,ra 420 Chap. 7. AnExpofitiori upon the Bookaf J OB, Verf. r r, not thentfelves, when they haveor might have had(without colt or travel) fo many tutors and inftru(ers. J 0 B, Chap. 7. Vert. 11,12,13 r4.,15,16. Therefore) will not rcfraine my mouth, I will fpeak in the an- guifh of my 1pirit, I will complaine in the bitternefs of my foul. Am !a Sea or a Whale, that thou fettefl a moreover me? When Ifay my bedpall comfort me, my couch fball eafe my com- plaint. 7ben tbou fcare,(1 me with dreams, and terriftefi me through vifi- on:. So that myfoul chufetb (traugling, and death rather then life. Jloath it, 1 would not live aloayes, let me alone, for my deyes are vanity. 1N the context ofthefe fix vertes, we may take notice of four I things. J. yob's violent refolution to complain ,verf. 11. 2 His vehement complaint, verf. 12. 3. An amplification of his furrows, verfe 13, 14. q.: A renovation of his often repeated delires to die, and the te- dioufbe fs of his life, verf 15. 16. Therefore.) job having in an apoffrophe to God , !hewed his weak condition ; takes up a frelh refolution of complaining to God; Therefore I will not refrain mymonth, &c. as ifhe had laid, Theconfederation ofthefi things, is fofarfrom putting me to filence, that it dotb rather inlarge my bears, and open my my month tofpeak andcomplain ance more ; teeing death isby Gods appointment, the certain end of alloutward troubles, andperceiving my felf upon the very borders or brinl<,ofdeath, my bodypelt cure, my eftate irrecove- able and remedilefs , therefore 1 will complainyet again, I twillyet farther layopen mymifiry before the Lord, andprefs him to hgjten me thorough the confines oftbis land offurrow, that I may accom- plifh my 4ayes, andfee anendofthefe troubles,for myfoul is ingreat bitternefs. proprie 4111 Iwill not refrain(my mouth.] The word fignifies to flop, inhi- contiuere prop bit or.prohibit , Thole srrtts which flay the proccfs of ineriour Betas, Courts
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