Chap.16. An Expofitionupon tbe Bookof J O B. VerC r 2. 293 Andfet me upfor his mark. job was cati down by afilif ïon, and yet be was let up to Proverbiales receive more afileci*o 'Tis a proverbial speech , fìgnifying to:u gsuoi that a man is made the common receit, or fubjeó of mifery. glum jjj om- A Mark is purpofèly let up to receive Arrows , Darts- or But- ,,;bur relis ±r lets fbotat it ; fo that for a man to be fet up as a mark, is to injuries protr- hand as a common object, upon which all calamities center ¡ìn'rt. themfelves ; what fob here complains of, he had expotiula ted with God about, Chop. 7,2o. Wherefore ha(t thou fet me up as a mark,fo that' am a burden to my felf 2 I thall (peak the lets to it here, having fpoken to it there already. The fame Original word is not ufed in both places, though the fente be the lame. There job (peaks in a Paraphrafè, Thou hall fat me oppof te , or over againft thee here he ufes a .,q`1tIllei. Tingle term, which notes a mark, firiEtly taken; for it cornes vo, qitd eenr from a root which lignifies to obferve ; becaufe the mark, or diligenter ob white, is diligently obferved by him that thoots ; the Ar. tares ne obera cher keeps his eye upon the mark,that he may find his Arrow rént. to the mark. Amark is that to the eye in lhooting, which c,(0704 prs: the end is to the mind ofman inall his wayes of a&ing ; and PrtèfgJB"um therefore our Englifh word Scope from the Greek (oou óç ) prnefisumfa, gitentebur, ''which properly Lignifies an Archers mark, is ufed figuratively undo quad oni. to lignifie the end which we defign to our (elves in every un ma deffinamus dertaking. And hence the eye with which we takeaim,is put out pre emus for the end, Mattb.6.zz. If thine eye be fíngle, the whole bo. (opes erl, dy is light ; that is, if the end, or the thing that thou aymelt -ref at be jut" and right, all thy aEiions will be right too : Every man is regulated by his end , all he doth , looks that way ; therefore ifthy end and aim be honefi- and lìncere , all' thy wayes and works will be fuch. So then, as the end is the mark of the mind, fo a mark is the end of the eye ; it dirers all unto it,And whileftjob faith,He hath fet me upas a mark, his meaning is, I am the Butt or White, at which the Lord aims all his Arrows, he empties his Quiver at my breaft. + So the Egofpfepoikue Church cries out, Lint: 3 , i z, 13, He bath bent his bow, he fui in fcopum bath fet"me as a markfor theArrow;he bath caufed the arrows of "r mette fagetaa his &giver to enter into my reynes : The Hebrew is, He bath exciperem. tauted thefins ofhis quiver to enter into my reyns :arrowsare the Ions of the Quiver : Sons are called arrows, Pffl, a22. g, 5.. As
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