Chap. i 3. linExpofitiotr upon "the "BookofJos, Verf. 2I. 487 (hewed the matter of gobs deprecation, De not two thingsunto me, what two things ? Verfe 2I. withdraw thine handfirfromme, andIt not thy dread terrifie me, or, let not-thy dreadmake me afraid. Thefe are the two things which he earneftly deprecates, And for the removal of both thefe he prayed as earneftly once before almoa in thefame words, (chap.9, ver.34,35.) Let hies tak,e his rodawayfrom me,and let not hisfear terri fie me,then would I fpeakandnot fear hire, but it is not fo witj, Having opened thefe two verfes there at large, I íhall refer the Reader thither : yet becaufe ( though the matter be the fame) the exprefons vary, I íhalla little infiít upon them. Withdraw thine bandfarfrom me. That's his firft condition. By the hand of God, he means either itnI7 the affliftions that were upon him, and fo it is as much as this t°,¿fie lac a mitigate my fufferings, abate my pains, releafe me from my non 1igs pod e forrows. The word which he ufeth, Chap. 9.34. for the rod ofCap. 9.34. vit.. God, is the fame in effe&which he ufeth here for the handofGood. sam,hicpalm Only with this difference, this properly lignifies thepalms ofthe 'n'i ptag:tmJ&' hand, withdraw thy palmsfromme : To ftrike with the palm of edl`cac, Mcrc.. the hand is to ftrike like a father; a blowwith the palm of the hand may have more fniart with it, but it hath.not fo much force and wrath with it as a blowwith the fill or hand doled. Yet I conceive fobs intent is the fame in both, and thoughhe received" ftroaks of all forts,fome with the palm,_others with the fift,fome greater, force lefs, yet all were with the hand of a father : ne- verthelefs, Job delires Godwould withdraw his hand,though he knew it was a fathers hand, becaufe while the (mart and pain of that was fo vehement upon him, he could not fpeak nor manage his caufe before him freely, withdraw thine hand awayfromme. Further, There was another thing, which this requeft of job may bear an Murton to, Remove thine hand'awayfromme, It was a cuftome among the Ancients to lay the hand upon the head of an offender, as a token of his condemnation. And that's the reafon why the hand was laid upon the head of the facrifice, when all the fins of the people were confeft ovr; it; (hewing that the facrifice was (as it were ) condemned todie, typifying the death of Chrift, who was condemned for-us, God"havini laic
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