256 Chap. 0. efln expofâtion upon the Book,of J o B. Verf.-i 5, underhand lob (peaking of fuch in this Text. The dwellers in mine houfe, or profelytes, fnch as I have been a rneanes to turne to God, even they turne away fromme; They count me a f ran- ger,and I aman aliant in theirfight. They counted me a franger. ^.? ,al.° +rnrn , The word lignifies not anely a ftranger, but an enemy; frgo ficai & bojtem. Strangers have devoured the land, (Ira. i. 7.) that is, enemies. And the reafon why the fame word fignifies both an enemy and a ltranger , is, becaufe enemies are the worft of strangers And though fometimesour neighbours and they of our owne houle are enemies to us, yet molt commonly our enemies are ftrangers to us, and alwayes they who are enemies, are eftranged from us. Inwhich fence Solomon often calls the Harlot a frange woman, (Pro. a. ió. 5. 3. &c. ) Not onelybecaufe the is aftran- ger, oranother, from a lawfull wife, but becaufe_ _fheis really añ enemy , and will deltroy his peace who is enticed and over- come by her. Further, This word which we render Stranger, fignifies all() aprophane man , who indeed fhould be a stranger to the Saints, and is a ftranger to God as the. Apottie expreffeth all Inch, (Ephef. 2. 12. ) Aliensfrom the Common-wealth of Ilrael, f ran- gersfrom the Covenant ofpromife, havingno hope, andwithout God in the world. So, foreunderhand it here. They count mea f ranger; That is, the men ofmy houle, who have feene my way ofworfhip, and have joyned with me in the situ: prophet- exercifes ofReligion now thatI am fallen under°thefe afflic5ti- num reputave- ono, count me as a ftran er from the Covenant as a prophane runt me. g p Targ. man, as an out-raft from the people ofGod : As if he had laid They wholately were f rangers and aliensfrom the true fod, now count me afranger, and an alien, as ifIbad renounced my Religi- on, andhadmade defe&ionfrom thefeare ofGod. e4nd I am an aliant in their fight. An aliant is a man unknowne to us, or if knowne to us, xttane+u foi yet not of the fame Nation with us. I am accounted an aliant. As if I were not the fame man, as WI were not job, but a ftrange kinde of creature, newly come into the world , or come from- another world, My friends looke upon me as if they had never feene
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