-462 Chap. 6. din Expofrtiaat upon the Book of J G B. Vea to hold his hand, to mittigate or abate my pains. *Yea I would *Et hoc mihi account every blow anembrace, and every wound a reward.; mercer Tel 6- joyfeu pro co, For not concealing the words of the holy One. poi non oc- culravi un- In thefe words oh gives the reafon or an account ofhis re guam, fed dill- $ r genti,Qimé ob- newed Prayer and rcquef} to die. As the delire ofYob was thong fervavi .d and paforate, fo likewife it was well grounded. He had a very gram com!ten- high reafon an excellent ground,upon which he bottom'd this re- dar verb, ho- g l to dye : His reafon was f iritual and therefore firona He bui verbs D q Y P , , mini, Opin. begs to be delivered from the troubles ofhis life,though by a pain- Mon nulloruaa ful death, becaufe he was clear in himfelf,that he had led a blam Hebraorum let's life. That whichfet him above the pains ofbodily death was apud Mcrc. the tranquility ofhis fpirit in this tetiimony of his confcience, I have not concealed the words ofthe holy One ; as if he had laid, Ton may wonder why Ifhould befoforwardand ready to dye, why Ifeem fo greedyafter the grave,why I am fetch an importunate fuiterfor my diffolution ; The account Igiveyou is this, I have the tefiimonyofa good confcience within me: notwithfianding all the troubles which are upon me, notwithffandingallyour harfh unfriendly accufations, jealoufies andfufpitionsof me, yet my own breaß is myfriend, my heart fpeaks me fair, andgives megood words, even theft, It tells Mirun eft ut me, that Ihave not concealed the words of the holy One : That I mihi nonparrot ¡mu, Lave notfmothered any light he bathfent me, that I have notrefufed quum verba non ce- any counlél he bathgiven me, that I havenot wilfully departedfrom l'rim négus any rulehe pathprescribed me, that I have been faithful to God, to dimulaverim bid caufe, and to his truth, that 1 have declared bis will, andfpoken Aber. Azr. his mind to others ; that I have not hidden any thing be bath given me in charge to declare , or committed to my trait ; the wordof Godbathappearedmm, life, andtherefore I am not afraid, yea I have boldnefs to dye, and toappear before God, 7ii?. I havenot concealed.]The word fignifeth to hide a thing, fo as Significat, ab- fconderene vi- it be neither heard of or feen. dearur vs! au- But may not we conceal the words ofthe moll high ? it is laid deatur, ne am_ of Mary, that fhe hid the words of Chrift in her heart, and of punt apparear David, that he hid the commandments of God in his heart, Pfal. . i 19. t a. Did not the wife Merchant hide the treafure, namely, Gofpel truth (Matth. i 3.g4.)as foon as be hadfound it ? It fhould feem all there concealed the word ofGod ; how then is it that yob improves this, as a fpeçial point ofcomfort, that he had not cort-
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