394 Chap, i 9. n Expofition upon the P,00keof JOB. Vert a7. readie ; and I take that to be themeaning of our Tranllators ; Though my reins be confirmed within me. Yet a little further to open these words, and to give you twoor three things from them. The Vulgar tranfIat ion is ex- treame wide from our reading, though the abetter s of it la.. hour to make it out from the O:iginalt; This hope is layd up in try bofome. 7Jb having given a confeßïon ofhis faith in the Re- deemer ofthe reiurretion, He ( acco rding to this tranflation ) Repo¡rra r concludes; This bope,or the hope ofthese things is layd up in my 6o- bæcJper ;nfftnu fours. The word rendred withifi mein the He brew, lignifies the meo, yutg:. bofo ne or chef' ( as wecall it.) of thebody ; and fo, by a meta- phor, that wherein we lay up our fecrets, our defires, and our hopes ; thefe areall layd up in our bofomes. Je fus Chrift is faya to come out ofthe6 f me ofhas lather, where his fecrets, his hid treafures are à'ored up. i;1Infrgnift- We fay, Though my reins be confumed within me;they fay,?'his cat "04'7'74'1 hope is layd xp inmy bofome. But holy come they by. the word 111óm its tic hspe, and the word, layd up ? Theanfwer is thus given : The fame fecaliarhk de- root which lignifies the reins, lignifies alto to consume, or tof- fderio alicujur Align And becaufe our defires confine us, (a man by ftrong rei.2ltide eriam delires is asit were wafted and fpent) . Or becaufe a man en- rfurratuYpro deavours by all meaner, to erfec and con his defires defidera *e Y P el/fizz e. Hinc by attaining and enjoying the thingdefired ; therefore the word , dicun":r renal Both allo lignifie to consume, or to cocfummate as well as tode- r-Onpal; fire. And becaufe the reins are the feat of delire, as Naturalifts ifrentr our cónurnman- fpeake, they are therefore in the Hebrew expreft by delire it tes, qutain;t/i, felfe. The fame word is rendred both reins andAfire, becaufe videntur,ics. the reins provoke delire, or to the fulfilling ofdelire ( Pfal. 26. fuumaxi deft- 2. ) Try my heart andmy reins, that is, Lord try mydelires what deria. Hine the things arewhich I would have. So ( Pfal. 7.9.) TheLord vugatur ve tit. fp: , Ira cum t ryeth the heart, and thereins; that is,he finds out or discovers the def;derto rei molt fecret delires ofmen ; He knows what every one would fperata coti have, as well as what every one doth ; He knows what themo- yuntïa ell rions ofour reins are, as well as what the motion of our hands are. And hence becaufe what we hope for, we desire and waite for, therefore the Text is thus read;This hspe is laydrip in my bo- fome. It's true, Saints treafure up in their breasts the hope ofthe refurredtion, the hopeoftheglorie ofthe life to come This they keepe among their chiefit treafures ; This is the riches, the
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