Chap. 6. An Expoftion upon the Bock of J O B. Vert 24. 5 and our doing good is to us no better then evil. Verfe 25. Howforcible are right words ?but what lothyour arguing reprove ? In ad- yob fP eakes by way ofadmiration ; Hom f orcible ! I cannot rtiart, ejl tell how forcible. It is an elegant way ofexprd ling the highnefs elegantO9'pu- ofour thoughts. AsPfal84..t.Horn amiableare thy dwelling places thericnm,Bold. O Lord ofhefts ! He admires in ficad of (peaking, they are fo amiable, as I cannot tell how amiable theyare;Put your thoughts to their utmoll conceptions ofbeauty, and that beauty is in the dwellings of the Lord : So faith job here, Howforcible are right words ! they are fo forcible,as I cannot tell how forcible they are, I muff admire and be filent. Howforcible are right words 1 The Chaldee Paraphrafe reads it, horvfweet are right wordy! interpreting it by that,Pft!.g 19.. tot. ObhowTweet are thy commandements unto me ! thy are Jiveeter than the honey and the honey comb.But the Originals diffcr,though that be agood fcnfe. s-fl Ammonia DILa, We read, How forcible ! The word fignifies any thing that is t;onenrhaber. firong potent or mighty ; It notes alto acrimony, fharpnefs or fmartnefs, and fo it is often applyed to words either good or bad, t King.z. S. when David lay upon his death -bed, giving his laic advices to Solomon, Thou ( fifth he) haft Shimei. with thee, who curfedmewith agreiveus curfe. In the Hebrew it is this word,who curfedme with a (harp, thong, forcible curie, he curled me with all his heart, with all his might,he Laid loadupon me.Evilwords areflrong,right words areffrongeft : Job had before at the 6th verfe ofthis Chapter, called the difcourfes ofEliphaz unfavory, in this he taxes them for flat or weak,right words have a pleafing acri- mony upon the palate of the foul,and a power upon the judge- ment, to Tway and carry it ; but yours are dull and feeble. Some render it after the letter of the Hebrew,words ofright or truth:Others in the Concrete,howforcible are the words ofa right, %A I.11 or upright man ! But take it as we tranflate,Howforcible areright Eloquia reít;- words. Words are right three wayes. rud;nr, Mont. i. In the matter, when they are true. do " Pit z.In themanner when they are lain dí.red and' erf icuous. A" Sept. e Y P P P roye ée9+"rs. 3. In their ufe,when they are duely andproperly applied,when Aquíl. thearrow is carried home tothewhite,thèn they are right words, or words of righteoufnefs. When this three-fold rightnefs meets.
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