Chap,r6. An Expofition upon the Book of J O B. Verf.7, body, not the mind ; but thole works which with anion have contention in them, as to argue, and difpute, do at once exercife and weary both mind and body. The wearinefs of the mind is the molt painful wearinefs , Jobs wearinefs takes in both ; thou haft wearied my body, and wearied my mind too, I am full ofboars without, and of borrows with in. And filch was that wearinefs fpoken of by the Prophet ( Ifa. 47. 13. ) Thouart wearied in the multitude of thy couna Je.ls : that is, In going long journeys, to ask counfel of thy a- dored wife raen, or Wizzrrds rather, of Southfayers, and Dig viners ; In this purfuit thou haft laboured thy body, and vex - ed thy foul, but profited neither. After all thy travels what haft thoubrought home but wearinefs ? gyred flefh, and a ty.. redfpirit is all the fruit ofour addreffes for comfort to any. but God, or in the way of God. The Septuagint tranflates yet, higher,Thou haft modem mad Sepr_Exponunr or befides my [elf : TheHebrewword lignifies to diftraá, or de aefe£lu r.,- to put one out ofhis wits : As if job had faid, /am floramy r'donrf.q_d. own mast, beingoverburdenedwith their farrows God bath laid dotare ummei upon me. pot, Hence Obferve. hirft, Afate of of dlion is a wearifme eftate. A man may be wearied who never ft'irs foot from the place where he Rands or fits. O the wearinefs ofa tick bed ! Suffering, wearies more then doing ; and none are to weary as they who are wea- riedwith doingnothing. Obferve Secondly. Some affli£iions are a wearinefs both-tofoul andbody. There are afflif ions which firikc quite through,and there are aftlif ions which are on'y skin deep : As there is filthi,, - nefs of the flefh, and filthinefs of the Spirit properly fo cal - led ( for though every fin of the flefh, or outward man de. file the Spirit, yet there are many filthineffes of the Spirit, which are never a6lted by the flefh, or outward man.) Thus the Apoftle diftinguifheth ( 2 Cor. 7. I.) Thereare alto Come filthineffes which ftrike quite througg the flefh and Spirit, body and foul. Thereare Tome affli8eions which are meerly , upem,the flefh ; there are other afif ions which are purely upon the Spirit; the skin is whole, the body is in health, but the Soul is wounded , an' Arrow flicks within And there arc 247
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