222 Chaff, 19. e.sfy E'xpofition upon the Boob of J Verf. i2, Chap. 2.2. ) will bring forth. The decree ( like a woman with childe) will be in travaile, till it hath brought forth this judge -. ment againft all the enemies ofChrift ; yea though they lit upon thrones, and have the Nations under their feete, yet they muff be made his footftoole. ?ob found hard ilroakes from the handof God, who did onely count him as an enemy, what then fhall they receive, who arehis enemies indeed? lob proceeds to giveus a more particular defcription of Gods dealing with him, as with one ofhis enemies, Rill profecuting the Allegory ofWarre. Verf. I2. His troopes come togeth r, and rho, raife up their way againft me,and encamp roundabout myTabernacle. Here are three things confiderable. Firft, The gathering of the Armie; His troopes come toge ther. Secondly, Their march ; They raife uy their way againft me. Thirdly , Their Siege ; They encamp round about my Taber- nacle. In all which, lob elegantly defcribes the enemy-like proceed- ings ofGodwith him. His troopes come together. The Hebrew is Gad , the name of one of the Patriarkes;. (Gen. 49. 19.) Gad, a troopefhallovercome him, but hethanover- come at thelag : Both words are of the fame root; Gadfignifies a troope, and toovercome. His troopes come together againft me. But what are thefe troopes ? I anfwer, They are the feverall aftli &ions, and troubles , which God mufter'd and called together to charge 70b with. Many Horfemen make a troope, and fo doe many afflidions, ?ob had fo many as made not onely a troope, but an Armie, yea agreat Armie. He fpeakes not ofa tingle troope, but ofmany trooper; He loath brought hie treepet againft me. Some troopes inthe letter affaulted ?ob , troopes of Chalde ass, and ofSabeans; but betides thefehis fickneffe, and his fores, his Copia dei fui, omnis generis calamitates. Merl.
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