Chap, 6. Au Expoftion upon the bookof O B. Verí: to. 459 ing, burning heat. Mr Broughtate takes tha t fignilication of the word ; I tall touch that and his fence upon it, by and by. We tranflate according tó.the third ufuage of the wordiwould hardenmyfelf ; and fo the confiru Lion is very fair, Ifhouldyet have comfort, yea, Iwould hardenmyPelf in forrow , that is I would now fet my (elf to endure the greatefl forrows and aílliEii- ons, which could come upon me, for the defiroying and cutting off the threed ofmy life. And fo, he leetns in thefe words to pre- vent an objction before hinted; Why Jo(t, dof{thon detire tobe cut off, and to be defroyed ? thou hail more pain upon thee alrea- dy, then thou art able to bear ; thoucryett out of what thou haft thoumuff think, when death comes, thy wound will be deeper, and thy pain tharper?job feeens to anfwer,I have conLdered that before, I know there will be a hard brunt at parting, I prepare for it,and am thus refolved,t would harden myPelfin farrow ; that is, I would let my felfto bear the pangs and agonies ofdeath ; if I had but this hope, that my miCery were near expiring. The A- pottle ufeth that phrale (2 Tim.a. 3.) in his advices to young Ti- mothy. Thou as a goodSouldier ofJefus Chrifi, endure hardnefs, r5ke$SstOeY or bear evil. As ifhe had fàid, thou doll not know, what hard Chip thou lhalt be put unto in thy minittry, I whoam a veterane, an old beaten (though never congnered)fouldier, in this warfare ofChri{t, have been put tomuch hardfhip inmy time and from my own experience, I advife thee, to inure thy Cell to hardthip, to lye hard, to fare hard, to work hard, to hear hard words, and receive hard ufuage. A tender fpirit and a delicate body, which mutt have warm, andloft, and fine, and (meet continually,is unfit for the warfare ofthe Gofpel. Such a fenfe,is here I know I mutt endure more them now I do, but I would harden my Pelf a- gainti that time, and refolve to endure it, let come what could come, I am refolved and have forethought the worft. Further, for the clearing of tlaefe words, it is conlderable,that Tome learned interpreters put the two middle exprefhons into a parenthefis, and read the whole thus, I fhould have comfort (though I fhould fcorcb with pain, and though God fhould not (pare me ) for I have not concealed the words of the holy One, One, thus, Thisyet is my comfort, even while Ifcorcb with pain 7unisrsl andGod Both not (pareme, that I bave not concealed) the words of th holy One. Mr Broughton (as I toucht before) comes near this fenfe. and tranflation. ,To I fhouldyet find comfort: though f Nnnz parch
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