274 Chap.19, AnBxpofstionupon the Bookof J OB. Verf. 19. Verf. 19. All my inward freinds` abhorredme, and they whom I loved are turned againfi me. lob proceeds to another ranck offreipds, he fpake of his ordinary freinds before, now of thofe who were as his Coun- cil! ; Though aman bath many freindsto convene with, yet fome few onely are fit freinds, to takecounfell with. We may love many hea tily , yet but few thould know our hearts . TheHebrew i, The men ofmy /ecrets; That is, the men to whom I opened my lecre '-s, and With whom I tooke advife in things ofneereft concernment. In Scripture we fonde many fuch He- braifines. (Ifa.5.13.) We tranfl.ate, Thy honorable men arefa- mifheçl. The Hebrew letter is, Their Glory are menoffamine. So (Obadi.7. ) The men of thy cantederacie; That is, themen . with whom thou had'ft contederacie, or didft joyne thy felfe in league or Covenant; fohere, The menofhis Jeerers, are the men towhom he communicated his fecrets; Thefe we call inwardfreinds. He is an inward freind, withwhom 've either advife what todoe, or whom we tell what we have done, or are about to doe; as Chrif befpeaks his Difciples ( roh. 14. 15. )Henceforth call Iyou not fervant.r,for thefervant b.noweth not what bis llafler dock, But Ihave calledyou freinds: forall things that I have heard ofthefather declare Iunto you.As ifChriít had faid; As my father bath opened his bofome tome, fohave I to you. Thereforeyou are not ufed like fervants,but like inward friends. Of fuch lob complainer here, My inwardfreinds. erl6horre me. ztri Eff it Theword implies filch_ an abhorring ofbim, as if he had q aueao,n manart ut rep ait ute been a manunfit forany familiarityat all, much more for in- tue omni farni. ward familiarity. As if he had faid ; The men with whom Ijoy- liarirate ìnar ned heart and hand will not comeatme. Theyftand ofas ifIwere unworthy tobefpoken to, or to be heardfpeake ; they deft my cornpa ny,and»il nothave to doe withme. The worths applyed to the a- verfation ofall the fenfes, it is applyed to hearing, ( eflmos.5. ;o. ).to finelling, (Ifa.1.13. ) to the tafle, (Gen.43.32. ) to touching or feeling, (¡fa.14.19. ) Thus ( faith he )by the men that wert to meas my owne foule am I now the abhorrence of their foules, yea evenoî all their fenfa. Ir$.
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