Chap.i6. tlnExpofition upon the Book .of J,ö.B. , Verf.2o. 375 fine orations, and fet fpeeches.again-it:tire; but alas i .,I only fpeak teares. Yet further it lignifies to interpret, Gen.42.2 3.7ofeph fpcak unto his Brethren by an Interpreter, it is this word. That's the interlineal readingof this Text, c2'fy Friends are Interpreters; ïnterpretea or rather (for that mull be the meaning) Mif-interpreters; they fact: met, put wrong . expofitions upon all my. fpeeches , and corrupt Mont. my Text with their uufriendly gloffes,. We read in the ordinary acceptationof the word, Myfriends Porn me, or, Myfriends are fcorners : As if job had Paid, Thefe ,nyfriends, whole prof(fon.and,relationcall them toadmir,iffer ferias, and wholefome counfel to my troubled mind, even they breakforth into torn ; they poor the Vinegar of theirfharpeft cenfùres, into my alreadymrankled wounds, injteadof thefup butt t®- fling, shinning Oyl of comfort and confolation; and therefore mine !iafando hem eye is preffed topour out teares to God:: Who canforbear weeping, perch a !ochry, while he is but reportingmy fufferings ? How then(houldI who infs. fuffer ? My friends fcorn me &c. Hence Qbferve. The beff offriends may prove unfriendly. Men arebut men, and fo they ata : There is no repofe, ei- ther upon the wifdom, orltrength, or atíe eion ofthe crea- ture, they are all mutable, and may do that which is moth oppofite, both to their profefl on and relation: : A Friend, a Scorner Z What more unfutable ? And that may be a fecond Note. Scorn is wholly oppofite to the Lary of love. t. He departs far enough from the rules of friendfhip , who cloth not pithy and aflìft his afllieted Friend how far is he gone from it , who fcornes and derides his Friend in afidti- on? Thirdly, Confidering thenperfon who was thus (corned ; yob, a man beloved of God, the great.Favorite of that Age to the King ofHeaven. Hence Obfer've. They who are highly approved , and honoured of God, mayfall under the contempt =, andfcorn ofmen. ... As they who are applauded and flattered, yea adored by men; May be the fcorn.aod contètrtpt of God. . Wh;eChrilt fpeaks of things is true of perfons (Luke z6. r5-.) That which
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