3oq. Chap. 19. An Ewpofitian upon,the Bakeof JO B. Verf. 22. that it is.his will you (hould, why doeye perfecute me as God. eÀndare net f:tiofiedwith myfir 7 . Et caroibm Some read it affirmatively ; And1e are fatio fedwith myfeeih ; ,neís (uaramt That is, my flefh is your leali, you feed upon my forrow ; my ' flefh, that is, the afliic`lions which wound my flefh are a refrefh- d bane ;;o t ing to you, it is a . pleafure to 5 ou to fee me in paine. It is a fin vü';ytm fis mei not to pittie thofe that are aflii&ed, what is it then to take : oriscracia pleafure in their afflidiolis? and to make our felves merry 3 with their troubles, and to drinke tl eir teares as fweet wine. But the negative particle in the Original! forbids this tranfia- clon, nor may we conceive him charging his friends with this remorfelefie inhumanitie. Yet Secondly, Others read it ( without the negative particle ) as a prayer ; why doeye perfecute me .0 god, 'befat isfiedwith my fiefb, or, Pray befatifled withmyflefh ; then the meaning is this, doe not you forceon this my affiidion as farre as God, 73eyoas fatisfeed withmyfl ¡h ; God afflideth my foul, I confeffe he doch, ,hisarrowes flick upon and drink up my fpirit, he bath fent trouble into my minde, and try.eth me with inward terrors and temptations. But my brethren, doe not you perfecute me as God, befat rofied with my tiefh; that is, with the affli&ions and troublesofmy flefh, doe not vex my fpirit, as the Lord is plea- fed todoe, be you fatisfied with this pained bodie, with thefe purified (bares, proceed I pray, no farther, O doe not vex my foule! Mailer Broughton gives this gloffe upon it; Be contented, that myfiefh is wafted, zee not about likefavage halls to breake my bones a1/ò ; as if the oppofitionwere not between flefh and fpi- rit, but bectveen flefh and bones. But the former interpretati- on carriesa fuller fenfe, and a higher aggravation ofhis mife- ry. For though towoundand breake the bones, be more then towound the flefh, and Satan ( Chap. 2. 5.) moved for both Tutforth thy hand now, and touch his bone and hisflefh, yet to wound the fpirit is farre more then ro wound the bones. Our -tranflation which exprefreth the negative particle, And are nct fatiofied withmy flefh, may verywell agree with, and be reconci- led to this ; for while according to this rendring he faith, Tray 4e fatif fi.eà vwirh myfh!h, he fuppofeth, that they were not fatisfi- ed with his flefh. Now
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