3¢6 Chap.16. An Expofrtien upon .theBaok,,of J.O B. Veda8. Verf. t$, 0 Earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my a>y have.naplace:. There are two branches ofthis imprecation, or rather thew make two diitin6imprecations. The firlû in thefe words, 0earth, cover not thou my blood. The fecond in thefe, Let my cryhave noplace, job engages all upon the truth of what he had laid, being: willing that his worn might be feen, and his belt not heard, it he had not fpoken truth. OEarth; cover not.thou my. blood, _. Poetical fare Job fpeaks pathetically, or, as Come render him, Poetically, ar patheticùnr whilehe befpeakes the earth, andmake the inanimate creature n dolore ourre his hearer. The facred Penmendo often turn their fpeech to !liagravf the Heavens, and to the Earth : Thus Mofes, Peut. 32. 2. in 000rz rar ours. the Preface ofhis Sermon, his la(t.Sermon to that people, Give srartuofvc,om- rs; fenfu at di ear 0yeHeavens, and I willfpeak,,and hear O.earth the words of nugue coventes -my mouth, So the Prophet Ifaiah, Chap, 1,2. Hear OHeavens, miles andgive ear 0 Earth, I bave nouri/hed, andbrought up Chul- a' auditores dren, and they have rebelled againfl me : God fpeaks to that aortác1ire. which bath no ears, tohear, either to reprove thofe who have ears, but hearnot or raife up and provoke their attention in hearing. Thus. Job, O earth, &c. as if the earth were able to takehis complaint, and return an anfwer; as if the earth were able tomake inquifition,and bring in a verdiL`f abouthis blood. O. carth (cover) not thou myblood. eexit,c' The word fignifies not onely common, buta twofold me -. eru;r,abfcor- taphorical covering, Firít, Covering by way of. dilfiinulation ;. to difl'emble a matter, is to cover a matter = In that fenfe Solomon fpeakes Frou. r a,t 6. Afools wrath is prefently known, but aprudent mancoverethfhame; that is, He diffembleth his wrath, or his anger, he will not let it alway break forth, for that would be a (name to him, Secondly, The word fignifies to cover by forgetfulnefs That which is not remembred, is hid or covered. Ecclef6.4. Re carnmeth in with vanity (fpeaking ofman) and departeth ast
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