51 2 Chap. io. AnExpoft:on upon the Bo kof J O B. Verf. r o thinings of thy face upon me, before thou rendereft me dull again. I have more then once had occation to touch this argumen _, and (lull therefore pafs it here. pb having this fet forth his natural conüitution,in the mat- ter of it, as he was made of clay, goeth on to defcribe ¡ rnÇ 1f more difindly ; firít, in his conception of his whole body ; fe-. condly, in the formation and delineation of his parts. Verfe ro. 1141 thou n t poured me out as milk, and crud'ed ms like cbeefe? Limfimiletn Under the modefillradow of this verfe, that great natural ny- itioemen, to fiery of mans generation and conception is contained. The for- lca admtra&ili mir Word tigni.ties not only.the pouring forth of Liquids,but the lei Gpere non melting and diffolving of the hardelt mettais, Iron, Brafs c. 'eras ac raeeur that they may be titled to run-or be rielf id"arlu owaed forth Eze 22.21,22- ' r"or And as this.f .hies the fofeniu and inching of that which is rnembra paula- hard, To the next word (which we tranilate:crudled)lìgnifìes the trm conformari hardening or thickening of.that which is fòft and fluid. Mopes ineipiant. ufeth it in d.fcribing the miraculousdividing ofthered-fea,Exod. Note tel ligui)15. 8. Thefli edsjtoodupright as anheap, and the depths -were con= de roncrerio,:e ge,zled in the heart,of the Sea. The Prophet Zephany.ufeth it for coJgulationem the fetlednefs and refòlvednefs of a,people in tin (Chap. 1. 12.) Ve! eondenfa tionem. The Lord ( faithhe) will pianifhahe men that arefètled i we put in the margin cradled or thickj:ed) on their lees. I might :from there proprieties of the original words,;_illutIrate that fcret of mans original. Eut foraftnuch as theJpirit of God bath drawn acur- - tain, and call a vail of metaphors over it,therefore I intend not to 010? OrOi Cr T'Ñ ?H rrñ open or difcover it. Ancient Philofaphers have fpoken of thcf rfi,.t Ja,k ú, natural operations in a likelanguage, and under thefe tìmilitudes.a ¡za aò ii.i I (hall onl;y,fay in generaa,that thele two expr.flìons ;, Firlt, Then ety,?c.Ar(i. haft pouredme out as m ik ; Secondly, And cradledme like clóe fe, de gen. Ani- are appliable to that .fpecial contribution , which God ha-th mal, c 10. .charged upon each parent, towards that great work, the conti- 1Ylifererarq; e nuation of their own kind, and the railing up of a pollerity tiom pdet, s. in their place, -to f rve hitnfelf and their generation. .Learn Jü rntoo q:.ä 1101PC', - fir frivola fini Fir(}, .at inrn hath eeafon io ' i huíhied at the meannefr azd r iumJuper minier of his ariíindl. t 1 s ari ; i t What !lath he to be proud of in the world, who tha,t,hemight be
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