0179 Chap. h. AnExpofion upon the BookofJ O B. Verf. st, ti Till I mayfwal.'ew down myfpittle. Some conceive, that from this Hebrew word RR Saliva,un ( ) which dtguidam pt we tranflate fpittle, Raca is derived ( Mat, _5. 22,) as it to call a inc unt Rae.' man Roca, were as much as to fay, he is worthy to be (pit upon, Mat.S. zz.quod or, that one (hould fpit in his face : though others fpring that worn fromRikt,which lignifies empty, as if it were, as much as interpretanrur to call aman an empty fellow, without wit or brains or within i.e.co nfpuen.. Y Elm vel dig one degree ofa fool, which is the next word in Matthew nun qui con- But what is Jobs intendment, in defiring God to let him alone, *alto -Alit a Till be might(wallow down his lips!le. ""um Firft, Some refer it to bodily difc_mper, as if Yob were erou- fr eerebro vacnujct ,d;. bled with a ( a) fquinfie or fore throat, whch hindred the fwal- 1a careno lowi ngof his fpittle. Diur. ( b ) Another takes it in a Philofophical notion ; as ifjob had 01" fail, Lord,Ict me have tome cafe that I may, at leali tall once more, violaynonben what it is to live, or how Tweet life is . For thatfenceofraft workes abbe: per by falival humour on ittlein the mouth, which mixing with h:ber.Hieron Y 1? (b) Diramitte the juce or Cep that is in meats, effèets and delights the paliate me, angnllunra Thirdly, thefe words are taken, as the dcfcription ofa man rea- aliquem ujus dy to dye,who is difabled, either to fwallow his fpittle, or to void 4bert.aptm it. As if he had Paid, I am even at the point of death, let MC alone a little ; Davids prayer conies near this fence, Pfal. 39, 13. 0filare me that Imay recover jfrength, before I go hence, and be no more. Sernaprovergi Fourthly, It may be t-Ken proverbially and that two wales. tatir efi,neque Firft, To note the (ho rteii time, evenfo much as may ferve a odfcolpendat man to fpi t. As if he had laid, O let me have a little intermit.- lion, a little refpit; fuch is the fence of that phrafe, Chap. 9. 18, He will not fuffer me to take my breath. And the like are thefe, ufed inTome countries, I have not leifure or time to fcractb': my ear, or topare my nails. My forrows know no intermit : my feaier is one continued fit, I have no well daies, no nor a góòá hour therefore let me at ieafl have force time of cafe, as I may fwal- lowmy fpittle, let me have the (horteft time. That I may once more know ( though but fora moment ) what it is to be without pain. To which interpretation, that alto fubfcribes, which make there words to be a circumlocutionforfilenee. For while a man si fMllaoing his fpittle, his fpcech flops : he cannot bring up his words, and let down thefpitt leat the fame time ; Io his meaning is turren mihi shim el?. I e taatillure quiddity: ten pore eft quo non tentera te ;oc.
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