23Z Chap. tg, egn Expofition upon the Bookof J o B. Verf. I,, J o B. Chap. 19. Verf. 13, 14, 15. 13. He bath put myBrethrenfarre fromme, andmine ac® quaintance areverily efirangedfromme, 14. My kinrfàlI(e havefailed, and my familiarfriends have forgotten me. 15. They that dwell in mine hoof, andmy maidens count mefor a, iranger, &c. j 0 B bath thus farre expreft his ( almof) unexpreffible for rowes and affliftions, by many elegant metaphors and allu- fions ; he is now as exic`t and accurate in fatting forth the etfe&s of thofe forrowes , or what followed upon his ali- ition. The firff effect is defcribed in this context, to theend of the 19t1 verle and that is the unkindneffe and contempt, the un- faithfulneffe,"and unthankfulneffeof his friends and neereft rela- tions, Secondly , He thewes the waffirg ofhis ftrength, and the ge- nerall confumptionofhis owne bodie, at the 20th verfe ; My bone cleaveth to my skin, and to myffefh, anddam efcapeel with the skin ofmy teeth ; The burthenofall which preffures, inforced him to make a threefold cry. Firft, For pine and compafíion Havepizie uponme, have pi- tie open me, 0ye my friends, for the bandof God hash touchedme, verf. 2I. Secondly , For fparing and forbearance in the 22. verf. twhy . doeyouperfecute me as God, andare not fatisßedwith myflefh. Thirdly, He cries out for attention to his cry, and ferrous con- fideration ofhis fad Complaint, in the 23 and24 verles; 0 that mywords were nowwritten,0 that they were printed in a book, that they graven withan iron penand lead in a rockfor ever Thefe words hold forth the firff effect which followed his forrowesand afflictions, namely, the withdrawingof his friends, the unkindneffe or contempt of all thofe that were about him ; and he feemes to caft, or ditfribute thofe into foure ranks, from whomhe received fuch unkindneffes. Firlf,
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