Chap. 9. An Expofition "upon the Bookof J OB. Vert+ 26. 3 ,; out of your hand,you cannot fetch it back again ; there is no rhe- torick can recall it, or price redeem it : time isfuch a commodi- ty, as all the power in the world cannot recover, if loft and let flip. Ifall the Crowns and Kingdoms in the world thou Id be laid down as a reward for the bringing back ofone hour, yeaof one moment of time, they could not obtain it. Therefore im- prove the prefent time : No time is yours, but the prefent, t he time that's gone comes no more; the time that is to come, m ay find you gone before it comes : your time is only the prefent time, and that is paft affoon as prefent. But not to flay long upon that whichmoveth fo fwiftly, our dayes and time : I will pats to the other branch, wherein lob fur- ther clears the point in the five following verles. JOB Chap. 9. Verf. 27, 28, 29, 30 , 3 t If fay Iwillforget mycomplaint,lwill leave of any hea vinefr, and comfort myfelf I am afraid ofallmyfurrows, 'I know that thou milt ndt boldme innocent. IfIbe wicked, why then tabour I in vain ? Ifiwafb myfelfwithfnow water,. andmaltemy hands ne- ver fo clean ret/hall than plunge ene in the ditch, andmine own clothes 'ball abhorme. THefe words contain a.proofof the latter part of job's afiùm- ption. He had affirmed, that an innocent and righteous perfon maygiuckiy lofe all hisoutward comforts ; which he illa- ftráted by three fimilitudes : now he proves that he may be en- tangled and lime-twig'd with aflii6tionsbeyond hope of' efcape. This he doth in the 27, 28, 29. verles. Which he amplifies with hyperbolical) ftrains,in the3G. and 3i. verfes. Thehigheii rheto- -rickofhis forrows being let out, to thew how remedilefs his ~furrows were. If I.wafb myfelf with fnow- seater, and make my bands neverfo clean ; TeeJhall thouplunge me in the ditch, and m'ne own cloatbs ¡hail abhor me; thingswall with me, and I fee not, which:
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