Chap.g. An Expofrtion uponthe Bookof J O B. Vert 27. 345. IfIfay,I will forget my complaint. IfIfay. i In this job anfwerethdiref,}Iy to the charge of Bil° dadat the.Sth Chapter, verf. z. How longwilt thoufpeakof thrfe things, andfhall thy: wordsbe like an Eafl-winde ? To which an- fwers Bildad, IfI fhould ceafejpeaking (as thoufeemeft to chide me intofilence) If Iflaouldfay, I will not complainany more, Iwill give over thefemournfulldifcourfes,and bide in my flrongeft pains, What then ? willthe event prove what, thou haft promifed ?furely no, l ant afraid ofall my farrows , and aim*afured, that they will return uponme. IfIfay Iwill forget my complaint. I willforget. The wordwhich we render [forget ] :may lignifie a three-fold forgetfulnefs. rats. FirLl, "Forgetfulnefscoming from the neglect of our natural Eßo6ljvfr,ue abilities, when we arecarelefs and take no heed to remember. ìat Aetordari tuan Secondly, Forgetfulnefs ailing from the weaknefs of our cura r diti. natural abilities ; when thoughwe are carefull, yet we cannot re- Sonia. member. But Jobmeans neitherof there, he intends a third kind offor- getfulnefs, even a ítudied and an affefled forgetfulnefs; when howable foever we are, yet we will not, or would not remem- ber. Iflfay, I willforget my complaint that is, if I purpofely fet my felf, or labour to forget my forrows, yet I cannot get off their remembrance. As the Hebrew (Sachar) lignifies not only the natural aer ofmemory, but diligence in remembring: So doth the Hebrew (Zacbah) to forget. It is fometimes as hard a work toforget, as it is at any time to remember. Howdo thedamned in hell fìrive to forget their pains and complaints ? they would count it a happinefs, if they couldput their mifery out ofminc e and memoryone hotir ; but they cannot. And they can no more forget what they have felt, then not be fenfble ofwhat they feel. IfIfay, Iwillforget bu My complaint. Va` hx vim° h m nedrta- bundum guen- T'he word notesmeditation, andhere, a mournfullmeditation, dam foreavnbm9 abreathing forth in mournfull expreffions. The fame word is et a' us irrel- ufd,Cbap. 7. verf,. ][3. WhenIfay,llly bed'ball comfort me,and my ,e,ur amfg; couch thàil cafe mycomplaint (or my mourn¡ 11 meditation) tbn f f y thou
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