288 Chap,r6: An Expof tion upon the Book of J O B: Verf,t2 whereof many perlons are reprefenteçl toad their parts, but they loon dílappear, and the Rage or fcene it Pelf is pulled .down. As thus the whole worldpafleth away, fo doth the fiate ofeach man in the World. And as there is in the World an of c 'red varyingoffafhions, or.a voluntary palling from one vain fathion to another, from one proud fafhion to another fo there is an inflicted variety of fafhion in the World ; God makes man pals from one fathion to another, whether he will or no, or much againfi hiswill; when his fafhion was fulnels, he makes it emptinefs, when his fafbion was riches, he makes it poverty 5 when his fafhion was peace and quietnefs , he makes it war and confufron ; theft: are the changes which God makes among the fafhions of the World. The pride of man chauges from one vain fafhion to another ; the provi, dence ofGod changes man from his molt delightful, to a mournful tafhion and when the Garments ofoutward pro- fperity Teem tous fo thong, that they will never wear out, howmuch or how longfo ever we wear them, he tears and breaks both them and us,asJob complains withhis next breath He bath brokenme afxnder, '3 This fentence is but one word in theHebrew,yet more then Aradire a tingle word ; it is elegantly dubbled in conllrution to im.. 11:.' ply double afiiidion. Grammarians tell us that two words aonrràvit,ir. put together, or the fame word twice put encreafe the fenfe. fait. P $ a P Verba grandie Ordinary words will not ferve to exprefs an extraordinary felegit ad ex. condition ; he fpeaks great and compounded words, becaufe aggeranda l his forrows weregreat and compounded forrows. Jobs was rnati fuitàm, not a tingle, but a double breaking ; yea, his was a manifold- Merc. breaking He was often broken, and utterly broken, the ïn conjugations $ a y guadrataauxe repeated firoaks which fell npon him (by divine difpenfation) rn babetar,erc from all hands had beaten him to duff and atomes : He bath cl. d. Freguen- broken me infunder, aarài #(Plot in JAànit Further, The root ofthe word, fi$nrties to make void, to tnat pane; coiars+ ditlipate, to fcatter, to bring to nought, or to makenothing vie meliold of (Pfal, 33. i o.) The Lordbrings to nought the counfel of the heathen. Soagain (Ifa.8. io.) It is ufed often for breaking the Law, by frequent and willful finning againd it. Proud tanners
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