45$, Chap,i7. AinExpóftion upon the Book of J O B Verf,( then(taking the former part of the Verde, not as we render it, 1 am a byw, rd, but as the word properly fgnifies, to Govern, or bear Rule, and then I fay ) the tënfe appears thus, I who 5iátuit pie ad have been a Ruler, or in placeof Authority heretofore, and nom eioninaripopu looked upon i a man either had been or deferves to be tortured, dfr 6!,9'ty,m- drummed, or cudgelled; as if I were at once an ordinary man and panr.tstur pa- anextraordinary Malefaftor : We may alto keep to our tranf torn ero.f old. lation of the former part of the Verfe, and fuite this Expoiì.ti- Acfipti6licP on ofthe latter part very well unto it ; Thus, He bath made me fuffem tyrrpa- a, by wordofthepeople, andbefore them 1 am in no better repute nivrus & ba then a man whofor hisfaults loath undergonepublicklhame ;as if cilliscafur. zre fhouldfay ( according to our =flames .then a man that bat' been whipt about theftreets, or that bathflood upon the Pillory , or that bath been branded with a bot Iron in the hand or face, both which applications of this Expofition center in that Ob. flrrvation lately given , about the changablenefs and incon fancy of mans opinion concerning and of his affeetions to- wards man : And. therefore I (hall not it-11M further upon the ufe ofit, but only add, that, Bolduc, A Learned Interpreter takes much pains to make out a- Proof of this Expofition from that paffage of the Prophet Ifaiah, Chap.3o. Verf. 30 3i, 32, 33, where the. Lord ha vingmade gracious promifes to his own people of their deli- verance from the Affyrian bondage, thus threatens the Affyri9 an the Rod of his anger,and.the ftaffofhisindignation,Ver.3o, '1 he Lordfhall caufe bis gloriousvoice to be beard,andfballfhery the lighting down ofhis arm with the indignation cfhis anger, and with the flame ofa devouring fire, with fcattering tempt[ andhail/tones.For through the voice ofthe Lord(hall . the Affyri- an,be beaten down,which[mote with a Rod. And in every place sphere thegroundfîafffhallpats , ziéh the. Lord lay upon him it , [hall be withTabretsandHarps,and:in batte!: of[Flaking will be fight with it. For Tophet(which is the wordofthe Text) ordainedofold, yea,for the King it isprepared , be loath made it deep and large : The pile thereof is fire andmuch wood,the breath ofthe Lord like a ftream of brim /tone doth kindle it. In thefe words(faith myAuthor)there isa clear defcription ofthat kind of torture, ç,al-Ied,Tyrnpanization, or Drumming,with which the King ofAfJyria is either threatned ( in fpecie) particular- ly, and properly;, or by a Synecdoche' to (hew that God would
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