258 Cähp.x,6, AnEocinfition upon theBook, of J Oß. Yerf,8.'. fufpeEted to have a fpot or a wrinkle about them. Aperfel foul Rate, and a perfeîlRate ofbody , bath no wrinkle in it. yab to thew the decays and blemithes of his body, faith he was full of wrinkles. Again, Thefe wrinkles by an elegant Metaphor may refer to his whole outward condition : For a.mans face is wrinkled when hegrows old, fo are his riches when he grows poor, and fo is honour when hegrows out of repute. Poverty is the wrinkle ofriches, and difgrace is the wrinkleof honour : we may take in all three here, for not only was fob's body,but his wealthand honour wereextremely wrinkled, and therefore he had great caufe to cryout according to all the Interpretations, Thou haft filled me with wrinkles. Which witnefs againft me; I tha11 give the, meaning of that, when. I :: have opened the latter claufe,where it is repeated , My leannefs rifing up in me, beareth witnefa to my face ; both parts of the verfe have the fame meaning. My leannefs rifing up,inme. Some think, that Job aniwers what Eliphaz:hadgiven, as part ofthe defcription of a wicked man , in the fulnefs of his profperity, Ghap,r5, 27. where he tells us, that , He coverer') hisface withfatnef"s, andmaketh collopt offat on, hisflanks ; as if he had Paid, Friend`Eliphaz, thou hafttoldme, that wickedmen arefat'andfull, iffo ;,what are they who are lean andmeagre ? rarajt tholeaccording totby own rule, readwiekednefs in my Phy- frognomy my leannefs riféth up inme , can't thou raife an argte ment from that agiin(i. me.. My leannef ob's body was lean , his Pítrfè and Name were lean , his leannefs and his wrinkles were of the fame extent , both rea. thing all his worldly.concernments. The Lord threatens Ido. Liters, Zeph. 2. i a. That hewill'.famifh or make lean'( fo we put in theMargin) all their Gods. Jehovah , the true God, who faith to man, Pfal.5o.°ray 1f! were hungry , Iwould net tell tbee,he tells thefe falfe Gods, that he will make them hun- gry,But:whatwas the meat of thefe Gods?It was the honor & credit
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