Caryl - Houston-Packer Collection BS1415 .C37 v5

Cap.' 6. An Expèfition upon tbBook ofJ OB. Verf.a3 . 297 two at thelealt, and ufually many a-re a fat; or t hey are call- ed many, becaufe every one bath many Arrows, Men carry but one Sword, and one Spear, but they carry many Arrows, therefore the word fignifies.many. His Archers,or many corn- pafi me round about. Hence note in profecution of the fame .point. That God hash variety ofmeans to vlic`i. -He can make any creature his Archer ; and he bath many Quivers full of Arrows. Old Jacob laid of /oft/4a ( Gen. 49. 23.) The ArchersJhot fore at bim andgrieved him.Jofeph was amark ofenvy, b: caufe God had put fo many marks of honour upon him.: His-own Brethren were the Archers. Job had many Archers shooting at him : I can name you feven eminent Archers that (hot at Job. Firti, Heaven was an Archer, the Heavensfhot fire which burnt up all his fheep. . Secondly, The Aire was an Archer, that (hot wind, an down fell the Houle upon his Children. Thirdly, The Chaldeans andSabeans were Archers, and they (hot 1poyling and plundering, they took away all his Cartel, and flew his Servants with-the edge of the Sword. Fourthly, The Devil was an Archer, he (hot difeafes,and wounded his body all Over with loares. Fifthly, The.Earth was an Archer, and that (hot Worms, he wascloathed with Worms, and clods of Earth. Sixthly,His Wife wasan Archer, or an Archerefs,the (hot terrible Arrows, evil and bitter words. Seventhly, His Friends were Archers, they (hot reproofs. and uncomfortable comforts; they pierced him with their falves,and the very meanes thattheyufed to heal him,grieved himmore. All thofe (hot at him, he mutt needs have many hurts, who was compatled about with fo. manyArchers ;David felt the anguifh of thole Arrows (Pfal. 38.r.) 0 Lord rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chaftenme in thy hot difp,leafure : For thine Arrows flickfaff in me,and thy handpreffetb mefore Da- vidwas full of Arrows,what thofe Arrows were is not deter- mined in the Text, One ofthe Ancients faith, They were the threatnings of God, with which his confciencc was . woundedfor fin, as for his body and outward eftate, tit), were in a whole skin ; 'tis true, judments or wrath threat- ned,

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