496 Chap., 6. An Expoftion upon the Book"! J O B. Verf. 15 It is not enough,not to be erteel to, or not to greive the afflibled. We mutt Phew them favour and do them good. The light, of nature condemns the oppreffor,and the light ofreligion condemns them who thew no pitty. J O B Chap.6. Verf. r5, zz, Mybrethren have dealt,deceitfully as a brook,, and as the dreamsof brooks they pair away. Which are blackiJh by reafon of the ice, and wherein the fnow' is hid. What time they wax marm they vanifh:When it is hot, they are con- - fumedout oftheirplace. Thepaths oftheir way are turned afide ; they go to nothing, and perifh. The Troops ofTema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. They wereconfounded, becaufe theyhadhoped;they came thither, and were afhamed. For newye are nothing; yefee my calling down andare afraid. JOB having in the former verte begun to charge his friends with unkindnefs proceeds in this Context to illufirare his charge by a fimilitude, tomake their unkindnefs, yet more notorious and vitible,he Pets it out by things which are vifible:that fo their own eyesor experiencesmight convince them as well as his difcourfe. The whole fimilitude is extended from the 15th to the z ithverfe The fnm ofall is this, that lob had found his friends like thole brookswhich hold leaf' water,when there is moil need and great- en enquiry for water; . they gave him no comfort when he was nothingto theeye)but forrow, He was parcht óz fcorcht in thofe hot regionsand fiery climates ofaffliìion;and theyga ve him not (tohis tail) fomuch as a drop` of water to cool his tongue, to cafehis complaints. That in general. For the better underf'andingof this elegant fimilitude,we may obferve thepar is of it, We
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