Chap. 7. AnExpofition uponthe Backe of O B. VerC T. t6$ ..., E i llJf:/D ;f ts1:Jí'J ---.. J O B Chap. 7. Vers. [, 2, 3, 4. Is there not an appointed tinte to man upon earl h?are not hrt dayes alfa like the ¿ayes ofan hireling ? As afervant earnefily d fresh sheshadow, and as an hire- ling looketb for the reward of his work: So am I made to pa//èfi'zoneshs ofvanity 5 andwearifouse nights are áppointedtome. When Ilye down, lfzy,wben(hall I arife, and the night he gone ? and 1 amfull of tong to and fro; unto the dawning o f the day. Here theknot ofconnexion, between this and the former Chapter lyeth,is not fo difcernable which hath givenoccafion for much diverfity of conjes (ìure about it. Fir!}, It may be conceived that .7oh in his dis courfe, refu es that tenet ofEliphaz, that he was punished and fconrged for his wickedness : by (hewing, that to be aßi'if ed is the commmon condition ofman,and therefore no fuch judgment of anymans wickedness or finfulnefs could be made from his af- fliáions. Or, Secondly,thathere Job confutes that promife, which Eliphaz made about the twetieth verse of the fifth Chapter, concerning outward profperity, He (hall know that NJ-Tabernacle fhall be in peace, and bejball bedelivered, &c, by proving itincontinent with the prefent ef}ate ofmortals,to lookfor fuch uninterrupted happinefs, or fair dayes without any cloudsand formes, as Eli- phazseemed to undertakehe should , Ir there not an appointed time somanupon e4rtb ? arenot hir dayel alfo ltke thedaysof an hireling, &c _ Or
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