4.6o Chap.i7. AnExpeftion upon the Book of JO_B; Verf.6 be thus tortured, he (hall no more efcape the hand- of God, then the meanefi of his Subjects, and he (hall be handled in the fame manner as themeanefi among them (hall. The diV honour of fuch a fuffering is a greater punifhment to a great King, then the pain ofit , yet he cannot be difpenfed with, yeafor the Kingit is prepared. Thepile ofit is fire, and much wood: What's the meaning of Chit ? My Author anfwers, This punifhment of Drumming was fometimes but preparato- ry to another:Fir(t, they were beaten,& then they were burn - ed;and therefore(faith he)before the Engine a great fire was made, into which when they were tortured by beating, of- juberamaver: fenders were cati and confumed toa(hes. Our Martyrologyes noaialenflip: tell us ofCome, who have been firft hanged, and then burned rem.plebea and ordinarilyamong us, when Traytors are put to death, a clarnmpena fire is made at the place ofExecution, into which their bow- rne;damner vex Koin. cis are cati, when their bodies are cut up andquartered. Thus run.PruMa d-in rtyr here, Thepile thereofit fire and much wood : And the breath of the Lord as a ffreamofbrimftone doth kindle it ; that is, The Lord being extreamly angry with , and incenfed againtt the King of e/Iffyria, will therefore kindle this fire of his wrath totally to confume him. -But here it may be demanded, Did anyofthe Kings of Af- fyria, who captivated and afflióced the Jews , fuffer fuch a kind ofdeath as this ? I fuppofe none of them did Some tell us that the Army of Senacherib which invaded Judea, was overthrown and defiroyed by the Angel in that place called Tophet, or in the ValleyofHinnon, which is allo given as a reafon why that word is ufed in the Prophet; but Senacherib himfelf was flair in the Temple ofhis Idol,a Kind 9.27.Nor is it (as I conceive) the mind of our Expofitor, to conclude from hence that the King of Babylon was put to death by fuch a rotture ; but only to thew under the defcriptíonof that kind ofdeath;that the death and defiruc`tion ofthe KingofBabylon (hould be very terrible, and that God would judge him , even as notorious offenders are, both to a painful and a thameful end. As this Interpretationof the Prophet gives much light to that of Job, fo it is an ingenious conje&ure upon that place, and carries a fair correfpondence bpth to Truth and Reafon. Nor is there ( that I have met with) any Interpreterwho Both:
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