3 r 2 Chap. An Expofition upon tbeBook, of J O B. VerT,2 V erfe 23.1fthe fcourgeflayfreddenly,he laugheth at the tryall of the innocent. The former words gave offence to force mindes, conceiving them incontinent with grace and holinefs. Others are more ctt ended with thefe. And in the letter it is firange language to fay, The Lord laughs at the tryall ofthe innocent. This verfc, with NullumOver the fifteenth ofthe 7t h C hapter, So that myfoul cboofetb (£tangling, óumhacfenren are concluded by a learned Writer,the Iharpeft and molt quettion- ria et i11o, 'able paffages,in the whole book. Hence his conceit, that in the clean Pend 40th Chapter, verf. lob aims at thefe two fpeeches, Once have meaJufpendi- 4 5 . P , um,duriura ate; I fpoken, but t will not anfrxer ; that is, I will never fpeak filch a afperius inhoc word again, that, I chufeffrangling; yea twice, but I willproceed libro. Philip. nofurtheriI i id alfo,7hat thou laughejl at the triallof the innocent, but I will never fay foany more, I am afliam'd thatever I opened my lips fo unadvifedly;tis too much that I have fpoken twice fo hinfully,I will not fpeak fo thrice. The conceit is witty, but the charge lies,too heavy .The fente ofthe former hath been made out fair for Job, and I doubt not but his meaning may be fo cleared in this latter, that he will need neither reproof nor apology for niti laying, Flagellum d If the fcourge flayfzuddenly, &c. circumeundo vel circumda,r- The verb lignifies to encompaIs or incircle a thing, to twine dodici;ur,quod round about it. And fo it alludes to the fafhion ofa fcourge,which videarur cir- begirts the oifender,and at every blow winds about his body. cumcingere The fcourge. in Scripture is put for anyafidion:plague,fword hemirem, or famine are called (courges, Ifa. re. 26. Ike Lord o f hogs i flaall (tier upta fcourgefor him ; what fcourge ! the next words expound it, a fcourge, not of cords or wiers, but of fwordis and fpears, a fcourge, according to the(laughter ofMidianat the rock,Orcb, that is, the Lord will fend a (word upon him : So Gideon flew the Mi- dianite:, Judg. 7. commanding his fouldiers tomake that terrible fliout when they fell on upon their Camp, TheSword ofthe Lord andofGideon. That great warriour Attila,King ofthe Hannes, who haraffed a,great part of Chridendomwith fire and fword, was`called, Flagellum Dei, The fcourge of God. The unbeleiv- Flagellum in ing yews having made a Covenant with death, and an agreement undone, i e. with hell, were very full offaith, fuch as it was (Ifa.28. a s.) crnnet fine de When the overflowing fcourge Jhall parr thorow, it (hall not come ¡eau involveru etlrocuttanr. ante us. An over-flowing fcourge ('Tis an elegant metaphor taken
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