Chap.9. 4nExpofitienupontheBaokofJ OB. Verf. 28. 353 they did fo vexingly, that they are laid to wreft his words ; a thing is vexed,when it is wretled, or wrought quite out of the form it before had. The fame Metaphor the Apotiie Peter ufeth in reference toDof,}rine,"2 Pet. 3. id. fpeaking of the Epitlles of Paul, inwhich arefòme things hard to be underftood, which they that are unlearnedandunfiable wreft, or put upon the rack ; they painfully form his words,and reprefent them in a meaning which he never intended. What is fpoken may be right, both in the mat- ter and intendment of the fpeaker, yet another wrefls, forms, and Wilkins it inhis own mould, and makes it bear a fente which the fpeaker never dreatnd of. In this Text we have the Noun only, which importeth either the labour or pains, which aman taketh , or the pain and grief which a man feeleth. Hence in the Hebrew this word fignihes an Idol, aid, bothacceptions Pali into the reafonof it. First, becaufe Idols are made, fathioned,tand formed up curi- oufly, with a great deal °fart and labour : the wax or clay, or ¡lone, is put topain ; you mutt cut it and carve it to make an Idol. Secondly, Faecaufe Idols are ferved, attended and worfhipped with machpain and grief Palle worship, or the worship of I- dols,is alwayes more fervile and painfull then true worth? is. Falkworship is a painfull fervice, a fervile fervice, a toyl rather then a worship ; but the fervice of the trueand everliving Gid is, an holy, an ingenious, a noble and an honourable fervice. Idols are troublefome, both in their making and in their worthipping. From this twofold interpretation ofthe wordy I find a two-fold tranllation given. Frst, Thus, Iam afraid ofall my works, as ifjob, having a de- Verebo fagn to comfort himferf in a refle thon upon his goodworks, and opera mes former holy whitings, feared they would not ferve his turn, or vulg, bear up his fpirir in the evil day, which was come upon him.As if he had Paid; I hav pined as exaaly by the rule of the word as I could ; ¡,have had r>fpea to all the Commandements of God, that I might not fin againft than., á 'et I amafraidofall my works, thean. ger of GodwillPurely foak tharor them all, or find haleser breaches in them to come in upon Brae atg Thus he is conceived teafoning with himfelf. But doubtlefs it was not Jobs meaz+ing try look to the innocency ear-holinefs ofhis sr,xs' life palt, as the ground ofhis present comfort ; he that woulddo fo, may ¡Wily be afraidof all his works, When we fee thebell of Z z our
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