Chap. 7. AnExpnfition upon theñook¿,of] OB. Vert: a 2:: 413 . to God in the main, though his Cpirit was prefered untoucht of blafpheming,yet we find him touching too often,and too loud up- on t;lisl ring of complaining He cannot be excufed from fbmc motions of impatience, while we hear him fettling upon thefe re- folutions,to take his fill of or to let loofe the reins of his paillon to complain I will complein in the bitternefaofmyfoul. Anguifhisa very illguide of the tongue. It muff needs be troubled matter, which parondWates, Obferve further, That whenfarrow continues and bangs long upon us, itgrower boilterons and reflute, We have three wills in the text, as ifJob had turned all his reafen into Will,and his will intopailon, I mill not refrain,j. will fpeakin the anguifh of myfpirit, I will complain to the bittern f of myfoul ; He was grown to a kind of refolvednefs in his forrow. It is as unffe for man (in this fence) to will what he e!oth,asto Nectestenle do what he will ; we ought to will the will ofGod, butro e muff lab-- fuir job, jt. mit cur own, We thould not mourn over our affltciions, nor re- quedfibi tirr- joyee over our comforts, but as God wills- Yet in this, the will of renonputarea Job was rather fitoag then pertinacious. He was not a man of Proterv6'ac that rough makf,to oppofe his will agaiuti the will and good plea- rc joggred, fure of God, though that were a pain to him. çr Having thus refolved to complain, he complains in this very high Language. Verte a 2. AmI Sea, or a Whale, that thou fettefi a watch over me Thefe are his fir fl words, words full ofdeep complaint, like the fea, which, wh.ethex-he was or"no, he would be anfwercd. Am I a Saa ?-7iTTwe. His queflion is of like importance with that at the a 2. verfe of the 6. Chapter, ismy (trenth the (trength ofPlotter, or is my fieJh brafs ? He expofìtalates with God, why haft thou laid fuch trouble upon me ? Am I a {lone or brafs that I thodld be able to bear it ? And here (like a fea fwolnwith bitter waters) in the bit - ternefs of his foul he begins to break the boundsagain,Am i a fe.r . er s whale that thou fetteft a watch ever me?' A Sea or a Ifrhalt. The S ea and the Whale are often joyned in Sripture,Pfal. a 25, 24, 0 Lordbow mateifold are :by works, die. she earth it full of
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