Chap. 7. An Expofitian open the Book of J Q B. Verf. 21. 703 runneth upon him, even upon his necks as a man that encounters an encmy,runs upon him,and fets his tees upon his neck; he run- neth upon the thick boffes of his bucklers, a warrior bath boffes upon his arms,both for beauty and defence.The enemy runs upon the very bofhes and fears nothing : fuch is a wicke d man, He runs agatnft Gotl;will notGod run uponhim?He willcerrainly he upon the b f es of their bucklers,and upon their necks too, one time or other,till they be forced tocry our, that as they have been burdens unto God,fo now they arc burdens to themfelves. Thus Job con- cludes in his own cafe. k3 d;;;lú; So that I am a burthen to myfelf. Tn'it onus The former words, are the caufe, and thcfe the data: Thou tctfendo ar f - rendo diflum. haftJet meat a mark,; what follows ? I am a burtben to my [sift Sum fuper too. TheSeptuagint reade thus, fo that I am aburthen unto thee, or nus,góe7topaliò fp r. that I am burthenfome to thee. And then his meaning may ve,runt OM. be conceived thus , Lord, thou fettefi me as a mark, fo that I become za, onorejür, burtben[me unto thee ;I have fuch a weight of áfflittions apt me, that "Ow Pr' I am forced to complainings and expoftulations wherein I am afraid, I am lludiinn ad burthenforns to thee as poor Suters when they cry long in the ears pccca:ores gal of a Judge or Magiftrate, he faith forbear, you arc very trouble- cum uar- fome, veryburthenfome to mc. perjtre- The Rabbins obfervc, that this WAS the ancient reading of the pub Texr,Ì am a bat-then unto thee, and that the Scribes, who wrote b;9 odfc, out the Bibles in Hebrew, made this alteration, a burtben to my b Zoom/pp jelf ; becaufe they conceived it was unbecoming the M 3jefly of "n: God, that Job fhould fay, he was aburthen to him. There is a ihr,quod in- general truth in that tranflarion , a burtben unto tine ¡ The fins m'áejtaietarbt- of man are burthenfome to God, the frowardnefs and impati trorentur ut once of men, arc burthenfome unto God o But I conceive our homuncio & o. Tranflation carries the fenfe fares , in a rcfle6tion upon his own neri trot. tired fpiri's, So that I am made a burthen to my felf , that is , thou Abe.Ezr.Drttz daft even throwme upon my [elf, whereas heretofore thou waft wont to hear me, and take my burthen upon thy [elf. Alas I faint, I cannot Hand under my felf, I amweary of my lifc,be- caufe I am left alone tobear ir, I know not what to do with my (elf, I am fo burthenfome to my Pelf. Hence obferve. Firft, Outward afjliîtions, Poverty , Sickne[s, Want , ev. are bir- thing, and they make a mare burtbenforee to bienfelf. It is a great burthen t9, hay; our comforts taken sway fromus,The removing Uuuu 3 of
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