3 :6 Cixap.r6. AttExpofitioìt".acp"ontlttecxBoól;,of J OB. Verf: i 5 both thefeforran s. The Kingof Ifrael was dole. mourner in fackcloth, 2 Kings 6.3o. The King rent his clothes as bepaf. fedbyupon the wall,andthepeople looked, andbehold he hadfack. cloth within upon his flefh. There being a terrible Famine in Samaria, that Kings wore Sackcloth asan emblemof his for - row, yet he wore it fomewhat concealedly, it was withinupon hi flefh. And fo, 2 Kings 20.3a. when the fervants of Ben- bndadcame to Achab, they put fuck-cloth upon them. And 2 Kings 21. 27. Achab himfelf when he heard that fore judgement denounced against him, humbled himfelf,andput on lack cloth, and wetet fofily, ,In a time of common calamity, the Prophet tells us, Every headfháll be. bald, and every beard slipt;upan all the hands fkall be cuttings,andupon the loynsPack. cloth, Jer.48 "37-: As that it was the ufual wear in the time of repentance, is taught us in the Prophetic ofJonah 3. $. where proclamation was made, by the King ofNiniveb, That all should fait and put on Sack cloth. Chrill himfelf defcri- bing what Sodom and Gomorah would have done if the Got', pci had been Preached, or the mighty works done in them which were done in Bethfaida and Corazin, faith, They would . have repented long ago in lack-cloth and ashes that is , they would have put on lack cloth and fate in aches , in token of deepeft humiliation for fin. Thus lack-cloth properly taken was often used in times ofgreat aflïiclion, whether perfonal, or publique, ; asalfo in times of deepeft and molt profcffcd repentance. Secondly, We may take fack-cloth improperly, and fo two wages; Firti, As to Jabs then: present condition, he was full of Sorts, and thofe Sores were to him a courfe Covering of ß`i5 "".' Sack-cloth ; for he was fore all over In fome extraordina. $ax.rsrabira r Difea alibi in Y fes , a Scab puts forth all over the body, like thebark -riprurarope of a Tree. Jobs Scabs and Sores were like the bark ofa tree, ritur. Et Gelad or a Garment of Sack-cloth ; he (peaks near this Language, proPiè jr'ynifi Chapter 30 18. By tbegreat force ofmyDifeafe is myGarment leaqua changed: As if he had faid, I have another kind of Garment plage,/;rrafu. then I was wont towear; I was wont to wear the belt, and perindurltur. the coilyeft Garments ; but now, By theforce of my difeafe is T+ab.Lewi. myGarment changed,it bindeth meabout as thecolour ofmy coat: that is, MySores bind meabout as the colour ofmy Coat. Thus
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