Caryl - Houston-Packer Collection BS1415 .C37 v3

486 Chap, io. An Expofitian upon the Book of J OB. Verf. 8. No iute, its hac here nih coro more Jun J ` B Chap. io. Verf. 8, g, Io, 112 122 13. Thine hands have made me, and fafbioned me together round about g andyet than doff detiro), me. Remember, I befeech thee, that thon haft made me as the clay, andwilt thou bring me into duff again ? Hail thou not poured me out as milk, and cradledme like cheefe? 7h u haft cloathedmewith skin andflefls, andhail fenced me with bones andfinews. Thou hail grantedwe lifeand favour, and thy vi f tation bath preferved my fpirit. And thefe thingshaft thou hidin thine heart,, know that this is with thee. r T the third verfeof this Chapter, we find Job queflioning I] with theLord,Is it goodfor thee that thoufhouldeff opprefs ? That thoufhouldeft dtfpife the work of thinebands? In thefe words, he intiacth upon, and illuflrateth that argument, by fitting it to his own condition ; As if he had laid, Lord, feeing thou wilt not deftfe the workafmine bands,nhyfhouldeft thou defpiJe me? Am not 1 the work o f shy bands? Thine hands have made me, andfafhioned me together roundabout, andyet thou deft deftcoy me. The whole, context argues out this point : wherein we may obferve, a. His forming or making, let down in feneral at the eighth verle, Thine hands have made me, andfáfhioned me together round about. a. The matter out of which he was formed and made, at the ninth verfe, Remember, I befeech thee, that thou haft made me as the clay. . 3. His forming is drawn out in particulars. Wherein we have, Fir(l, his conception at the tenth verfe, Haft not thou pouredme out as milk,, and crudled me as cheefe? 2. Theconjunaion or fetting together of his parts, at the z z. y rfe, Thou haft cloathed the with skn andffefh, and haft fenced me with bones and fnews. 3. The

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