530 Chap. i 3. AnExpofitton upon the Bock of JOB. Verf. 26. 7 hat God fometimes appears very angry with thole whom he en- tirely toaeth. He teems to be all gall when he is nothing but hones', to burn with wrathwhen an everlafling flame of Iove is kin led in-.. his brer. I have lately in1itled on this point, therefore I for- bear. Again Oíaferue, 7 heanger ofGod is very terrible, it is a bitter thng. There is no dallyingwith divine difpleafure. Thirdly, Odgers restrain thefe bitter things to death. Thou VOX ama ita_ writea bitter thingsagair(I me, that is, a decree of death.Dcath.: dinis mortii tern is a bitter thing : bitternefs al(' death are joyned in 'cr'p:ure, tentits tats (t King,4, 4o.) the Prophetsfa:di Deathwas in the pot, when they. Bold. had put Wilde gourds, or bitter herbs into the pot : wilde Analogiafumi gourds are very bitter, fo bitter, that the Perlians called them, videtur ex to-. y he gall of the earth; deathwas in the pot when filch bitter r,a1husqui- herbs were there : SoMoles fpeaks (Deut,,,3a. 32. ) theirgrapes bat dam venires are grapeso all their ctsm igneii g P fg , clutters arebitter, theirwine is thepoyfon óf calidijfEoaa. Dragons, that is, their grapes, their cluflers, their wine,all their faut,amaripi)nadefigns andanions are all dearly; deadly to themfelves chiefly, eti vnfaint, but deadly alto unto others (Prov. 3 i, 6.) Give wine unto thole` set Writ. din, that be ofheavy hearts, fo we read it, give wir* unto thofe that be of bitter hearts, fo faith the Original; And it is plain from the context, that he means it of perlons ready to dye, or to be put to a violent death. The borders' of death are bitter, much more death it feif; yea, to Tome the borders or approaches of death are more bitter than death it fell, When Agag was fpared by Saul; he doubted not of gaarter at the hands of Samuel, and therefore comes out delicately (both in his gate and garbe, a.Sum. 15. 32.) and faith, Surely the bitternefs of death is pat, that is, the fear of death is pall ; furely, if Saula Souldier faved me al:ve in theheat of the battel, Samuel a Prophet will riot kill the in cold blood. In this fenfe Hezekiah complains (Ifa.38. 17.) For peace 1had (oron my peace came) great bitternefs, that is, the fear of death, as the next words explain, while he faith, but thou haft in love to my foul delivered it front-the pit of corrur, tion, job had the fentenceof death in himfelf, and he thought God hadwritten that fentence too... Thou writeft bitter things againft me.. But I conceive[bitter tbiigs]are herentended_in a larger fenfe9 Nnbg
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