Chap.s6. An ExpoPion upon theBoolZ;of OB. Verf: 3 5' 227 which we fhould prepare our (elves : For when Chrift faith in that place, Take no thought how or robot ye fhall fpeak; we muff expound it like that ( Mattb. 6. 25. ) Take na thought for your life, whatye fhall eat, or what ye(hall drink; which is not a prohibition ofall thought about thofe things, but onely of thole thoughts which are dinra&ing and difirufiful. yob having reproved his friends three three ways, for the manner of their dealing with him ; Now reproves them by a ferious profflion of his better dealing with them ; in cafe (aswe commonly fay) The Tables were turned, they coming in hisplace, and he in theirs This he doth in the two Verfes following. `Vertq.. Ialfocouldfpeakaye do, if your Soul were' in my Souls (lead : Ïcould''h"eap' üp word{ ,aaainlf you , and fhake mine headat you. 5. But Iwould ffrengtben you with my moutb,and-the mo- vingof my lipsfhouldaß"mageyour grief. yob in this context tells his friends two things. Firft, What he could do. And fecdndly, What he would do. The former of thefe is laid down exprefly in the fourth Verfe, Verf4.. I alfocould fpeak as you do,if your Soul were in mySouls ffead, &c. The Soul is here put ( as often elfewhere in 'Scripture) for the whole man ; then, his meaning is ( and fo Mailer Brough- ton tranflates) If were in myplace , or inmy condition. If God fhould tranfcribe my wounds and forrows upon your backs, and confciences, or if my grief dwelt in your Bowels, I could fpeakas you do, &c. The fufferings of the Soul hold out the fufferings of the whole man, upon a twofold confederation. Firft, Becaufe the Soul is the principal part ofman. When that which is the chief fuffers, all may be Paid to fuller. Secondly , Becaufe of hiF ions which lie upon the Soul, are molt aflit ive : The fenfrtive power of the body,is called Gg a the
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