Chap. 20. An Expafition upon the Bookof J O B. Vert. 9. As a vifion ofthe night. There are two forts ofviti ons, as-to the time of their appea. rance. Firft; Vifions of the day ; Secondly, of the night. Vifions ofthe day fixe more ftrongly upon us, and are more permanent, vifions of the night paffe fooner out of our memory, and are more tranfient.Therefore to chew thevanifhing Rate ofthe wic- ked man more fully he compares him to a vifion of the night. A vifion hath fome what in it beyond ordinary dreames. All vi- fions are accompanied with the reprefentation offome outward fhape to the eye or phancy which many dreames have not ; As was further (hewed, Chap 4. 13. to which place I referre the reader; and fhaIl proceed to the next verle which brings up the conclufionofboth thefe Allufions. Verf. 9. The eye whichfaw him!hall fee him no more,neither/hall his place anymore beholdhim. Thefe words Zophar takesout ofyobs mouth, (who !poke the fame thing in his own cafe, Chap. 7.8. i o..) As jibewould caft him for a wicked man by his own confcßìon, and turne what he bad faid upon himfelf. For the fence of the Text the reader may iiaon "Zits. confultthat Chapter, there being nothing in thefe words ofany Hebre fpeciall obfervation, beyond what was there offer'd. The letterof the Hebrewmay be thus rendred ; The eye hath feene, aad [hallnet adde. 'Tisufuall in Scripture-phra fe, to fay that he adds to doe a thing, which Both thatagaine which he bath done once or often before. And becaufe the Originali leavesout theobje& ofthis fight Therefore fome referre it to Tit fit Apodoft5 thenight vifion ; tranflating thus The eye altowhichfaw it (fc: pracedentis the vifion )/hallfee it no more. As ifhe had fayd, Thé wicked ft"militmdraih man is like a night vifion, which being once feene difappeares andis feeneno more We fixe it upon the wicked man him. felfe. The eye which bath.Peen him!haltfee himno more.They who lawhim flourifhing fhall fee him fading, till he fadequite out of fight. Neither ¡hallhis place any more beholdhim. Which words may be expounded by a double figure, both frequently rifed in theholy Scriptures. Firft, by an Ertallage. P P P'2 PIo 475
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