476 Chap° 6. - An Expo_Lion upon the Book of J QB. Ver f,r I' which,he bathno hope,and he who hath hop; will wait alwayes- Hegives not over waiting.till he givesover hoping.Theobje it of hope is Come future good,butthe aft ofhoping is a prefent good, and that is prefent pay tobear our charges in waiting.So then the word implies both a patient waiting, and a hopeful trutling. So hrift expounds it,Mat. t 2.2 r.rendring that-ofthe Prophet, 1Jæ, Gen. S,ro.az. 42. 4. The Ifles_hall waitfor his Law, thus, In bis nameloall the Gentiles trujt. Noah (after the firength of thedeluge was fpent) opened the window ofthe Ark and fent forth the Dove, and the returned ; then faith the text, He waited feven dayes, and again . he waitedyet otherfeven dayes, hoping at laft the flood would be dried up,and the waters return into their ancient claannels,Now. (faith job) what is my flrength that I fhould hopeor expe .tde- liverance, and therefore, why lhould 1 wait for it. The waters of my afflic` ion are fo deep, and fwoln fo high that I he no hope to fee dry ground again. And in this paffage he feems to anfwer what Eliphaz (peaks in the 5th Chapter, verfe i 6.and 25. ( for doubtlefs ,fob applies him- fellexaEtly to what Eliphaz had fpoken,atid the trueft interpreta- tionof his anfwer will be in finding out and fitting the references to what the other propounded) Eliphaz in the r 6th verle ofthe fifth Chapter (where he makes a report of the wonderful works of God) had Paid, So the poor bath hope, and iniquity f toppeth ber mouth and at the. a5.verfe,he tells Job that a godly man (not- withftandirg all his affli+tions) may kdtow that his tabernacle _hail be in peace, and that bis feed Thal be very great, job in. anfwer to thole words, replies, Whatta myftrength that I_hould hope. As ifhe had laid,Elipbazyoufpeakof great hopes that tke poor may have, andyoufpeakof a peaceable Tabernacle, of a flourifhing of fpring ; alafr my condition isfuck, I am fo worn out with pain, with fick,neffes, with difeifes, with difiempers withgriefs that I have no hope left in regard of anyftrength in me, ever to injoy filch promi- Onefortitudo fes. What is myftrength, that 'Amid hope ? Wnat is my Jirengtb mea, ut fperam that I fhouldexpeEl to live tofeefuchgood daies, asyoufDrak of, that libePOr. Vatab, r r el inlongic. my 7avernaclefhou'd be in peace, that I fhould have plenty, that I ren+ffera me fhoutdhave a numerous ifire ? Alas myflrength isgone; what is my, addueitisquum ftrength that I jbould lookafter theft things ,Not that ,fob meafured _perandoPon all hisIhopeby his own ftrength ; but hear he exprefl'cs the grief f,rn,j2mprop', and pain, which was in his part, or upon his outward. .morgues, P P P jdças anaa,, thereby; to anfwer the fowre reproffes and tweet promifes of. Eliphaz
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