56z Chap. 20. AnExpoftionupon the Book of J OB. Verf. 23. Secondly,The word lignifies as the fltfh ofa man, or living flefh, fo,any fleth,dead flefh prepared to be eaten,or any thing: =11 c;bnu which is eatable.Hence the nameofthe place where Chrifi was Omni t efc4b nc bornewas called Bet helem, that is, the {mule of bread. And thus Fn7 -11,a ethlechem d, it is rendred here, he (hall raine it upon him, even upon his Ha quag regio bread, or uponhis meat. As God, whenhis owne people are fWnntnti fe- eating, and their table fpread, he not onely raines.a. blefling random., Fa.. upon them, but upon their meat alto, that is, he commands . nit film. their mere to flrengthen and refrefh them. So when the wick ed man is about to fill his belly, the curie falls not onely upon . him, but upon his meat ; God Ad raine onhim, even upon his, meate. Our tranflation referres to the perfon in the aft ofeating, not to the meare which he eateth. The generali meaning of eyther tranflationmeetes in one ; For though wrath may fall upon a mans perfon, and not upon his meat , he may thrive with what heeats, grow lufly and ftrong,, while, he is under. wrath ; yet whenfoever wrath falls upon the wicked mans mate, it is in order to his perfon or himfelfe. He !hall raine it noon him while he it eating. How exact is the wrath of God? Forat the infant when a man is eating, he of all other times would lay afide feare, be chearfull, and rejoyce ; Then he un- bends himfelfe, thoughwe have been bufie all the day; Ifany come"to him he faith, I.pray let him alone at meale, that I may be merry withmy wife, and children,with my friends or neigh- bours ; when I am at my meat, let me be quiet. But when he is eating, wrath is dropping ; God picks out that rimeon purpofe to put a fling into his punifhmenr,and to make his rnifery more remarkable. Such (A'lar.. 24. 38.) is the defcriprion of the judgement that came upon the oldworld, it rained upon them indeed, when they wereeating; As it was in the dayes before the peed, they did tateand drink, and were marrying, andgiving in marriagetill the day that Noah went into the Arke. Chrift ex- preffeth thofe thingsefpecially wherein men take molt worldly contentment, eating, and drinking,marrying,andgiving in mar- riage. To tiefe that age 1t t themfelves loofe, or let themfelves upon ; thofe are not finfull in themfelves, but they ufed them finfnlly, that is, fenfually, to fatis fie their lulls, and pleafe their fences, therefore the Spirit of God fixeth the judgment upon that
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