Chap. 7. An ExpofrtionupontheBookof J OB. Vert. d 89 of titeat, he bathnumbred ottt to you fo many flagons of,wine,, he. _ bath fubflraGted fuch a proportion, and appointed it to you,and t dare not alter it. And in the Prophetic offonah,cbap, î.ver,.i7.it is Paid, God prepared a great fifh to f vallow up fonah, fo We tranflate; the Hebrew is, Godnumbredagreatfib to (wallow up. onah,that is,God did feparate or fubtl:raét a fifh from all the rest pf the fifhesofthe fea, for that endand purpofe, to fwallow up 7onah. From all which inflances it is clear, that the word notes an appointment by wayof defigne, or the drawing ofa thing to Come fpecial ufe and fervice. When a Party is drawn out of the bodyofarmy, they are numbred or appointed to force defign ; fuch a meaning is in Yobs words, there nights are fubffa&d or drawn out, and then appointed to be my reward and wages. The fùmme of all is, Yob comparing hisetlate with that of hirelings, fervan is and fouldiers finds his far work than theirs,they have reti in the night, at lean force nights they retf, but he had none. Obferve here the law of nature, Night is the time of ref(. Sleepe is the parenthefis of our troubles : it puts a flop to our forrowes'and gives intermiffion to our labours.Obferve fecondly, That the troubles of every night, and how many troublefome nights anyonefhall have, are determined by God himfelf. I have wearifome nights,faithJob)but theycome not by accident, they are appointed and exactly numbred to rne,It is matter ofgreat com- fort, to remember, that God is thus accurate about our forrows : He gives his peoplea cup offorrow,&he appointeth howmany drops (hall be in their cup, all the world cannot put in one drop beyond his meafure. He appointeth out our trouble for the kind and for thedegree,and for the timeor continuance of it how tawny wea- rifome nights, how long ever night (hall be, are all calculated and fet down in the kalender of his heavenly counfels I thall adde but a word ofthe next verfe, which is only the defcription of a wearifome night. Jobhaving faid,that wearifome nights were appointedor numbredout tohim : now rcfolves us what be means by a wearifome night, or when he accounts a night wearifome. Vcrfe4. When I lie down, Ifay, whenfha11 l' arife, and the night be gone ? And IOnfull of toffingt to adfra, unto. *bt damning of the day. This is a wearifome night, and it is a molt eatad d efcription Ffff2 of
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