Chap. t3. AnExpoflion upon the BookofJOB. Vert4: 359 ofno value, or who is good for nothing, unlefs it be to feed up- on, and devour the flock. The word elil fìgnileth vanity or Simplic forum falfehood, it fignifieth alfo an Idol,fome fay from the root,All, e/1' ?'iZ:Pro in Englifh, not, andï'o Elil, is as much as nullity, or norhingnefs. abì Idols are nullities, an Idol is nothing in the world CI Cor.S.) and hint Idola d :17,a to fay that a man is an Idol Phyfitian, is all one , as to fay, he is quaff niñilia- no Phyfitian, or a Phyfitian ofno v.zlu5,. Rabbi Levi notes that res. merc. the duplication of the letter lamed thews the extreamnothing- Rabbi Levi no- fiefs that was (as to this purpofe) in theft Phytìtians. umab b tat dedbon, i non, There are divers conjeaures among interpreters about the geminate litera reafon of this (tile. lamed, -ad ex- Some thus, Phyfitieens ofan Idol that is you are to rife like tremamnullita. thofe Phyfitians who undertake to cure a dumb Idol, a flock or a lione : For as they that give h Fick to an Idol or apply me- iedici r y P y PP Y i e. ficur medicì dicines to a livelefs Image, cannot profit it at all or caufe it to qui curant Ida- live, fo you have done no more good to me then if youhad be- lam, truncurn Rowed all your potions and medicines upon an Idol,for I am not duff}'p'tem,;:ì at all healed nor recovered by them. motto y , adioibeaot phar Secondly, One of the Rabbins tells us from the Talmud, that maca nihil 1lal, lignifies the Anew in theneck, or theneckkbone, and fo it ciunt Pined. is a proverbial fpeech , when they would exprefs a vain boaíi- APud Talmo ing Phyfitian, they fay he is a Phyfitian ofthe neckbone : hethat diflas 175z? et1 undertakes an impoffible cure, is as one that undertakes tofet the nerves cotli,qui neckbene, which our Eiglith proverb puts among impolfìbles , I lafus fuerit Ifyonhavebrokeyeur neck, come to one and Iwill fet it. This nunquam po- fenfe may have force admittance here. As ifJob had faid ,Ton flea curará are as Phyftians ofthe neckbone, ou romi edto do reat matters, ford}' uncle .y p f g medici gjZy to refolve my doubtsAle' eafe meofmyforrrows,but Ifee, (the fray dilli, qui quid yott go to work) it is impo f ble to be acne. Ifa man, faith the A- promirr ant poftle (Ga1.6,t.)beovertakenwitha fault , ye that are fpirituai prafare non rejtorefach aman in thefpiritof meekoef .Tlie word in the Greek P'jJunt.R.Sui: lignifies to fet a bone, put him in joynt again, handle him gently and tenderly, reftore himwith a fpirit of tneeknefs,fo it becomes a fpiritual Phyfitian. Thirdly, A Phyfitian ofno value, or an Idol. Phyfitian , is a Medici Idoli, Phyfitian who can do no more good then an Idol , which is none i.e.veluri Idok at all. ThePfalmift faith ofidols, They have eyes andfee not , m;rtua finefen- hands andhandlenot ears and hear not,feet andcannot walk: that /I' Jln 1 J41114 is, there is no help to had from them. Job4 friends gave him polo air leguc- caufe to call them Idol Phyfitìatts in this fenfe alfo, . As if he us si'fculapitss;... had
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