Chn^ p,;4. AnExpof:tion upon th ofJoB Verf. Y 1. 603 Verfe ix. As the Watersfallfrom the Sea, and the Floud decayeth' and drieth up. The Similitude is opened in this z z th. verfe, andapplied at the azth. Soman lyethdown, andrifeth not, &c. As the Watersfallfrom the Sea. The Particle, a, is not in the Original, There we read, rva- t=31.0- 117Ik, ternfallfrom the Sea, and the Flouds decay and dry op, Man lyeth t7'7 down and rifeth`, tot. This hath led forne Interpreters to render yerbum de. it (as the former) by aDi-fin ilitude And they make out the notat abirenx fenfe thus a The Sea ebbs and fails from the Shoar, yetit returns pro fcifci, again when the Tide turns, and though the Floods decay anddryup. z Sam.9.7. through the extremity of heat, and drought, yet the Rain comes and Dent. 3 z. (illy them upagain, but Man (whofe life is like Water [pile upon the 6e ground, 2:San,:1q.. äq..) is. unlike the Sea, or River Water -a For when heebbs,he flows not again, when his Moifl'ure as dried up it re- turns to him no more. But the Arena of Interpreters conclude it a Similitude, and I (hall keep to that, it being alto very futable to the purpofe of rob. As the Watersfailfrom the Sea. How do the Waters fail from the Sea? The Sea is the great Veffel or Receptacle of Waters, Godcalleth thegasherbs together of waters Sea, (Gen. z .) And if the Waters which arogathered together fail, what will become of the fcattered Waters ? There are different Apprehenfions about the making out of a clear meaning. rlrgomert- Firft thus, As Waters after an Exundatiòn of the Sea, or oftrsmfumi ar= force great River are (upon the refluxof either) feparated from bitror ab theChannel, and left behind upon the Land, which they over- `impoffrbili, ffówed', and becaufe they cannot return (for then they mull fc. tune ho- afcend, which is impoflible to Nature) they there utterly dry' nem adbane up andevapourate : Soman dieth and returneth no more unto vitam rever- his place As if he had faid, It se as obfurd and incongruous to furura, cum aairm that man fall returnagain to this prefent life, when hedieth, aqua furfiuu as tofay the Sea water left upon the Land, .can conveigh hash verfusad lo- into that ancient Channel. cumfe refe, Secondly, Others make it an Argument of the Rcfurredion, rat , nde ae- 1 l h ] h z {l>f.t1f.J:1nC,
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