414 ChaP.i7. An Expo itiott upon the Book of J O B. Verf. 2. reads, hi thefe mens vexing ledgeth mine eyes; that is,When I go tobed and hope to fleep, then inflead of lodging in my bed, I lodge in the thoughts of my friends unkindnefs ; and indeed, a manmay fleep better upon the bare boards, then upon hard words. Such words keep the eyes waking , and are as bad to fleepupon,as a pillow of thorns, efpecially when ( which was robs cafe)the eye continueth in them :Intentnefs ofmind, or vehement cogitation about any thing, keep open the eyes, and forbid the approachof refs ; Path not miae'eye continue.? In theirprovocation. ( Provocations.) He called themMockers, and their mock, riel a `1ìt1 ' ings were provocations.The word ( as Tome derive it ) fignifies amarum efe. that which is bitter, Provocation is a bitter thing: Others de- Sive a nia rive it from a root fignifying to irritate and tiir up the spirit of good eft irrita refree a man ; which is provocation 'properly. Provocation is a high bare. all of wrong: A man may do another wrong, on this fide a provocation ; as the provocation ofGod is a high adoffin in man, ordinary alts of tin do not amount to a provocation, Pfal.1o6.7. They provoked him at the Sea(it is this word) even at the redSea,t hat is,There they finned exereamly.So Pfal.95, 8 which the Apodie quotes, Heb 3.8. The Holy Ghoü calls the wholeof that peoples froward walking , or finning againfi God in the Wildernefs, The provocation : Harden not your hearts, as in theprovocation ; that is, In the time when ye finned, not only to the offending, but to the provoking of God againti you, not to the breaking of his Laws, but to the vexing of his fpirit. When fin is compleat , and iniquity grown to a full ftature, that day is juflly marked in the -Ca- lender ofScripture, with a red Letter, implying wrath, and is therefore called, The provocation : So when any man deals very unkindly, frowardly, or unfaithfully,againil his Brother, then 'tis a provocation, Doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? Now for as much as the fame word fignifieth both bitter - nefs and provocation, and that moti provocations are given by uncharitable and unconfiderate (peeches Obferve. Firft, Vnkindwords are bitter to the hearer. The
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