Chap; 3. ÉxpoJitionupon theBookof Jos; V 4, 42 $ in him, willnot let me dofo. Someconceive that here Job anfwe2s , thewords ofEliphaz. at the beginning of the 5th chapter (ver.a.) Wrath killeth the fooli fh man, and envy flayetb thefilly ene; wicked foolilh'men are fo enviousand unquiet in their fpirits, that they evenkill themfeives with vexation ; but why fhould I,whatrea- fonhave I, who atn allured of the good will ofGod tome, and am refolved to fubmit to his goodpleafure, what reafon have I of to tear my flefh, or throw my life outof mine band ? levare. There is a fourth interpretation, that Job in this quaery bathRIsare levo reference to his own weaknefs and leannefs, to the decayof his dentibus mein ftrenggth and fle1h ; Wherefore do I take my flefh in my teeth ? As carnes meas ? if he fhouid have laid, I am fo wafted and confumed, fo far fpent, bus fpm c"fe- that all the flesh 1 have will fcarce make a morfel, a man may quaniTs eeo take it up in his teeth at once. Thus it is expounded by that fum levari dew- ( chap. 19.20. I am efcaped with the skin of my teeth, lam no- tabus poffm, dr thing but skin and bones. So, Wherefore do I takemy fie f12 in my PO. uno bolo teeth? Whyam I brought thus low, thus lean ? all my flesh will de anima men En fcarce make one mouth-full. ftat'fuper labia Laftly, Some render, not, wherefore' do I, brit, Whereforemea ftatim e- fhoÑtld I takemy flefh in my teeth ? that is, wherefore ShouldI begreßura, vide- cruel to my fell? You think I utterly negleamy Pelf, and have °Os fills mess givenup all my hopes; but have nor, 'I am not come to that denttbusrelsqu. t°tins carports , pats yet, and I firmly'believe I never Shall. It is bad enough carnem fn¡tem._ when weeat and devourone another, but it notes the worst of tare. Bold. conditions whenwe devour and eat upour felves. It is faid of Lacerare carne the fool (Ecclef.4.5.) He foldeth his hands together, and eateth &c. eft feipfuns his own fiefh. Who is this fool ? and, howdoth the fool eat his afltteerc. own flesh ? By the fool (in this place) we are to underftand the fluggard or the flothful man folded hands are the emblem of idlenefs; The idle man, or the fluggard, foldeth his hands toge- ther, that is, he will not work, hewill take no pains : Now, he that will not labour, faith theApoftle, 2 Tbef. 3. neither let him eat. The fluggard will not labour, and thereforehe eat ethhis own flesh, having nothing elfe to eat. But doth the fluggard in- deed feed upon his own fitfh ? Is he ` a fellCanibal ?, will he endure the pain of eating his own flesh, who will not take the pains to get himfeif bread to eat? No, but ht is faid to eat his own flesh, becaufe while he favours himfelf too much,he is cruel tohimfelf, he starves himfeif; hunger eats his flesh, becaufe he ,path nothing to fatisfie his hunger; or he is Paid to eat his own Iii flesh,
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