2O`8 Chap.16. `gn Eqó_fttióta'djto'ts the$oók àf f'0B. Nerf. r 3 red, wound the fpirit deeper then judgments or wrathexe- cuted wound the outward man ; and as the whole word of God,fo that part of it efpecially which conf its of threatnings, is as the Apolile fpeaks (Heb. 4 I2 .)Qickandpowerful, and jjharper then any two -edged Sword, piercing, even to the 'di. vidingafunder of thefoul andfpirit,&c, Yet 1 rather conceive that David: Arrows were bodily troubles or difeafes, already inflited, the immediate caufe of which was the anger of God, and the caufe of that was his own fin, both which are exp reffed at the third verfe,There is no f undnefs in my flefh,be- caufe of thine anger, neither is there any reif inmy bones becaufe ofmyfin : When fin ftirs up the anger of God, the anger of God can quickly fendhis Arrows abroad ; nor is there any thing in this world fo near untous, but he can make an Ar- row, oran Archer of it, His Archers compafs me round. And fee what kindof Archershis were,rheywere no bung- lers they were good marks men,like the left handedBenjamites. ( Judg.20.I6.)they couldfhoot at a hairs breadth and not mil's;. For it follows Rene: fedes junt oe£lus fS' libidimit ve- herrtentifJimi. Fiemumnomen in Hebr,eo a dfder:rndo dicitur. ,t11ot1n frulnerare e+ies eft ienuiores offeúus con/ wayes. gere. Firlt, The reynes being the feat ofdefire, as Naturalitls fpeak ; fotrie interpret i'3e eld,+veth my reynes afunder thus, He finites ra' mè.inthat which is to me "toff and efirealile:and _-- _.:_ He.cleaveth my reines afender. They are expert archers who can cleave the reines : The reines are in the middle of the back, he that (hoots at a Butt, and hits the middle ofit ihootsexadly, the whole But is not the mark, but the White which is fet, (according to a Ge- ometrical proportion ) in the middle of . it. He that hits the mark, hits the middleof the Butt, but he that cleaves the Pin (that's the archers Diale6t) which fallens the mark to the Butt, that's the archer, or that's He (as they altoufe to fpeak at their fport.) he wins the prize : an archermay hit the man, and not his'reynes, but to hidhis reynes is skil- ful archery s Job's archers were thus cunning in their art, They compafsone aboást, andcleavemy reines afunder : That's the heft. Further, We mayundertánd it by a metaphor, and fo two
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