Chap. r o. An ExpofWon upon the Bookof j O B. Verf. 1. 413 ¿er of all natural men, is, that they are alienated from the life of GodkEphef.4.18 )that is, they cannot endure to live fuch a life as God lives,or as he commands them to live, they cannot endure to be holy, as he is holy, or holy, as he calls themxo beholy, in all manner of converfatiou, Thus Job was alienated from his own life, I(faith he)amweary ofmy life ; that is,ofa life thus imbitter-. ed, thus afliiE ed. My foul is weary. . The word which we tranflate [weary] varies the,underfiand- Deblitatus; ing of this fentence.. It fignifies properly to be weakned, as alto to lauguefa.;ts be meltedor molten with heat ; becaufe a man that is extremely per meta dpohoy heated or melted by heat, is weakned, his fpirits and flrength be- aJfe£Iua,se» ing drawn forth and diflipated. But it is moll commonly applied fm, to that wearinefs which arifes from thedifpleafednefs or irkfom- nefs of our minds. All burdens upon the body are light, compa- red with thofe which reach the foul. Three things weary and lead the foul. Fiat, The filth and guilt of our own fins. Iwill f7rinkle you (faith the Lord, Fzek. 36.5 t.) xvitb clean water, &c. What's the edet of this? It follows, Then (hall you remember your own evil wayes,and loatb,or be weary of your (elves (it is this word) becaufe ofallyour abominations. As if the Lord had faid,hefore I change your hearts,ye fin,and are not weariedof your fins, nay, ye make a fport of, and dailywith them : l3utwhen I thall work that treat change upon your hearts , your opinion and apprehenfions of fin will change too: nothing will be lbbitter or burdenfome, fo unpleafant or-wearifom to your fouls as. fin. Fools make a mock of fn; they who are truly wife, mourn andgroan under the fenfe andweight of it. Sccondly, The unfutablem fs and perverfenefs of other mens manners or difpofitions weary the foul, Therighteousfoul of Lot was,viexedfrom day to day inPeeingand hearing the unrighteousdeeds, of the debauched Sodomites(2 Pet.2.8.) The foul ofGod is faid to be weariedbyfuchcourfes of the fonsofinen;Pfal.95.ro.;Fourty years long was Igrievedor wearied,with that generation. The Lord (as wemay (peak with reverence) was even wearyofhis life, he bad fuch a troublefom people to deal,with ; theygrieved himat theheart(as the old world did,Gen.6.6.)and were a heavyburden tohis (pint, . That's the£poftles language, inhis defcriptionof that
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