Chap,ìf 6, Expófition upon the Book, of J('1B. Ver.7. 251 bers ofmy body Elpecially, becaufe the fcattering of his Fa- mily doth not fö-`well agree, or comply ( lay they) with the wearinels before complained of, nor with the leannefs and wrinkles, which are fpoken of afterward ;' both which belong properly to the body. Yet I pals that, and take the word as we read it,to exprefs adittinet afidion, thou halt wearied me in my perfon, and bathmade defolate all mycompany ; What company ? Firft, Some underhand it of the company which ufed to flock to his Synagogue, in holy duties, and exercifes; As if he had anfwered the words of Eliphaz, (Chap. 15. 34.) The Congregation ( or C- mpany) of Hypocrites /hall be defolate: Here faith Job,I grant it,Godbath made defolate all ray company. The Synagogues, and placesofpublick meetingwere wont to be filled, but now that retort is flayed, they are all fcattered,or diverted, and thole publick places are filled with howlings and lamentations. Thus he grants Eliphaz what he had ob. jeEted; and yet denyes what he thence inferreed, that he was an Hypocrite. Secondly, Rather interpret it ofthe company he had in 'Ais own houle, or for his particular family. So it is a renewed complaint of the lofs of his Children and Servants, or his Friends and Familiars, who ufed to retort to him, and tray a- bout him, Thou haft made defolate all my company :Someofjobs come parry were made defolate , that is they were dettroyed , molt of his Servants were h ain by the Chaldeans,and Sabeans,and all his Children were thin by the fall ofa houle (Chap. i.) This company was made defolate indeed : Yet whenhe faith Thou haft made defolate all my company,his meaning is asMaller Broughton tranflates, Thouhaft made me defolate of all my com. pony; that is, Iam left alone. Hence Obferve, The company of Children, andfriends is a verygreat mercy. Reman complains much when he wanted this mercy, Lo- ver and friend, hall thou putfrom men andmine acquaintance into darknefs, Job makes, as a more particular, fo amore pa- thetical enumerationof this lots ( Chap. 19. i3, 14. ) To be defolate in fo great an affliaion, that it is often put for all aßlitions ; and to be defolate ofcompany,;is the wort K k 2 defolate-
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