462 Chap.17. AnLxDofítioxt upon the Book of J(,l B. Verf. 6 (port, hag. 16.25. Thus ( as the fenfe of this Tranflatiän 7ofitrft acre rn leads us ) job aggravates his forrows by the joy which of meputam in thers difcovered at it ; which is alfa the iuo ;aeiia' dev seni. meaningof the Se h eur rim tua int r woofe reading is, Thou haft made me a talkamong te people, andI becamea,laughing flockto them. Hence Obferve. Grief ismolt grievous when others rejoyceat it. Thofe aílliaions which make others laugh, make us moll mournful : When Nero had fet Borne on fire, he made himfelf mufick.at it, and that calamity upon the City, was as a Ta- bret to him, while they were forrowing, he was tinging. As to rejoyce at the evil which others fuller, is bale joy, the wort+ ofjoyes in it fell, fo it makes the evils which we fuller worfe to our apprehenlion. The Prophet laments over'. erufalem, becaufe of this, Lament; 2. 15. Z11 that pafs by clap their hands at thee, they bifs andwagg their head at the Daughter of Jerufalem, faying, Is this the City that men call the perfeion of beauty, thejoy of t he whole earth ? All thine enemies have open- ed their mouth againft thee,t hey bifs andgnafb the teeth,theyfay, We havefwallowedher up certainly,this is the day that ree looked for, We have found, we havefeen it. Jerufalem was as much burdenedwith her Enemies joy , as with her own forrows. If when we mourn, we have ibme tomourn with us , we are comforted in our mournings ; but when God leaves us to the fcorn and ,contempt of men , when they make themfelves merry with our troubles, and exult at our Calamities, when our Tears are as \Vine to them, and the bread of our afilrtia on becomes the bread oftheir delire, this renders our forrows out of meafure forrowful. Hence David, Pfal. 25. 2. prayes fo hard, Lord let not mineEnemy triumph over me : It is eater to lofea battle,yea to dye in a battle,then to be led in triumph, or to be triumphed over after,the battle : David being freed from that fear,gathers a firong argument that God had refpeól: to him, P(.41. i i. By this áknow that thoufavoureft me, becaufi mine enernydoth not triumph over me, It is greaten mercy when we triumph over our enemies, but it is great mercy when God delivers us from being triumphed over by our Enemies, for as the mercies of the wicked, fo the joyes of the rnercilefs are cruel. The Apatite reports it as a great part of his affliction, that he w 5 made agazin;ftock,, or a fpettacle to the world, to Angels
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