Chap . 13 . An Expofstion upon the BookofJó o . Verf. I r . .61 Secondly, Say others, lob in this Prayer fora Grave, cloth plainly renew that Suit which he had made more then once be- fore, to die, as if he had laid, Confideringmy fad ej ate, the bur- den and preffures that lie uponme, Death it better to me then Life, and the Grave moreeligible then my Bed-chamber, 'twere better for me tobe under the Earth, or in the Earth,free among the Dead, then towalk upon the Earth, fetteredwith thele ßíf fliF.lions, among the Living. Thirdly, That having'faid, Man lying down /hall not awake till the Heavens be no more, he only fubjoyns that Death would be welcome tohim, nor would he move againfl it, if after be had paffed thatdarkforne Valley, he might in fome reafonable time returnagain to the Land, and enjoy theLight of the Living ; ifa time for fuch a returnmight be fet, then he could chearfully de- fcend into the Grave: But as 7-ob had often argued the Impoffi- bility (confidering theDecrees of God concerning dying man) of fuch a return, fò I cannot conceive him aiming at the grant of it in thisRequefl, and therefore I, lay it by, as an unfi:table and improper Interpretation., Fourthly, That which carrieth the fenfe moll clearly is, that Yob fpeaks likea man befiegedwith trouble, and compatf-ed about with fad diflra&ions: Who makes requefi for this and that, and he knows not what, he looks for fomething to eafe his Grief, and therefore witheth for any thing whatever comes next to hand, or lies uppermofl in his Thoughts, he cares not what it be, fo it benot what it is : Put me under Ground, hide me in the Earth, Lord, do what thou wilt with me, fo I may befet at liberty, from the Bands and Chains of my prefent pref- fingMiferies if I could but get' releafe from this Priam, fend me to the Prifon of the Grave, and I readily fubmit to thygood pleafure, yea , that would be pleating unto me : O that thou debit ? wouldeft hide me in the Grave. e ra frar TheGrave hath been opened before, and the manner of this ,,,,,s , withabout it, (chap.6.8.) ?vho will give, who will beflüw the ,let idem anc/i favour of a Burial upon me, and put me into the Pofeffion -c f i!ii r?,, the houfe of Death. He fpeaks as if his Reauefls were not only rei ó 'jtat,e difficult, but, only not impoffible, or as if it would be coflb ' f;'7PP the Granter. 117'ri0 t.7te;7 Pint-rd.
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