Chap. ty. AnExpofition upon theBookof J OB. Verf. 23. 311 0 that my words. The Hebrew is, who will give me ? As if this were fuch a .b;tv grüs fpeciall favour, that he looking about him could not finde Oprandi forma any man ready to bellow it onhim ; as if pen, ink, andpaper, Hebrais ufita- and the pains of writing, were a greater bounty then he was to, valet idem like to meete with in the world. The Hebrew expreffion, im- good stiaam. ports much difficultie, though not an impo.flìbilitie; who will nfiriptuTquis ;an doe it ? As ¡file had Paid, it is hard to finde a man to under- take this taske; O that my words, &c. 'Tis queried here, what impob:li fed words he meaneth, or what he meaneth by there words, there- pro difc, are threeopinions about it. temper B ac e ipi- G Firft, Some take words in a general! notion for the hifto- ;ur. Ecclf 3. ry ofall his actions and fufferings in the whole feries of his tryall. O that, what I have done, O that, what I have endured cunífa qus were faithfully recorded. Words are put for things by a fre- fertulit. Grog; quent Hebraifme. Verba pro re- Secondly, Others reftraine there words to what he had Paid bx, iples. Po- by way of defence or apoligie for himfelfe; in this conceit !ychr: with his friends. Thirdly, We may rather referre thefe wards he would have written to what he was about to fpeake, to which there two Vertes feeme but a Preface ; O that the words which I ¡hall Ea qua Palen fpeake next might be written, though all that I have already it e & fpoken be (tattered in the winde. Golden words indeed: ì'hofe trams fubjungit, were, and worthy to be Written in Letters ofGold. Glorious & de adventu words concerning the Redeemer, concerning the laft Judge- 61. Hier :. rant, concerning the Refurree:bon, and his hope of Glory, Pmmch ad come next to beopened ; 0 that thefe wards ( faith he) were , difuru3 written,that they were printed in a Bookrhat they weregraven,&c, ium de jpe. There,are three ¡ceps of this with, quam in deo Fait, That his words might be written. firmavi That they might beprinted. Thirdly, That they might begraven; all three note du- ration, yet with agradual! difference. To write a thing, notes the prefervation of it a word Vox audita pc, heard quickly perifheth, 'tis gone into ayre, that which is writ- tit, litera f rip. ten, is preferved and con;inueth ; We tranfmit oar minder; to mane. our opinions and actions to pofteritie by writing.
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