tFt4 Chap.' io. An Expofitioi upon the Boek, of J O B. Vert g, á?eyropbprav that ,peoples frowardnefs, and of Gods patience towards them footê Pro ¡Tess- (AO. 13.18,) liefufferedtheir mannersPuny years in the.avilder- ¢oyópnQgr. nefs , which Tome render,He.bare them as, a burthen , theconti- n.ual murmurings and unbelief of that people were to thc'Lorti (who is yet above all paüion) as.a heavy weight is to a man, or as thepeevifhnefs and unquietnefs ofa- fucking child is to the nurfe, our trantlatouxs conceive the Greek word fhould rather-be. Thus allohe reproves the fame people by the Prophct(If.43.24 Thou baff weariedme with thine iniquities. And Chritl (though by ano- aip$ oFeaeTolc the word) fpeaks-the fa methingof his own'"E7ifciples (Mari 9, r®, drAat '1,9. when the man poflèll with an unclean fpirit being brought autern dicunrur to them;they -could not call him out)How.long jhall I be withyou.? tranflatittel;gai How longfhail;Ifufferyou ? -I am wearied withyour unbelief, Dye vstentet.onus of little faith. The Difciples were-hill fo flow of heart,and carne sperdu ub ;10 ui ort f a Gofpel- fpirit, that Chrift,pr-ofeffeth, He was berr- thened ever] with them, How longPall I [uffcr you ? The ill-marl_ ,ater.r.äfall;are a vearinefs to the good, but theirs molt who are nearefi to them. Which is alto the reafon, why a godly man is wearied 'MCA .ofall.with thecorruptionof his own heart, for thatis near - eft to hiinof all. Now, as Our ownfins, and the ill manners of others weary the foul : {o Thirdly, The pains and troubles which are upon thebody oft- en caufe.tuch griefofmind,as is an extreammariners to the foul:: `That's the meaning of this text] tviyfoul is weary of life] That is, 'my life isfi'lled with fuck outward troubles, as -fill my inward .roan . with trouble, and weary mÿvery fa. Verbumitp Secondly, The word is traniláted by divers` of the learned e fententi1 Rabbies To cut,yea e to cuto as witha.fword ,or an other ed A.avd,4'..9' ,y Ìfi y g- tt. enardoc. ed inflrument : Thçfe render Jobs mind thus, My Joul.is cut of Me or, Myfoul it cut off from my life; As if he had Paid, My dere autfucci- dz yes are at an end,I am readyto die, thethread ofmy life iscur, dent eft ani I am but a dead titan. While life continues, foul and body`arë eta f in>'re. as it wereone piece, but,death divides them ; or the recourfe of Iiag.Vatabl. night and day, runs thethread of timethorowour lives, till our &e web ( longer or íhorter) be finiflred, and then the thread is cut. .11,8m d° To which fimílitude Hezekiab alludes in bis mourning-"death -bed vtamea, en 'foci as he frì ofed Ifa. $ 1ò,r2. I aid en-the cutten o 0 rnoiior,veiFen pP 3 ) f g . f my rode at fi mor, dayer,&c. Mine age it-remóvedfrom me, of afbepherdrsent, 1/talk tutuptanefum, dui á'like a "FY'eaver:iny rift bewill eta me'ofwith piningficle,nefs, er
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