Chap.' 6. An Expofitionupon the BookofJ O B. Veda8. 35; And let my cry have no place. The word lignifies a loud cry, a grievous cry, the cry of a man extreamly prcf%d ; yea, even utterly oppreff : This cry is expounded three wages, Firft, For the very cry ofgrief, or for a cry caufed meetly by grief.. Let my cryhave noplace; that is, Let not my painsand forrows, my groans and .4 ghes, in midit ofall thrfe be regar- ded, either by God or Men, if I have done filch evils as I am accufed of. 'Tis a great afffietion which puts a man to his cry, whether to God or Man ; but it is a greater affliCtion to cry and not to be heard, neitherby- God nor man : The cry of a poor man is then -faid to have no place with a Judge, when he will not hear it, or take noticeofit. - Secondly, Others expound this for the cry of fin. Great fins are called a cry, not onely becaufe they make otherscry , but becaufe themfelves are very clamarous and crying. Sin hath a tongue to (peak, and it hath teeth to bite : every fin elamat gnia ¢n- fpeaks, but fome fins have a loud voice, they try, The bloodof fÌ,fVii tur thy Brother which thou haft ffült, crye.r unto me .(faith Gad to inter Pella Cain,Gen.4..1o.1 The fin ofSodome cryed up toHeaven, Gen: domino', vane 18.2o. Oppreflìon caufeth a cry ; fo here, Let my cry, that is, Profecutio .a to crying fins, or the cry of my fins, have no place ; that is , Eloquiifed in- none tohide, or fhelter themfelves in : And then this claufe op mff,Ambrot. the imprecation is of the fame.fenfe with the former, O earth.; cover not thou my blood. Thirdly, By thiscry we may underftand lobs prayer, and that of two forts : Firft, Prayers, Petitions, or complaints to men ; let not any , Friend regard my cry. Secondly, Prayers to God ; for as there are crying.fins, fo there are.crying..pray- ers, The Lord Paid to e,'VTofes, wherefore eryeft thou unto me, Exod. 14. 15, Afa cryedunto the Lord , 2 Chron. 14..: The ; Ninevites were commanded to cry mightily to God, John 3. 8., and Chriti himfelf prayed with fhong ayes Heh, 5. 7. As thereare two things efpecially which make fins crying Sins, uirfi, When they are carneftly committed: Secondly, When they are con1iantly committed. Só two thingsmake prams crying,prayers,
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