434 Chap. 13. An Expofition upon the Bookof JOB. Verf. 14., flefh, and feekc to cart awayhis life ; towhich Job recalling him- Atigrti fufpican_ felf, anfwereth here, Wherefore do I take myflefh in my teeth,and tùr tobum ae_ put my life in mine hand? As ifhe lhould have faid,0 than enemy, fpendentem r fatan, why doff thou tempt me this ? why doll thou put me upon de- repugnantem /pairingthorights ? why wouldfl thouhave me letgo my hold of God? bola tnterius a- why doff thou provoke me to carrymyfelfas a madmar., tearing my liqutdinftillanti efh with my teeth, and even throwing ons life out o m hand ? & damJtimu- Thrs carrieth a fair fence, fuppouìng f h a temptation was upon anti. Pined. him ; and indeed there is no temptation fo black and devil- like, but we may fuppofe the devil prefenting it to this of i red foul. Secondly,The words may beexpounded as an enquiry after the reafon or caufe,why he endured fuchgrievous afifi;ions : where- fore do I take my fl fh inmy teeth, andput my life in Mine hand ? white!The matter that Iam call intoEach extremities, andpm upon fachgrievous trials as I amat this time? Wherefoream I rot only counfel'd,but almafl conjirained by my bodily pains,and the troubles of my f irit to feekeafe in tearing mine owu flefh, and in laying violent hands upon my body 1- if nay geflures or fpeeches are anufrtal, fo are my forrows; the fenfe of what I fuller even makes me do I know not what, or what Iknow I fhould not. Yt herefore do I take myfefh, &c. That's a fecond interpretation, taken from the Moris et afjii_ impatient poffuresof thofe who are in great affliftions. Such ¿l;s do' tndig_ fometimes rend and tear their garments, fo did job inthe begin- nabundis ve`tes ning of this book, when he heard the firff news of his fad cala- & membra la- mitres, yea, fuchwill fometimes tear or bite their own flefh,and mart. Mere. gnaw their tongues. 'Tis faid that when thefifth Angel poured out his vialupon thefeat of thebeafl, that his kangdcm was full of darknefs (that is, of trouble) and theygnawed their tonguesfor pain (Rev. a 6.i o.) They gnaw their tongueswhen they are pu- nifhpd, who never fmite upon their thighs, nor are pricked at the heart becaufe they have finned- , rtittimatis na Tnirdly, Others interpret thewords as a denial of impáti- e pt,nn,is v lee erce which his friends had often objeEfed againff him ; As if ftar eonfci_ he had fad, Tau think that I carry myfelfasaman that isdefpe- f'eerr, at quo,ji rate, tearingmyfiefh, &c. butyou are mach deceivedinme, where- rgo me lacerem, forefhould I do a thing fo unbecoming one that trails in God, as I dr mihi ipli do ? 1 trufl in God, yea, though heAmidflay me, yet will I trail vitam eriptam inhim; I complain indeedofm ownafflitlions, fenfeofpain canfeth San&. me to do.fo, but f do not complain agatnf God, myfaith and trail in -
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