Chap. to. An Expofttion upon the Book of J O B. Vert: 8. Have made me axd fafhionedme. Here are two words which force diflinguith by referring the one to the body, the other to the foul. We need not'be fo accu- rate about tl:efe wards. But thus much is plainly noted in h eìn, that the Lord was exceeding accurate about this work, the k on- ing of roan. Both words have their fpecial elegancies. The fitfl, which we train-late made,fìgnifics more then tomake, nays nma it lignifies to tnakc exa ly and curioufly. It is a word proper to in fu one Artificers, who work, or fhould work with an equal mixture of aennrsr,dolore diligence and knowledg, of pains and skill : Artificers mingle afCe1.e. their heads, and their hands in every thing t hey undertake, and bellow more tiudy then tail upon their works. This word is tranflated only Co grieve, vex, or to put one to trouble. The perverte carriage of the people of Ifrael toward eanH anmiera the Spirit of God, is expreffed by it (IJs, 63. io.) They rebelled to magna dd and vexedhis holy Spirit. And that bread offorrows, that is, bread labore parrur gotten by forrowful or hard labour is delivered in this term (Pfa, 127. 2.) See a further explication of the word, Chap. 9.verl. 27. pag 352. God is not put to any pain at all in making man, he doth all but non fe fa. his works with infinite delight and cafe. Nothing is hard to hint tigavit in fio- tvho can do all things : Omnipotency never meets with any difficulty. rode eland,; But God is expreil inmaking man by a word,frgnifying foi;citouf4 S,ed eWra Tie= nefs and painful care, implying, That man is madeas thofè things brie» ;nose o® are, upon whichman bellows greateff pains and care. Mau doth qua ur, gum ¢'. not look like a piece of work ffubbered over ¡lightly, or clapt up fn lilt: a: in haft. Themoil wife God, who fhewcth his manifold wifdom um teat ndual in the work of redemption, (hewed much of his wifdom in the- ufuaé tDei,3 work of Creation ; He made than (as we (peak) in Print. uanrhìJadejrn: A learned Tranila our renders, ,Thy hands put me topain, which psrfearioneo. have made me; as if jobhad complained here of the pain which ae .t..ru,ar Go) put him to after he had made him, rather timen exalted God ;ore gffùiunt for the pains he Teemed to have taken, when he made him. But me, 7,, fit® we may better keep to our rendring, Thine hands have made me, runt rw. june and Fafhionedme. Themaking ofman inporteth his being : The fafhio Lingofhim, the outward formality of his being. Man receives not only his R r r 2 naturC, '11
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