346 Chap. 9. An ExpofrtionUpon:the Bookof I OB. Verf. 27. thou fcareff me with dreams. So then, Sob'smeaning is, IfI fhould ñtfer,,ememo- let my felf with greate(t intention to forget, that is, to lay afide sham emnem the thought ofmy troublesand forrows, and fay, I will leave off dcponamDru, my heavinefs, and complain no more, I will not pore upon my afflítions, but refolve tobe above them, yet it will not be. I find no eafe : Forgetfulnefs is a medicine for forne difeafes andpains, but I find no cure, no remedy that way, for mine. Whence obCent, There arefome things which mancan very hardly forget,or get out ofhis mind. We may fludy their forgetfullnefs, and yet not be able to for- get them. And they areof two forts. Firft, Worldly pleafares, Secondly, Worldly forrows. Thefe will not fail to minde us. We need the art, or rather the grace of forgetfullnefs to lay thefe afide, And there are two things whichwe are flow to remember. Firft, Our own duties. And fecondly, The mercies of God. A- b'öut thefe we need the art, or rather the grace of memory. And ufually they whohavemoll neglef ed to remember dnty,aremolt afflicted with the conftrained remembrance of their own forrow. And they (hall not be able at all to forget the wrath ofGod,who would not remember diemercies ofGod. IfIfay, I willforgget my complaint. Iwill leave ofmy heavinefr,and comfort myfell. Naar faricm, Leave off my heavinefs.] The Hebrew word for word, is, I ìram eriamer will lay afide myface; for that which ftri , and in the letter of erflinarn. that language, fignifies the face orcountenance ofa man, doth al- fo fignitre, Firft, Anger and Wrath. Secondly, Sorrow and Hea- vinefs. 'Tis put for anger, Pfal. 34. 16. Theface (or anger) of the Lord is againfl fuch as doe evil. (Lam. 4. 16. Levit. 37. ro.) Imillfet myface, that is, I will (hew my anger, andmanifefl my difpleafure againft them. And the reafon why that word which fignifies the countenance or face, fignifies all() angcr and wrath, forrow and heavinefs, is, becaufe both anger and forrowbreak forth in the face. If a man be very angry, you (hall fee his angcr fcribled in the uneven cha- rader ofhis countenance: Ifa man be very heavy and íorrowfull; you (hall fee the lines of forrow drawn in his face. Therefore it is laidof Hannah (a Sam. r . a 8.) when fhe received a refrefhing and reviying anfwer from the Lord ixi prayer (the poor foul fate drooping
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