,Chap. 7. iInExpofrtion upon theBookof3 0 B. Y'erC r3. (r3';` fpirit, and take off the load ofcares; the word is ufed in that fenfe Gen q.. 13. about the fin ofCain, which lay upon him as a heavy Mignume burthen, Myfin (faith he) ugreater than canbeforgiven (co, forne peccatum me- tranfrations f or greater than I can bear,wor.i for word thus ; dumpe hot" ' myfn tsgreater thane tre be token off For iv.;nefs is the taking qouvtmeumtaajtu, finofffrom us , it is the word here ufed far eafing;my fin is great- p jet. Sept.. er than I can be eafed of ; as if Gain thought his fin fuch a burthen Tit aWadi which thearm of mercy could not lift from his ¡boulders : Par- At ?umut re5 don is the eatingof the eonfcience,fin the burthening of it; fin is a m ttatur mibi burthen and fo is torrow. My couch (faith he) (hallcafe my corm. plaint, by takingoff, or at leali intermitting the troubles ,which rere caufe me w complain : or my couch (hall cafe me in my corn- to rer ápó plaint, when I ammeditating. refolvingand rowling my troubles fr,,Mad'ta up and down in my thoughts,then my couch and I am difcourfing :i newiferi . together, and reffoning out the matter, but no cafe comes. We apudahnuvt. may obferve fromhence, f rfi, Loquemecuet Thát a man in pain, expeels cafe from every change. My bed ( faith lob) fhsll comfort me,my couch fhiall eafe my complaint, every thing he fees raifes his hope, everyman that comes to him, he looks upon as a meffenger of good news ; I faid, this ¡hall help me, and that (hall help ire ; Purely if I had fuch a thing (faith a tick man) it would dome good, ifI had filch meat I could eat if I had fuch drink, my pallat would rellilh it, if I were in fuch an ayrc,it would reftore my health, and I thoutd get up again. As a Bee goes from flower to flower,to fuck out fomewhat,fo man from infirument toinfirument,frommeans to meanes,frombedto couch, 1h11 hoping tofind reliefe or mitigation at leali for his troubled mind,or pained body. Secondly obferve hence . That the moft probable or proper meaner, are unable of them- ¡elves to give any cafe or comfort. What is fitter to givea man reef than a bed ? what is more proper to give one refrefhing than a couch ?but Job goes to his bed in vaine,and goes,to his couch in vain ,nor this, nor that, nor tother adminillred him any help. Creaturesarc not ableof thcmfelves to giveout comfortscommit- ted to them : Their common naturemuff be affrl}ed with a fpeei- al woadof bleffing, or elfe they do us no goods If God will . command a bed to comfort us, it ¡hall comfort us, ifhe will fay to a couch, .cafe fuch a mans complaint, it ¡hall cafe his complaint Job faith it, and his faying could no t cfftet it : Nay if God will fay to ahard ¡lone, give fuch a man rell, he (hall sea and fleep fweatly upon it when another aIa}11 not get a wink ofIleep upon a
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