a8z Chap. a 9. AnExpoftion upon the Book of JOB. Verf. 20. He hadnothing left him, but the inf$ruments of fpeech, which Satan hoped would be the inttrumentsof tin. Others by theskin ofhis teeth, underftand the more immedi- atte skinof the teeth, his gumnaes, which arefockets into which the teeth are fet and faftned. All there tral.flations and inter- pretations meete in the exprefion of this one thing, that his beauty was faded, and the ftrength of his body utterly confu- med, that he waswithin a flee of death, and ready to drop in- to the grave. When the bone cleaves to the skin, both are neere cleaving to the dull. And he who is efcaped onely with the skinof his teeth, is not like to e!cape the teeth of death. The next thing which the body bath to loofe is life, when all is loft but skin and bone. My bone cleaveth to my skin, &c. Hence Note ; Firtt, Afound minde oft lodgeth in a confirmed and crazy body. 'job had a healthy fpirit, but his body was unhealthy While his bone cleaved to hisskin, his foule cleaved to Chritt, Some good foules are ill houfèd in thebody,andCome beautiful( thong bodyes are ill tenanted by the foule. f rindbody and afound minde together are a compleat bleJ ng. Secondly, Ohferue bow much ?ob laves this to heart, he makes it his complaint once and again, both here and elfe- where. Hence Note Bodily confasnption may prove very affliaive to thefoundeft mind. Though a found minde canbeate the paine of the body, yet it cannot but be fenfible ofthe painofthe body. Soule and body are fuch neere neighbours, that they muff needs know how eachother doe. If the body be ftrong, an afjlifted minde will weaken it. And iftheminde be well, yet an aftli ledbody will trouble it. Some who have a fulneffe and fatneffe ofgrace in their fouies, have been heard bemoaning themfelves in regard of bodily weaknefle in the language ofthe Prdphet (Ifa.24.16.) fiy leanewJJe,my leaneneffe. In the former part ofthe Verfe,that makes report of what he had heard, andwhat was that ? From ahe utterrnoff part'of the earth have we heard fongs,even glory to the igioWPM. All the men in the world ( who knowwhat they fang) o NI
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