4.tí2 Chap. io. AnExpoftionupon the Book of J B. Vert. Hi The firft verfe gives us a general ground of this andof all hip forrowful complaints, The.wearifomnefs of his life, IKy foul is weary, ofmy life,' will leave mycomplaint upon myPelf, , Theargument maybe formed thus ; He bath reafon to complain of his afisrionr, whole afjlicri ens arefo heavy uponhim;andf o bitter, that hehatb reafon to be weary of his very ;life. . But thus my cafeftands,myaffliêlions are fobitter to,anj heavy uponme, that I. am-weary of my life, Therefore lhave reafon to complain.. The afhumption of this- fyllogifine is contained in the firf; words ofthe verfe,Myfoul is weary ofmy life. And the conclufion in thelatter ; `I'herefore:I- twill leave my complaint upon myfell; I willPak in thebitternefs ofmy foul. Illy foul is wearyof'mylife; Life and foul are often. in Scripture put promifcuouíly for thé. fame, but here they differ, The foul inaybetaken two wayes. Firfá, Strifkly, as it is oppofed to the body. Secondly, In a morelarge fenfe (,by.a Synechdeehe of-thepart for thewhore) for the whole man confifting of.body and foul If fo here, then,the meaningof Job in laying [illyfoul is weary, ofmy life] is no more but this, I(lob) amweary ofmy life,. that is,of themarriage orunion ofmy foul and body, O that this band ( which I ( though molt_ are grieved at the weaknefs of theirs ) fntd too firong) were broken, or a bill of divorce granted fòr, their feparation. Life is the band or.tie bywhich foul and body. fubfill together, And when that band is broker or cut afunder by. the ftroke ofdeath,the body:goes to the grave,tand,the foul or fpi tit returns to God who gave it, Again, When yob faith, Myfind is wearyofmylife. - Life may betaken either for.the at of life, and fo the fenfe.is, Iamweary . of living; or it may be taken for the mannerof life, and fo the . fenfe is,l amwearyof that court or 'late of life wherein I am. Life is often put (not ftrilly for the aftof living, but) for thePrate or ,conditionin. which a man lives,or with which life is cloathed The circumltances and concomitantsof life are called life.. Thus in our commonfpeech, when a man is in mifery, another faith, 1 wouldnothavebit.lifesor what a life bathbe? TheApoftles chap- '
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