Chap. Y 3.. Expofitionupon the BookofJOB. Ver% 14. 423 Jos C: äp 13. Vert. 14,15, 16. wherefore do l take my flefh in my teeth, and put Millie in minehand ? Though he flay meyet will I truff'iiu him ;-but.I will maintain, mine own.wayes before him. : ale allôpall be my falvation, for anhypocritepá11 not come , beforehim. ae,9B refolved to fpeak in the former verfe,and here he fpeaks indeed. Bat Both henot bite his own tongue ? Or rather, Doth not his tongue bitehim ? while he faith, wherefore do .i take my flefh in myteeth ? It is the Apoftles great Axiome,founded in the lawsof nature (Eph. 5.29.) Noman ever hated his awn flop, but loveth and cheri[herbit, &,c. Job (peaks as ifhe hated or were cruel to his own fleíh ; wwhtrefore do I take my fief") in my. teeth, &c? But if weenquire into this fpeech, we ¡hall find it an argument not ofany hatred agsinft himfelf,but ofabundant love to, and faith in God. The words,in general,°fet forth the temper and Rate of Jobs fpirit, or is what frame.of heart he flood ready to fpeak unto God, havingbefore refolved to fpeak : As if he had faid,I am far enough from rage, orfrom defpair, Iamneither out of my wits nor out- ofmy hopes, I come to plead my caufe with God, havingmy heart filledwith a flrong confidence in God, refling and repof:ng,my felfuponhim, andgiving up all, that I have or amuntohim : Let me(peak (faithhe,in the formerverfe) and let Come on me what will; at myperil be it, I will truf$ in God; And he Teems to ex- plain himfelf here ;' Do not think that-1 mean to tear my flefh, and to run violently upon my own ruine, when °I laid, let come on me what will ; no, thiswas not the language either offury or of defpair, but offaith andconfidence; for (as itfollows) thoughhe flay-rrre,yet- will l trul inhim. ,wherefore do [take my flefh in my-teeth ? Fail, There are fore who conceive that Job being, in a com- motionof fpirit, upon fore fuggeftiou of the devil,to defpair, and to give up all for loft ; did therefore indeed tear his own flefh,:.
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