36o Chap.13. AnExpoftion upon the Boob,ofJOB. Verf.4. had faid , A ftatue upona wall , or the pit%ureof aThyf'tian, an Apollo cut ina ftone or an oEfculapitts in a wood , might have airedme as much asyou havedone : yeayou have rather done me Homo hoin ni hurt thengood. Whereas a manjbouldbe not only a Phyfitian but Pict. a God to man, you are not fo much as men , yeare but Idols ; your words help me no more then a ftock,ara f one, which cannotgive to him that is in want, nor r4frefh him that is weak. Fourthly, We may take the words in a more mollifying fenfe. Ye are Phyfitians of no value; that is;you are unskilful Phyfitians, -you°havè neither brought that credit to your felves, nor that comfort to me which I expe$ed ; your art bath failed you, and your practice is unfuccefsful. There are four things that make a Phyfitian ofno value , or his labour of no effect, and all thefe -did meet in Jobs friends. i. When a Phyfitian doth not fillyknow the name or nature ofthat difeafe, under which his patient laboured]. We fay , If a difeafe be /mown it is half cured; whereas he that doth not know it cannever cureit, sìnlefs byguefs or accident.Suchcure as Empe- ricks, not as Phyfitians, if they cure at all. 2. As aPhyfitian fhould know the name andnature of the difeafe, fo, that`hemaybe a Phyfitian ofvalue , he muff know the caufe ofthe difeafe. The cure is found in the caufe : to dif- cover whence the diftemper grew , andwhat the occalìon of it was, direfts unto the remedy. 3. He is a Phyfitian ofno value , who giveth hurtful medi- cines, medicines that are unfafe and noxious , fuch as rather kill -then care. á carts medicos 4. Säppofe the medicine be in it feltgood , yet if it be not tft qui etfi bo- rightly applied, or not applied at a right time , the effect is loft. ra m dicamen- Aman may d-o as much hurt by giving a good medicine , as by bue rotooexha- giving an ill one : For as we fay offood, that which isone mans Hutt tamen e- meat, is another mans' poyfn; fo muchmore ofphyfic,k , what is jau corparic vel one mans help is, another mans death. Thefe four things mull morbi ratiose , concurre in a good Phyfitian, and a failing in any of themmakes $ec. Merç. a Phyfitianono value. Job found.7riends (tn force degree or other) failed in all thefe. They did not fee into the nature of his trouble : they thought it tw a punifliment from the revenging hand of God as a Judge , when as it was but a tryal or a temptation from the chaffeninghand of Godas a father : They did not difcern the true
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