54z Chap. zo. AnExpoftuonupon the Bock of J OB. Verf. zo findehis craving appetite, his hunger and thirft after the world appeafed, how much foever of the world he bath devoured ; no, though he fhouid have devoured the whole world. He fhall not ( as it were:) know the meafure ofhis own belly ; nor how to proportionatehis defire to a comfortable enjoyment, being meetly led by unfatisfiable and boundleffe lulls. Thus he feeles no quietneffe in his belly. Zopbars language continues in the for mer allufion to a gluttonous eater, whoeats till his belly akes, and crammes himfelfe till his llomackis rather ficke then fatif fled. By he belly, we are to underftand the appetite, thole powere of defire which take in, and concoét faller then the flomack can, and hold infinitelymore then the belly can. When the na- tural! belly is full, this is empty and hungry. This Zophar might intend while he faith, He 'ball notfeele quietneffe in bis belly Ior;as when there is a convenient portion received into the body ; this fulnef e is the quieting of the flomack, and of thole natural! powers, that draw and fuck in the food, and pray for it a fo there is a filling of the minde to the fraying, appea- ling, andquietingofits appetite, which ufually exceeds the bo- dilyappetite. There is a moral! appetite as well as a raturait appetite, and that is moll hardly fatisfied, and filled. It is fo hard to be .filled that all the good things in the world cannot fill up the roomeand flowage ofit ; and therefore the cove- tous wretch cannot fide, or know quietneffe in his belly. This is his punifhment, after all that he bath fcraped, and hoar.. ded together, yet the man faith not, it is enough. 'David (mfal. 17 14 ) defcribes the men ofthe world, who bave their portion in thù life, whole belly thoufilleff with thy bid treafurf, they arefull ofChildren, and leave the refs of their Alliance for their babes. That is, thou givefl them enough to fatisfie nature, thou filleft their bellies ; thou openeR thy treafures, thy fore- houfe,thy granary,thy wardrobe; thou openeR all that wherein anygood thing is layd up, either for back,or belly : (fo by a Se- ncedoche we are to underftand it) thou filleft them with thy hid treafures, with treafures hid in the bowels of the earth, but when they are at the fullelt, when they are fluffedtill their bellies are read, to break, andenough retnainesofoutward en_ joyrnents for their children after them, yet (as Zophar here fpeaks
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