Chap. ro. 4n Expofiti,n.upo» the Book of J O B. Veri .r. 425 there troubles began, have ,not many been tired with living ; Have they not criedafter death, &wooed the grave,as being wea- ry of the-world ? The .Prophet(Ifa.33 .2 ;)fpeaksofa weary land. .A man (meaningChrifl) frail be as the fhadow ofa great rock ina weary land.The land it Pelf (being infenfible)couldnot be weary ; but he calls it a.tveary land, becaufe the Inhabitants living in the :land, were wearied with the troubles and continual vexations which they found there. In there cafes the foul ofa believer elands ( like Abrahamwhen the Angelspaffed by) at the tent door of his body, ready to come forth, looking when God will but call, yea,he cries out, that he may be called (in the language of job) My foul it weary of my life. Iwill leave my complaint upon my [elf, 1;14 l [peak in thebitternefs of ray foul. 1wal leave, &c.] That is, I will carry mycomplaint no further, it (hall trouble none but my felt. The original fgnifies aid) to flrengthen or fortifie(Nehem.3.8.) They fortifiedJerufálem unto the broad wall ; weput in the Mar:. gin , They left Jerufalem to thebroad wall So the fenfeof Job may be this, Mypains donot abate,but iacreafe,why then diould /remit or abate my complaint, Twill fare"iagthen my col iplaint as long as my forrows are ltrengthened. . My complaint. That word hath been explained before, it fignifies an inward, as well as an outward complaint, and that molt properly. Some translate it fo here, Twill groan in filence withmy (elf But the Perntitton me* text requires,rather that we interpret it ofan external complaint, bi m4.041 o< formed up into words. The Septuagint are exprefs, and fo is Au- nem TYgur. in Iwill leave m words upon m el both interpreting Silentio ma. f y y ff it of a metingemf- vocal declarationof his mind and meaning. ram et Philp Thegreatefi difficulty lies inchafe words f upon my [elf] One fopbaber. renders, I will leave my complaint off; or lay itofde from my [elf. Polychroe As if ,fob meant to give over this work of complaining, and to Deponam aims compofe his heart to quietnefs,how unquiet foever his eflate coy.- .qmuerimenieow. Jun. tinned. But his following practice Teems to confute this inter.. pretation, and to deny any Inch intention. Iii run
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