Chap. zo. tinExpoftion upon the Book. of J O B. wert. 15. 577 to this King, and to that King, to the f?,7yrian and to King 7a- reb, yet they could not heale them, nor cure their wound, (Hof. 5. r 3.) they were as a people ftricken thorow the gall. God can give wounds which no Balfome of mans deviling or compoun- ding can cure. Terrors areupon him. There words ¡hew the inward effects of the judgements of God neon a wicked man; Terreursare upon him. Theword is Emims, which in Scripture is fometimes ufed , tonote a fort of terrible people ( Dent. z. r o. ) The E'mimsdwelt there in times pal, a peoplegreat, andmany, and tall, as the Analims.TheEmims werea great and tall people, a race of Giants; and they had their nameEmams froma roote fi gnifying feare , becaufe their great tlature, and vaft limbes railed the pailion of feare in their beholders. Emimsare terrible ones. So tome render it here, The Emims (hall fallupon him, that is, men offierce and cruell fpirits, men ofmighty power. and implacable malice. But we take the word properly, as noting inward terrour, feare, and anguifh take hold ofa man, worfe then any Emims or Giants in the world ; A man were better to have all the Eons ofAnaktake hold ofhim then the feare ofwhich the Text (peaks. This argueth the compleatneffeof a wicked mans mi- fery, he fhall not onely feele the iron weapon, and the bow of fteele, and the glittering fword, outward terrours ; but he ¡hall be fill'd with inward terrones . His foule is wounded worfe then his body. Some interpret it neare this fence, of evil! fpirits and furies that vex the minds of wicked men, as if legions ofchele fhould be alwayes about him. The vu'gar La- tine faith , The horrible onesJhall fall upon him, This point bath been fpoken too at large (Chap. 15, 24. and Chap. r8. zr.) and Venient filer therefore I thatl not profecute it in this place, but referre the rea- eHrn horribites. der to chafe former difcuffions ofiy, Onely take this obferva- Vuig. tion : god can wound within, as well as without. He hath weapons to (mite the fpirir, as well as the flefh, when the arrow and the (word are in the flefh, feares and ter- tours ¡hall befet the fpirir of his enemies Man can both fpeake E e e e and
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=