î.i7 ,Chap... $ An Expofition upon theBookofj.O B. Verf. $. 2. Of the eye Ofmen, The eye of himthat bathlien me ¡hall fee me no more, 3. Of the eye of God, Thine eyes are uptnme; and I am not. e doth not fay, 7 bine eyes are upon me, and thou fhalt not fee one. Gods eye looks into the grave, and can fee there ; when we are out of the eyes ofmen, weare in the eye ofGod ; thereforehe faith, Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not ; as if he had laid, Lord, if thou fhalt defer a little to help me, and then flaouldeft come to look for thy Jab, I (hall be dead, I (ball be laid in the grave,i (hall not be capable ofremedy, ifmy remedy be deferr'd Tuorurn keuefr i t is too late to give a man a cordial when he is dead : Thou ¡halt clown, fiforte, not have a Job to help, ifthou doff not help him quickly. Some ruptar(humonl. underfland it ina f iritual fence, Thine eyes are upon me... as if trnloqulrur cum p y p occulro que u he fhould fay, Lord thine eyes are upon me to fearcb me, and negleaue ui) try out my tpayes, andalas Iam not, I am not able to (Land before non ero fapam, thy juff ice, before thy pure eyes, which CAM behold no iniquity. Co ç. But rather take it in appeal to God, whether or no he were not near death. ThouLord feeft I am as a dead man ; as a mannot to be numbred among the living : Therefore if-thouwilt deliver me, let thy loving- kindnefs fpeedilyprevent me,for I am brought very low.As a fick man in tome acute difeafe haftens his Phyfìti- an,Sír, giveme fomewhat prefently or Iam gone,yeù'cannot but fee I am a borderer upon death. Thine eyes are upon me, and 1am not, That is ; I am not alive, dam not among the children of men. Mot to be, doth not import a not-being, but a not appearing, I am not as Iwas, nor can I long be at all: Rachel wept for her chil- dren, becaufe theywerenot yofephs brethren faid to their father, yofepb is not ; andJob himfelf in the 21. ofthis chapter, explains this to be his fence, Thou(haltleek me in the morning, and Ifhall notbe, Death is a great devourer,it(weeps all that appears ofman, into the grave. The world (hall no more enjoy him, nor he the world ; this is mans not being,when he dies : as the two following, vesfes further explain by an elegant fimilitude. Verle
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