C:hap;i6. AnExpofition upon the Book of J O_B. VerGg.. 229 mine head at you, or overyou : For to (hake the head, notes pity and compaífion ; tà (hake the head is the pollute of thofe who tyi xRtnea b mourn with, or for their friends. Hence the word is :tram. K fá vcvy Bated to bemoan (Nah.2.7 ) Who will bemoan hint (Chap.4.2. rP," a s.) Jobs friends came to bemoan him ; 'tis t his word , f bey É agovietn came to (hake their beads over him,becaufe all of the evil which J ervor ca. the Lord had brought upon b ° m. One ofthe Ancients makes t his pur condolen- expolition, the Text, I would have fhaken -my herd over you be. ter,C'hryfo(t. moaningly or with campagien; The fame word may well Pig-. nifieto (hake the head, and to pity, feeing they who pity o- thers, ufe to (hake their heads over them,, and fay , Ah my friend, or Ah my Brother. So then if we read the words as a wills, Oh thatyour fouls were inmy foulsftead; yet job-did no: with it for their hurt, but that' he might -have an opportunity- to thew howmuch he would labour to be their Servant in Love, to do themgood.. Hence Note. A good man dòth not wills ill to thofe who have rewarded him with evil upon any other terms, than a difcoveryof his own good nefs. Tis tin to with that they who are in a comfortable condi- tion, might fall into ourm.ifery,though they have been mifera- comforters to us in our mifery. We may not (in this cafe )u withpain or furrow toany fort of men, except upon one of thole- two coniderations. Fir i, That we may give them an experiment of our-ten- dernefstowards them, in doing them all the.gooi we can in their a(flieion. Or fecondly, That God may give an experiment of his gracioufnefs towards them,. in doing them good by their.af4 fli ions., The Prophet Ifaiab ( Chap. 14. ro.) forefhews how they whohad been weakned by the power of Babylon , fhould in- fuit over weaknedBabylon,All they (hallfpeakandfay unto thee, Art thou alfa become weak as we ? Art thou become like unto us ? The people of God thall at laft rejoyce (in reference to the Glory of God, and publickgood) to fee theirdefiroyers de- firoyed , and thofe weak who have weakned them. But.the peopleof God (inxeference to any private, or perfonal in- terelt) . cannot rejoyce.at the de.ftruf* ion , or in.the weaknefs of >.
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