Chap. 6. An Expofition upon the Book on OB. VerGig. 48, Hereat verfe iq..he begins_a charge against his freinds ofunkind- nefs, indifcretion, yea ofcruelty in managing this difpute againfl him. He giveth it lull in general, or by way ofPreface, To him that ás afflieledpinyfbouldbe(hewedfrom hisfriends; but be far- faketh thefear oftheAlmighty ; As if he had Paid ; YouAnil I have dealt otherwife with me, thenyouhave, ìn this cafe though,' bleffed be God)Ifind help withinme God bathgivenme the light fo hisflit:. tit andwifdome.to difcern n own condition,yet it it no th.onktoyou I havefound no help in myf'reinds, you have dealt unfreindly, with me you fhouldhavepittiedme, butyou have oppofed me and», for- faken that duty which thefear ofthe Almighty teacheth.fie proceeds to illuftrate this moreparticularly by wayoffimiiïtude,corrparing his freinds to a brook, whole waters fail when We are athirlt, ox when there is molt need of water. Tohim that is off/it-led. S'v.vitd el -, Theword fignifies, Him that u melted, and the reafon is, be- vit, liguidum caufe afliidion diffolves the fpirit of a rnan,and (as it were) melts (y.Yfluidum his heart: therefore it is called, the fire ofaficliioni to be eliifolved reddidit* or melted, and to be añ1iGfed are the fame. And that of% is rte tire° perpe- afcribed to fear and trouble of fpirit, arifin from tut; race a",t p : g ar affliion, peforaeuria, Pfal 22. a S. aIyheart (faith David, a type of Chrift) in the midlk ovidde Pe of my belly is like, melting wax : By reafon ofthe heat and great- iribut?ta uefs ofhis trouble, and the anguilla ofhis fpirít, he was as me- fled;fiurn,quia ` tal melted in a furnace, At the defeat of the lfraelites before pautnimii. Ai,it is faid,the hearts ofthepeople melted & became aswater,.(ofh. quefcere facie 7. 5. And in the fixth Pfaltta, verle 6, David cryes up the exu- facuttaner,ma. berance of his forrows, by this word .: I melted or watered my r6apnfiurmnum couch with tears. Thus the Prophet threatning a day 'of great Buxton£ fear again[} jerufalem, tells them, Theyfhall be, as when a Stan- b' uidamPon dard-bearerfai.nteth, ifa. a o. 118. When' the Battei waxes hot, riflcii,velunt and a vanquifht army is running and crying for quarter, the (fan- Porn 'ffamY lard- bearer is in grcateft danger, all make up to him, and then he .bae yore tie- fainteth,or:melteth away with fear. (a)Tributes and taxes are ex- braicafurfr® preftin the Hebrew by a word coming from this root, becaufe if tae oqidom, heavily impofed,they mele away the estates`ofa people. ( b) .It is' per eamfcthcet a witty obfervation, that whereas force of the Papifts conceive pLetatomnir their word (Mafs)was derived from this Hebrew ord ilia ar tiquefaflaefi! which fignifieth to melt ;'one ofours anfwers let' it > e fo Ìt d, ffolura- ? River. Rrr fait; II
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