Caryl - Houston-Packer Collection BS1415 .C37 v3

Chap. t o; An Expof tiora upon the BookófJ O B. Verf.a8. 5G9 J O B, Chep. io, Verfe 18, r9, 20, 213 22. Wherefore thenhall thou broughtmeforthout ofthe. womb? o that Ihadgiven up the gh®/l, and no eye hadfeenme i 1 fheuld have been as though! had not keen,' f ould have keen carriedfrom the womb to the grave. 41re not my dayesfew? Geafe then, andlet me alone; that I may take comfort alittle. IJefore I go whence I f sll not return, even to the land of f darknefs and thefhadow of dent h; Alandofd:trknefs, as darkjoefs it felf, and of the fha- dersw of death, without any order, and where the light is as dnrknefi. THefe five verles arethe conclufion ofJob's reply ,tas Bildad there are four things remarkable in theta. Eirft, He complaineth that ever he lived a dayor an hour in the world, at the beginning of the iSth verfe,TVherefore thenhaft thole brought meforth out of the womb ? Secondly, He wifheth that he had dyed fpeedily : teeing he. could not have that (fuppoled) happinels not to be born into the ..0 ; his next requeft is, that he n i,;ht not have flayed long in the world; he would not have appeared as a man, no nor as a childe, but that birth and burial might havebeen contiguous, not knowing the diftanceof a day, ve; fi :8, 19.0 that 1 hadgiven up theghoii , and no eye had feen me ! I Jhould have been as though I had net keen, 1 fhould have been carried from the womb to t he grave. Thirdly, He fhcweth,that however he had been difappoynted of both thole votes, yet he could no. live long ; as ifhe had laid, Though I have found much trouble in the world, yet I flaall not much trouble the world, the time ofmy departure is at hand, I have lived tnofl ofmy dayes already, and all my dayes are not ma- ny, verfe 2o. Are not my dayes few ? Fourthly, He entreateth and fueth that the few dayes of thole few dayes which he had to live , might be good dayes, Are not my dayes few ? Ceafe then, and let me alone, that Imay take D corn;

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