724 Chap. 7 . dnExpofitiosupon the Book of J B. Verf. 2L. I(hall not be. The Hebrew is, And not 1, that is, j fhali not be alive, I (hall nottbe to be had he means a non- exiffence, ..not a n'n- effence a being he fhould have, but he fhould not appear to be. It is as if he had'faid,Lord;"IPall not be SubJeet capable ofoutward delive- r-ance.r and bodily comforts, unlefr they comefpeedily, , Lord, ifthou . wilt give me any help , give it,,for death haftens upon me, as if'it hoped,to be too nimblefor, or to out- run thyfuceours, ,Mr" Brougbtonr tranflation Items to intend another fence, which othersof the learned Hebricians favour too. He renders the latter part ofthe verfe thus, Whereas Ilye now in the du i(re ferring it to his prefent condition ; I amnow lying in the dnli,to, be pittiedof the keeper ofmen, fo himfelfexpounds, Lord 1 lye in the dull, a pittiful ob;ed, then) Why duff thou not quickly feekme out, that I fhouldno more be, which he interprets, I would by a -i itickdeath be ridfrom theftpains. As if in thefe words Jabhad again renewed his former defireofdeath ;,concerning which ma-- . ny. things have been fpoken from preceding pairages of his reply and I will not double upon them here. But l take the former reading and meaning of the words, as molt proper, to the coherence, and conclufion ofJobs dilcourfe and fo theyare but a repetition or re-inforcment ofwhatthe Ipake at the 7. and 8. verles: There he Paid, O remember that my lije i3 wind, mine eye (hall no more fie good , the eye of bim that bath feen me(hall fee me no more, hhitte eyes are upon ene, and l am not Here he fpeaks the fame thing in Come variety of words, Thou 'haltleek me in the morning, and 1fballnotbe. The feverity of my fìcknefs threatens to prevent thy earlieft preparations for my relief Thus(through the ilrength cfChrilt) forme difcoveries have been made about this lìrft congrefs, orcharge between Eliphaz. and Job. But ,job bath not yet done behold a fecond and a third Combatant, ready to enter the lift againft him And when thefe three have once tryed their skill and ftrength upon him, they all three charge him afrefh, a fecond time, and two') of them a third : Was ever poor foul heldfo hard to it, as he! How much doth the life of grace make him exceed man, whenhe(as a man) could fcareebe reckon'd among the living?Truth andGrace will triumph and prevail, notwithftanding all the difadvantages of. 3leQ and nature. Is it not ftrange that a man íhould not be weary with
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