198 Chap. 19. crin expof:tion upon the Bock of J o a. Verf.9p CVO ia! hiphif eft fpoliarealte- ro fuadente ;ex verbo dicers l''e- cit fpoliare cet figñ'fccet mulror in fuamcalami- tatern alicutou priai pd hy- mn d7 fuafia ceAfpira7e. of light tiring to them in darkneffe, have had darkneffe rifirg in darkneffe, or darkneffe upon darkneffe ; Inward darknefle upon outward darkneffe : The darkneffe of an afliic`ted Spirit, upon the darkneffeofan alic4ed State ; A darkneffe about what becomes then to doe, mingledwith the darkneffe of their grea- ten fufferings ; Their path is at once a painefull one, and an obfqure one, they are full of paine when they goe and they are full of uncertainties and doubts, both when and where to goe. Hebathfit darknefne an my paths ; And, Verf 9. He loath fiript me of my glc y, and takenmy Croírne frommy head. This verle contains a fecond comparifon, by which Yob am- plifies his afflißion ; He amplified it in the former verle by comparing himfelfe to a traveller, who meets with thofe two great difcommodities in his way, Croffefences, and darknegi now he amplifies it by comparing himfelfe to a man lately cloathed and furnifhed with rich and excellent ornaments, . but now ftript naked and bare. Thus in a literal! fence ro- f phs brethren dealt with him, ( gen. 37. a3.) they fiript ban out ofhis coate, his coate of many colours (or pieces ) that was on him. The fame word is ufed in both places, yob corn- plaines offuch hardufag°; He hathflript me ofmyglory. Theword which we render fiript, being in Hiphil, imports the doing of a thing at the perfwafion of another ; He bath fiript me of my glorie ; That is, he bath caufed, or encouraged others to !trip me drily glorie. 'Tis the barbarifme of the worft fort of thieves and rob- bers, to ftrip travellers, or fnch as fall into their hands, and leave them naked. The word lignifies allo a grearer cruelty, then (trippingoff the cloathes, even the !trippingoff the skin ; fo we tranflate it, ( Micah g. 3. ) where the Prophet thus be- fpeakes the oppreffingPrinces of lTraci ; Heare,7prayyou,0 head: of?acob,&c. Who alto eat theflefh ofmypeople, and flay their rain from effthem,and break.e their bones,and chop them in pieces, a4 for the pot, andasflea within the caldron. We give the fame fence here He bathfir/pt me of my . glorie ; That is, he bath taken it off
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