3Ö7 Chap.'ô. .4nExpofition upon the Bookof J OB. VerG2o the force ofwords : Weeping (peaks, though the weeper (peak not : Mineeyepoureth out (or fpeaketh) tears. There are feven or eight forts of tears fpokeu ofin Scrip- ture, and every one (peaks. Firft, Tears of worldly forrow; Efau had enow of them, he found flore of tears when he loft the blaring : He for one morfel ofmeat fold his birth- right, but hecould not purchafe it again, with floodsoffarrow, For he foundno place ofrepen- tance ; that is, he could not prevail with his Father Ifaac to change his mind, though hefought. it carefullywith tears, Lieb. 12.17. Efaus tears fpeak his hunger after that which he had fold to buy off hunger, or to pay a debt to nature. Secondly, There are the rears ofrepentance and godly for- row filch were thofe of Mary, (Luke7.38) who wept.' andwafhed Cbri(tsfeet with ber tears , andwiped themwith the Bair of her bead : She had been a firmer, fuch a firmer as bore away the name from all the inners in the City : and flae mourned fofor fan , that fhe bare away the name from all the rr.ourners in the City :. Maryes tears fpeak her tender refpec` to Chrill who faveth fanners, and her abhorrence of her fell for fin. Thirdly, There are tears of craft and wicked difiïmulation, 3er. 4r 6. /fhrrtael goes forth to meet the men that came to- wards ferufalem, weeping all along as he went ; his were made tears, he (bed tears that he might flied blood, and weep hima felf into an opportunity of doing mifchief unfufpeted. Ifh- maels tears fpeak treachery, but becaufe thofe plain-hearted men could not interpret them, theyperithed. Fourthly, There are tears of love unfeigned and lirong affef ion : Thus David and Jonathan-leed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded, I Sam. 20. 41. When JefusChrift wept at the Sepulcher ofLazarus, The Jews ,laid, Behold how beloved him, John Ir. 3 5 , 36. They Caw his heart at hiseyes t Thefe tears fpeak mutual and real endear- ments. Fifthly, There are the teares" of holy prayers, and fervent defires, Jacob wept and mádefupplication, Hof.I2.4. Hecry- ed and prayed = The voyce of his tears was lowder then the voyce of his fupplication ; and his prayers were (in this fenfe) evendrowned in tears : Jacobs tears fpeak the fer- vency
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