Chap. 6. An Expofition urn the Batik of J 0 I `Teri i .. 493 Job (according to this fence) found his freinds dealing with him,as the Jews with Chriff,to whom being athirit they gave vi- negar to drink : or as David in the type fpeaks, they gave me gall for my meát,and inmy thirft they gaveme vinegar to drink;here feems to be a like meaning. You have given me reproaches inflead of comforts, flandered me, inftead ofrefrtfhingme, and is this the courfe you should take ? As Abfalom Paid to Hufhai,2Sam.i6,i7. Is this thykindnefi to thyfriend?when he feemed to fall away from David untohim. So job might fpeali to Elipbaz,Is this thy kind- nefs to thy friend, to load with reproaches, whenyou fee him over- -laden with afliîlioris ? A fourth thus Shall bethat confumes by the reproaches of his friends , farfake thefearötf the Almighty? The meaning whereof is this Doe &i tabefcitaà you thinkthat all-then whole riches and comforts are loll, have alnicofuopro. loft their reafon and judgment ? and do you think that they who bro,eriomtima are reproacht by men donot fear God. ? The world commonly tJmrelinqet g judges none wife, but they that are rich,and that they fear God FalicemJóti molt, who rejoice molt. But my pratife and example (I doubt videnrerfapere< notj shall confute that opinion, _acrd give all the world toknow, m =Jeri de¡iperad that a man confumed and fpent by the reproaches ofrnen,and the firoaks ofGod, may yet fear Godand keep up his flock to the full, in holinefs, and in wifdom. Fifthly,This melting is rcferred not to the pitty of-his friends, comabéfcens but to Job melting or confuming, by that which they called pit- tamecz r eon tÿ. Thus gogaeatfocij Shall he be charged to have forfaketr the fear of the Almighty, chanita, canto. who confumes by the charity ofhis friends ? that is, who is more.befir,quem aiflt ed by the,counfel which his friend (in love) give him, ®creutperteom than by all his other affliaions. As the mercies of the wicked are cram alwayes cruel, (Pr.aa,a5,) So fometimes the mercies of the godly areiefpecially,when theygive prepoflerous and indifereet counfel; finefcienria' and this interpretation fuits well, with the titlewhich job gave eXercitótn his friends, Miferable comforters.areye all. Ch. :6, 2. That is, you contabsfdt. have donc yourgoodwill tocomfort me,but God hath not {hew- ed you the ,way, nor givenyou the tongue of the learned, that ye might knowhow,to miüiiler:aword in feafon. to. him that weary,, and fo notwithffandingall your good intentions ye have - added tomy miferies... A fixth thus; that pitty,whichfriends fhouid this man mel, tea
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