37o Chap. t 3. flnExpofatiota upon theBook ofJoa, ,Verf, 6, .job, having laboured to (peak his friends into Glence, now la- bours to-gain audience whilit himfelf fpeaks. Verfe 6. Hear now my reafoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips, Both the partsof the verfe are of one interpretation; only the fenfe is heightened in the later. tt Correpti- Hear new my reafoning, onem,confutati_ , The word which we tracflate reafoning, lignifies aifo, reproof, Deem, reprehcn- redargution, carreption, or conviEfi©n. gacióné de ór 't, wemay take it for any difcourfe by way ofargument, where- at mad GrRcos with a man doth either defend what himfelf, or reprove what gAgyxo;, others have done or fpoken. Non imperiofè The form of fpeech is imperativeor by way of command,yet. Ober, fedvehe- we are not to take it,. as if job in a Lordly tone itmpofed filence meatèr ova. upon his friends : though his languagewas Imperative, yet his incda ípirit was. not. Imperious. His words carry a vehemency in counfel ; not the authority of a command : As if he had Paid, O that I could obtain thus much favour fromyou, that forbear- ing a while to fay any more, you would now hear what I have to fay.. Notat Andhearken to the pleadings of my-lips. geftuns ditigen..: ter aufcaltatis° To hearken,. is more then to hear ; for it imports a man ur-- plus valet qua p 1Vä íc, non pofely fetting himfelf in a pol}ure to hear, or taking pains to plum attende9.hear; we may fee the attention of the mind in the compofed- re,fed inteadere nefsof the body. He that hearkens puts himfelf into a learning autumn frame. Carelefs behaviour Thews a carelefs hearer. Theword here ufed, notes mind and body in a readinefs to catch any thing that is fpoken,or the attention and intention of theear and . heart together. To thepleadings ofmy lips. Eft judi Or, to thee chitlingsof my lips; As if he had faid, I naafi deal bio contendere_harpy, jeverelyand plainly with you, Imuff fpeak home and tell ire! litigare;hincyou your own. Some conceive that Job ufeth'this word to meet .tliqui, lítem, with theconception of his friends concerning what he had f o vertuet ken. Come (faith he) Iknew you think!have been too p Z'ygur tententiR y k (harpall Tutu. tar while, that I havebeen.rather. chiding then difptsting; well, if X O+
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=