566 Chap. 20. An Expofttion upon the Books of J O B, ,Verf.: . plague (ver. 5.) Thou /bale not be afraidofthe terrour bynight, nor ofthe arrow that flieth by day; That is, ofthe peftilence. And even in prophare Authors, terrible eifeafes, fuch as the perci- Bti lence, are called the weapons of their Gods, with which the Away to contended, and made warre with mortallmen. This meta- Homer, phoricall fword, and arrow of the pefcilence, is a weapon from which many flee as fail as from the fword of the fait ceft enemy. Yet I conceive, that is not intended in this Text ; the iron wea- pon here, including all manner ofoutward inftruments of divine wrath which wound the wicked man. 'hall flee from the iron weapon. We tranflate it as a dir.cd aff:rLion ; He fhhal! flee. Some render it as,a fuppolition; Ifhe flee from the iron wea- ugreneum ab a,4/7911.4 ferrek9 pon,Or as MrBreu ' hten , Whenhe fleesfrom the ironarmeur.Ard tranfvef bunt then the other part ofthe verle joynes with it thus; When he eon a644 ch..- feeth,or if tie fleefrom the iron weapon,thebow offie&¡hall f rike !rheas. Men , him thorow. And though there be not that particle, of fuppoil- don expreft in the Hebrew,yet it is ufuallyunderflood inTexts ofthis fignificancy. Mal. r. 4. They fhall build, and Iwill pull down ; That is, ifthey build, I will pull down ; or whenfi- ever they begin to build,! will begin topul down.So here,He'hall fleefrom the ironweapon and the bowof fteele 'hallflrikp him tho- row ; That is, ifhe flee from the iron weapon,or whenfoever he Vbi fe putarit thinks to makean efcape by flying from the iron weapon, then deviora perrcita the bow offteele (hall ftrike him thorow. Accordingto this effugílwid ea din mcádtt. rea g the wholeverfe is a proverbial! fpeech, implying thus ,avra mere. much ; That while a wickedman flies, orfeeks to avoydone evil, he(hallfall into another ; Whenhe flees from the iron weapon, thebowof fteele 'hail ftrike him thorow. Like that ofthe La- Jt4cidit in Sty/. tines ; He fell upon the rock, whilehe thought to efcape thegulph. lam copieno v - ure cbar; bden. Thebow offleele 'Ballflrikehim thorow. The bow, that is, the arrowofthe bow, or the bullet put into the bow : for from the bow of fteele fometimes arrowes, fometimes bullets are difcharged ; the arrow, or the bullet with which this fteele bow is charged fhall ftrike him thorow. 01711 excindo The word rendred tohike thorow, lignifies excifion or cutting Knde 'n off ; and hence the Hebrew phrafe, Aton of mil-ion, anfwering .;1midi) ex- that of theGreeke, which weexprellé; afen ofperdition,that is, ifisnir, Druí man devoted to totali deftruction. The bow offteele (halt Lin ke
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