Chap.17. An Expofation upon the Bookof J O B. Ver a, 401 J ©B, Chap. 17. Verf. 1 2, 34 4, 5 My breath is corrupt, my dayes are extinli, the Graves are rea* dy for me. Are-there not mockers with me ? And dotb trot mine eyes continue in their provocation. Lay doavn now,put mein afurety with thee, who is he that will _Pike bands with me. For thou leafl bid their heart from underfianding : therefore f salt thou not exalt them, Ele that fpeakethflattery to his friends à even the eyes ofhis chit. drenfhall fait. HE beginning of this Chapter purfues the Argument laid down in the dole of the former; Or as a Learned Expoli tor fpeaks, Sob in this doth enliven the premifes, and ( as it were ) put frefh fpirits into what he had fpoken before. For whereas he had before defined the Lord to haften his caul to a day ofhearing, becaufe his day of death haflened, Chap. 16. Verf. 22. When a fèwyears are come, I [hail go the way, whence Ifhall not return : Here to thew that he was a dying, man, he dcfcribes himfelfas a dead man , My breath is cor- rupt, my dayes are extinbt, theGraves are readyforme: Secondly, There lobmade an appeal to God, 0 that a matt might pleadwith God,as a mane pleads with his Neighbour, Verf. 2 r. And hegives the reafon why , Myfriendsfcorn me, Verf. zo. He doth the fame here in other Language , Verfe 2. Are there notmockers withme ? AndBoth not mine eye conti- nue in ther provocation ? And thereforehe renews his appeal to God, and begs tobe heard before indifferent Judges or Um. pires, Lay down now , put me in a furety with thee, who is he that will flreke bands with me? In the fourthand fifth verts he further urgeth the reafons ofhis appeal,or he backs his mo- F f f tiotr floecapita t* tendit in an?- mareprmmirs Aquin.
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