Chap. 20. An ¡ pofiticn upon the Book!' or J OB. Verf. r 1. 487 wicked man ; Hid bones fnallfeelefull pay fir hisyouths pranks ; that is, be fhall-be fully punifhned, being: an old impenitent. Sin is often p.:t in Scripture for punifhment. But what are we to underhand by thel`e bones ? Hùbores arefull ; Bones in a ftrict fence are (as it were) the timbersand rafters of the body which maintaine and keep up the whole fabrickr. Here by bones we may underhand, firfJ any thing.°that is ftrong or firme. So, His bones are fao l of the fens ofhis push, i , -his greater ftrength kath fill of punifhmcnt, for the bons are the itrorigeft part of the body. Secondly, By bones we may underhand the whole outward man, (P/si. 141. y.) Our bones lfefcatteredat thegraves month, that is, our whole body is ready todrop into the grave ; againe, 14h my bones fhall fay, &c. (Pf35.1o.) That is, my whole man, body and foul (hall faySometimes thebones are put Specially for the foul (P(.5 1.8.) Davui` prayeth,that God would refore to him the p,y of hisfaluatian,and that the bones whichhe bad broken might rejoice. Where by bones he means the (pirit,the inward parts: for though the mind ofa man be an immateriali fubftance, and bath nocorporiety in it, yet the ftrengthof a man is in his fpi- tit ; as the bones are the ftrengthof the body, fo the minde is the ftrengthof the whole man. When a mans fpirit is broken, we may well fay, His bones are broken. In this fence we may un derftand that ofDavid (Pal. 6. z, 3.) Have mercy upon me, O ; Lord,for 1 am, weske, 0 Lordheale me, for my bones are vexed : That is, my fpirit : fo (`Pf. 38. 3.) There isnofoundneffe in my f ofo, becaufe ofthine anger, neither is there any reff-in my boner ; That is, the outward, the inward man, my flefh and fpirit, are Unfound and reftleffe, by reafen of my `n fo that we are not - to interpret bones, as oppofed to f:ib, but as they denote the heft and ftrongeft of man, body and foule ; and then, to fay, His bones are full of the fns of his youth, is as much as to fay, his youthful) fins draw trouble quite through him, they leave nothing of him untoucht or untainted: Thus we may expound the words, as implying the univerfality and extenfion of the wicked mans puniftiment, it (hall foak into his very bones and marrow. When Satan defined leave of God to touch the skin and bones of rob, his meaning was, let me have liberty and sommiffion to íkrike him quite through, without. and within to-3
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