Chap. 9. An Expofttionupon the Bookof J O 13. VerC 13. 245 one King in the hand ofanother, yet it. fhall not efcape or go un- cam arrogamis puni{hed. &fuperbraa- Theproud helpers(hallftoop under him; t. se auxitium pollicentur. Vatabl. There is yet another interpretation, which retirains and ]halts Superbi & eo_ the word Rahah particularly to . Ægypt, Vnlefs the Lord turn a- rumpstroni. way bit anger, helpers out of Egypt fhall Jtoop under him, or ,Egypt Æ31PuJhoc helpingthat!itoopunder him. We find frcgtiently in the Scriptures nomin^,praprer of the Old Tel-tan-lent, that Egypt is called Kahab: And that name fummamfuaw did well fute with Egypt, which was both a ftrong and a proud fuperbiam( Kingdom, Pfal. 87. 4. Ire will remember Rahab andBabylon; that is, Egypt and Babylon. Egypt and,Babylon are matcht together for pride, and for oppreflion,perfecuting thepeople ofGod. And Ifa. 51.9. Art not tho t it,that hath cut Rahab,and wounded thedragon? That is, Art not thou (O Lord) he that didft cut Egypt in pieces, when they oppofed thy people , and woundedtl Pharaoh in the midit of the red fca, In the 26th of this 'bookof job, verfe J 2. fome tranflate Rahab, Egypt we render the Text thus, He divi- E% circumfl.in: deth thefea with bit porter, and by hia. underftandinghefrnitetle the tiffs horum toca row theproud; fo we, By, hit underffanding heftrikes thorou Rahab, rumnon táide that is,.thorow Egypt, fay others. And fo they make that Text, rnen°,."uu a 1, y hanc vacem and this an argument, that the book of Job was penned after the dtipro R.gy- deliver:ance of the people.of'Tfrael out of Egypt, and. that ire there Pb &pro Pha- paffages lob had reference to the mighty work of God,in defiroy- d. Mg the Eçy tiaras at the red fea. Taking the word thus, the Text kab.,ol. is, Vnlefr the Lord turn away hisanger, Egypt Thalftoop undo- hire; as if he had Paid, Doyou not remember a late inftance ofGods power ? Egypt brrught to contend with God, to bold hit people in bondage whethenhe :mould or no,wben he bad a mind to bring- themforth ; but you know Egypt (looped : God brought down the pride, and abated theftrength of it. And that other place (Chap.26.. i 2.) maybe gloffed thus,Hedi- vided thefeaby hitpower, that is, the red fea, and by hie under I -and- Loguirur pro_ in heftructithorowRahab; that is, when the Eg tian.e urfited plsencè Kol,i: $ yp p vorer tE- his people., he defiroyed them. Which interpretation carries a gypRdjri,i e. ange- very clear proofthat lob alludes to the deliveranceofIfrael outof li ejus neenrit. Egypt , and therefore lived after the time of that deliverance ; ?Jt in propbotia 1)anielH, pria. though others whogrant the expofition, deny the inferetice,trtain- tain that job fpake this prophetically, not hiftorically. This we pr eefrfit. know,- that Egypt was a , place much fought to for .help , and therefore
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