Chap. 14. .An Expo['tion upon the Book of J OB. Verf. 22. 6 when his flelhupon him is cloathed with glory,and his foul with- in him is filled with joy , for he didnot when his flab upon him was full of pain , and his foul within him did mourn ; which is the reafon or excufe rather which; job gives in-the next verle, why earthly fathers do not fometimes arrow their ownCons' either in honour or difgrace. Verfe 22. y3ut his Ilefhupon him(ball have pain,and hisfoul within him J./mil anoarn. They who expound the former' verfe of man in the flare of death, give the tame eapotition f thi,hisfle(1) upon him fhall have pain,andhis fed ívithinhimpall n otern,when he is dead : But bath a de .:(1 man pain? or can he mourn Death is a total privation of all fenlìtivepower, there's no feeling in the grave- Themeaning is either this, he is affned while he lives at the thought of what he fhall be when be i (lea!: he grieves that worms Ihould eat him , and that his flelh Ihould corrupt and rot in the earthy What job fpeaks (chap.zx.23.) in dire& oppofition to this point, is yet a clear proofof this interpretation : He jhall be brought to thegraveandremain in the tomb,the clods ofthe valleyfhallbe fweet to ham: Now in the fame fence thatahe clods of the valleyare Tweet to force deadmen, they may be laid to be painful unto o- thers. Some are very defirotis to die,to fuch the clods of thevalley are fweet,that is,it plealeth them as touch to lie in the grave,as to go ro a perfumed bed, or torea upon a bed of rotes ; Others are very unwilling to die;to fuch the grave is a prifon of darknefs and aftonilhment. Their living fle[h hash pain upon them, while they . confider that their dead flelh muté confume. Or pain and mourn- Ìrttellige peg ing are here afcribed to dead men , as fpeech and joy are often in prefópopei xm Scripture afcribed to trees,and flones,and cornfields, (livelefs in- poff moerterxr fenlibleor irrational creatures , perfonating or takingupon them error. dben. E thofe anions which are proper unto man)bythe figureProfopopeia. ra. Merc, Secondly , The text maybe rendred out of the Hebrew thus, while hisflefla it upon him,he(hall bave pain,andwhile hisfoul iswith- in him,he fhall mourn, that is,be shall be in pain and mifery as long as he lives,efpecially while he lives (as a fick man doth) upon the borders and confines of death. The life of man while he lives in ¿verme fuper health is painful,but'when he is fick and dying he is fuller ofpain. co dolebir:rar, Then hisfiethupon himbathpain,andhisfoul withinmourns,he bath furrow without, and furrow within, which comprehends all forts of
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