494 Chap. 6. An Expofitionupon the Bookof J O B. Verf. 14 ted with atflif ions, bath forfaken himibut hath the fear of the doluturn) ti- Almighty forfaken him alto ? norSgddoi _ The meaning whereof may be made out to this effeE. As if erelingdut lob had Paid thus. You plainly fee that there is no help in me, lin, for my pains and unceffant troubles, havequite bereaved me of verfìculorum Y p , terminus itct all that frength, upon which I fhould naturally fubfift,and as for degerimsai,utin you (my friends)that pitty and compafliion which you thould af- pofieriori vox ford a man thus melted with forrows, is quite fled and gone from eitle.iutusfit your hearts and lips.But-what then? Is the fearofof God depart- ey a`gJoe- ed alfo from this forrowful foul ? It is confeffed ffrength is gone rivi cafur,rega- frommy body , and I fee pitty towards me is gone from your turque á verbo fouls. O how miferable then were ',if' fhould go from my God, derelinquit,cu- and forfake his fear ! You thall fee that though the pittyofmen Pt duo nomina- bath forfakenme a melted man, yet (as you ob eta th fear of ttviftnt wife- > > Y Y 1 es rieordia & ti_ God bath not. ntorsaddai,ille . A feyenth reading, varying from ours only ina word, gives verodiff°lutus the fenfe very fair and eatiie,* to him that is afflieled or melted, pit- frtJoblovuente tyfhould be fhewed by hisfriend, otherwifeheforfaken thefear of cleft r'pfö in the Almighty. Whereas we fa but he or a etb this tranflation tertioperfona g J` Y C f l k Apparel ex hoc faith (Otherwife beforfaketb) thefear ofthe Almighty, that is,. explatione 7 if a man do not thewpitty to his friend in affliftion, that man cam nominari- theweth that he hath forfaken the fearof the Almighty. Thus as v0"' -11j) I hinted at the entrance of this pottage, Interpreters are much di- }fa.3r. a. and vided about the Grammatical con(lrudion of there words , there izr. r, s hoc is a truth in every fenfe given, and their variety may teach us to l)iffoluto d Jo- adore the fulnefsofthe holy language, which leads our thoughts, ,,iaset fe in fo many wayes, as alfo to be humbled for our own blirtdnefs of nitvs eß fcim- Y Y pendendo olio- mind, and narrownefs ofheart, to fee or comprehend the mind qui rimaren of God fairly written tous. osaniporenris But I take the toff to be the clearefi mening of Job in this paf deferir. Druf. fage, and that, to which molt of the former are reducible, and b a apud Hfü therefore flaying upon this fenfe, I (hall give two or three obfer. vtirur CO: in vations from it. terdum pro at Firfl, It is the common dutyoffriends, and the fpeeial dotty of nisi: godlyfriends, topittyandhelp one another in afiiïtiooe. I fay, to pitty and to help (for that is the compafs ofthe word) we have not-donour duty in pittying the.ditireffed,uniefs we come to real allifling thetn.We fatisfie not our obligation to thebond and Law oflove by giving comfortable words. As that ofaith which is a lone without works, doth notjtíftife'usifo that pitty which is a- lot lt
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