Chap.17. An Expofrtion upon the Bookof j O B. Verf.1z. 5 i 3 light doth not) this morning light (faith he) came before the face.ofdarknels. To which Ionic the Vulgar Latine tranflates the lift claufe, After darknefs I hopefor light, or though I be now in dark- Er rurfaar ßo13 nets , I hope for light : As if ob had laid, After this dark tenor,: fpero night and dreadful ftorm,God loath fpoken to the angry Sea ofmy lucent. Vulg. tempeftuous thoughts, andbehold theee Is a great calme, But though the Author ofthisExpoiition befo much in love with it,that he counts all other fpurious;yet I rather perfift in and flick to the former ; Cooing the whole context runs upon the aggravation of Jobs preCent troubles, with which this Inter- pretation holds no agreement. Nor is there any necellity (as theAuthor fuppoCeth)to take it up,for theavoiding of that iwnputationof a low, weak, and finkingfpirit,which the for- mer expoftiòn in his apprehenfion fubjeds /ob unto ; for though we fay that Job doth, as often elfewhere, fo here a- gain,make reports of his forrows in higheái ftraines of holy It hetorick,yet we are fo fart from laying that he defpunded, or funk under them, that we doubt not to fay ( which is all that this Author would fay, or have others take notice in his tingular interpretation) that he was more then a Con- queror over them all. 'Tis not only granted that Job did hope for a day of joy after his nightof forrow, but affirmed that he had aday of joy in his night offorrow (for he could fay in a true fenfewhat théApoillePaul after did,asforrowful, yet alwayes rejoycing) yet his night (by reafonof his out- ward troubles, and many alfaults ofinward terrour) was changed into a laborious toyling day, and his outward light ofcomfort was fhort and quickly ended, when he had it, By reafon ofthefaces (as the Original hath it) orfuddex ap- pearancesofdarknrfi. u t u Joe,
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