632. Chap 7. An Expofition upon theBook of) OB. Vers t 3. Volüit,pent- etit, per enti pbraln,deltre dfrft confel,t_ iahem invenit ;KZUI Lavavtr, e »tsit,ftfiu tit. wrelMingail day, ad confiding with my forrowes, I yet had fume hope to find comfort at night,and that I should meet with refit in my bed, but taìy hope failes me ever : or while in the day time my thoughtsare overburdened, and my spirit overwhelmed within me, I think fumetimes todeceive my paines alit tle,by ta- king a nap or slumber upon my couch ; but alas my pains will not be deceived, When 1fay, my bedpall can fort me, my couch fhall cafe my complaint (Ifind inflead ofeafe, further trouble, and . infield of comfort, terreurs. For then) thozs sksreft me with dreams, When Ifay, my bedfhall comfort me ? The word lignifies to mourn and repent,as well as to comfort, because cow fort usually followes holy mourning and repentingi Godly forow is the mother offpiritual joy. In the words we haveeither that ordinary figure Profpopeia, the fie` ion of a person,' when ads of life and reafon are afcrtbed to things without life ; and fo Job brings in his bed, as his friends (peaking, when Ifay my bed 'ball comfort me, my bcd and l will confer together, I am perfwaded that will afford me a word of comfort : Or we may rather underhand it by a Metonymy of the effed,Wben Ifay my bedshall bomfort me ; comfort is the common and ufual etfed or bencfitof lying down upon the bed : the bcd is laid to comfort, becaufe ordinarily we find comfort in rcfiing upon the bed ; that being a means or intirumental caufe ofçotT1- fort, is called a Comforter. My couchfhalleafe my ca nplaxt The words are indifferently tranflated in Scripture, either fora bed, or for a couch , but if we take them ditlinftly, then the bed is the place where we tell in the night, and the couch by day : when lob faith ; My conch ¡hall safe my complaint ; it notes his complaint or forrow lay as a heavy burthen;or weight upon him; for the word lignifies to efe, or to lift up, or to ease by lifting up ; ifa wan have a burthcn uponhim, theway tocafe him,is to lift it offfrotn him; fo Job here, l lye dawn upon my couch,with a burthen of heavy for= roues upon me,Godkuow.r,hoping'my conch will bea mean to take off that burthen a whilc,that I tray have a little breathing,but(to any greif) I find,it doth not. Theufe offleep is to unburthen then spirit
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=