282 Chap.' 6. An Expo(tion upon the Book of 1 O B. Verf. i 2. J O B, C H A P. 16. Verf.12,73,1 . I was at cafe but he bath broken me ajunder : he bath alt taken me by my neck, andshaken me topieces, andset me upfor bis m ark. His Archers compass me roundabout., be cleaveth my reins afuno der,and cloth not fpare hepowreth out my galt upon the ground He breaketh me with breach upen breach, he runnetb upon me like a Giant. JO B Bill profe.cates the fame argument, letting out his af4 fliftions in their darkeft colours to the feventh verse of this Chapter, and then with higheff confidenceattefing, yea calling Heaven and Earth to atte(l both the righteoufnefs of his waycs towards men, and the righteoufnefs ofhis worthip tendred unto God. Thetè three with the two verfes following contain two general points. Firti, He tells us how,and in what manner he was handled by God in thole dayes ofhis affliLtion, serf. 12,13, 14. Secondly, He tells us how he behaved himtèlf under the handof God,or how he was affeFted with thefe affliEfions, dyer f i 5, i6. f havefewcdfackcloth upon my skin, anddefiled my born in the duff &c.As Gods hand was heavy upon him, to he held out all the demonflrations and emblemes ofa heavy heart s Vowedfackclothupon my skin. He begins with, or rather profecutes the defcríption (for he had fpoken much of it before) ofhis fad of nf.tions. And ?Decadecontraries illutirate, and let forth one another, there,i fore, he firti thews what condition he had been in: secondly, what he then was in. Our prefent wants and evills are aggro.! gatedby ourformer comforts and enjoyments. This courfe and method Job takes to aggravate his Firfl, Telling us that he was once whole andat cafe. Secondly, What he at that time was, pained and bro- ken to pieces. I was at cafe. But how cloth this agree with what lob at ctned.(Chap. 3. 26.)
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