Cap. i 7. An Expofttion upon the Book of J OB, Verf.r, 4oS There is a fpecial difeafe called a Confumption, ofwhich many dye; but the truth is, everyman who dyes, dyes ofa Confumption ; he that dyes ofa Surfet, may be Paid e in, this fence) to dye ofa Confumption. The fewel and food ofmans life is wafted fometimes more fparingly and gradually, but 'tis alwayes con fumed (except in shofedeaths which are meer ly occasional, or violent ) before man dies. Again, job (peaks peremptorily, My dayes are extìnc`i. He was not then dead ; but becaufe he law all things in a ten- dency to death, and was himfelf in a dying pofture ; therefore he concludes, My dayes are extintl. Hence Note, Secondly. What we Tee in regard ofall preparatory means and ways rea- dy to be done,we mayfpeak, ofac already done. The Scripture fpeaks often of thole things which are íhort- ly and certainly to come to pats, as come topals, and as the Apofileargues in Spirituals,We know that weare tranflatedfro( death to life,becauf ire lave the brethren, and be that believeth bath eternal life:So we may argue about naturrals, he that is tick beyond the helpof means, and ,the skill of the Phyfrtians tranflated from life to death, and we may concludeof a man in this cafe, he hath temporal death, or he may fayof himfelf as Job doth in the next words. The Graves are ready for me. The Original is very concife, it is only there, The Graves for me ; we fupply thofe words Are ready. And becaufe of that 11701ïrt thortnefs of the language, there have been manycon jef ures Sepulchre for the fupply or filling up of the fence. Some thus,The graves mthi. cum for me ; that is, there is nothingfor me to think of now , but ftt iTh. o indtf only a grave, I may lay afide all other bufnefs, and attend jaronießat that alone,how I may lie down in the dufi with peace.. I am voile modta not a man for this world,it is belt for me to retire or with. pefcipa.. draw my foul quite from the earth,feeing I have no hope o keep my body long out ofit ; or if I do let out my foul to the earth, it (hall beonly to fo much of it, as will hold my body, or ferve to make me a grave. Thegravesfor me. Secondly, The graves for me ; that is, I defire or with for nothing but a grave, agrave for my money, as we fayof a thing that we greatly detire : fo faith jo6, 4; grave forme:
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