Chap.; 2. An ExpoPion upon the Book o fJOB. Verf.23 3211 The lait branch of the verfe is of the fame importance with the former, He enlargeth the Nations , andrraitneth themagain. There is a different reading, for Tomerender the former asan aft of judgement, Hefcatterethor fubverteth the Nations and the later as an Al of mercy, He reftoreth them again. Thus he banifhed the Jews into Babylon, andafter feventy years,brought them back to their own land. We'underíland the former claufe as an aft ofmercy, the later ofwrath and judgement. replan rein ins The Original word fr nifiesto expand or flretch a thing forth, i . ref0itu^ g g P g it Vulg.7o When God increafeth a Nation , he enlargeth their borders , NOV Signifi- and having multiplied their númber , gives them more room. cat expandere extend As the enlargement of the Church is defcribed by theProphet ácus cum aeát (Ila49.20) fach is the enlargement ofNations. The Children quid expandi- *hich tiaotsjhalt have after thouhaft loft the others pallfay again me Ht exJ:cce- in thine ear, The.place is too ftraitfor me, give place to me that I tar. maydwell. AsBees fwarmwhen the hive is overcharged, or as Long tar q; riversoverflowing break their bounds; fo do theNations ofthe terr. pr gar earth, who are compared to great rivers. God fometitnes opens & dilatar ea: thefe flood - gates, and lets them out like a mighty torrent. The Dag'. irruptions of the Clothes and Vandals,ofthe Hennes andHeruli, are famous among Hiftor,ans. Andas barbarous Nations fpread out themfelves becaufe ofnumbers, fo do other Nations by their power. The BAbylonian, the Perfian, the Cracian , the Reman Empires, extended the wings of their fovereignty all the world over. Mr. Broughton tranflates , Hefpreadeth the Nations and go- d duxu platidê erneth them ; fo both parts of that verfe fpeak mercy to Nati- d. feijrmficur ons; others ofthe learned joyn in that tranllation. The He- pallor giwarn brew word beareth that lenfe molt properly,' fignifying to lead; ant pater forum yea, to leadgeni/j, peaceably andquietly, as a (h,epherd leaJeth faum, 4l,:ae rtruca his Flock , or as a Father his Childe. Many offerings of the bet donut gird- Jews in their ceremonious worlhip, weredenominated from this donariam , word, Minchah, becaufe they were brought in Inch an honou- ra coup anal rable way, and prefented before the Lord, The providence of ib l uam, eo God leads all people , his own people are led by a fpecial provi- dence , as the Ifraelites were in the day by a cloud , and in the goadam pIrre. night by a pillar offire. The Lord alone did laidthem, and there fur. trivet. T t wwaa
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