould be brought toJob, he might put it off fomewhat upon thole terms which David did, and fay,I. will not drink it,for it is my blood,my death: therefore he adds, Tea, I would hardenmyfelf.infarrow, . As if he had faid, though Come call hatlily for death, and re- pent, with as much hafte, whendeath comes, Yet not I, Iwould nt1D harden myfèlf, &c. Significat. t, The Hebrew (to harden), bath a three -fold fignifecatibn among. 'olidare & ro the Jewifh writers,though it Be ufed but this once 'only in all the borctre, z. Ca_ Scripture. And hence there is a three -fold inter rotation of thole. lefacere, ìtre- P re. ,orate, words,! would harden my (elfin forrow. It lignifies, fuppliciter a. To pray or to befeech. pfarari. 2. To heat or to warm, yea to fcorch and to burn. 3. To harden or to ltrengthen, ftrengthning is hardning in a metaphor. According to the fìrit fenfe,the text is reodred thus, Then fhould Iyet have comfort, yea, Iwould pray in my farrow, that is, ï would pray yet more, for an increafe ofmy forrow, that I might be cut off: if I had any hope, that my requeft fhould be granted, this hope would quicken my decae, and I would pray yet more, that I might obtain. Secondly, as the word lignifies to warm or to heat, the fenfe is given thus, Thenfhould I have comfort, yea, I would warmmy . félf in my furrow And fo it refers it to thofe refre(hings, which his languilhing foul, his foul chilled as it were, with lick- Fiacfpecertif- nefs and forrows,fhouid receive upon the news of hisapproaching fanâmariendi death; This news tfai h he) would be as warm clothes to me, it dncatefcerevr would Ltc i Ine again, out ofrny fainting, to hear of dying. eut, n:fociilarer. betides a warming or .arefrefhin.g heat,tlic word alto notes fcoich- ing
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