5So Chap.2o . An Expofttion upon the Booke of J O B. Verf. 26. St'condly Others by this fire not blowne, underftand corpo- rail diftempers ; As ifZophar in this touched upon 7eb's difea- fed hodie ; lifire not blowne,i7,all confume him. The Text mayve- . ry well beare that notion; for there are many hot and fiery diiealés. Such firesare ttireatned (Deut. 28.22. ) The Lordj7all finite thee with the confcccrption,and thefeaver,and with an infama- tion, and an extreame burning. Hereare three bodily diìeales, which ( without ftraining) may be called, A fire not blowne .: feaaeer, and an extreame burning, and an itfiamation. God con- fumes fame men by fuch fires. Yob had much and very fad experi- epceofthem. Igni+ Gehena Thirdly Many of the Greeks interpret this fire not blown, of cu n(rt ìnco>p hell There needs no bellows to kindle that fire. The breath reest, nea ; ffa- dio h arnanofoc , of theLord as a river ofbrimlfone.Ball kindle it.lfa.3o. ult.Tophet eenditar, n:¡; is prepared ofold. It needs no blowing to make it burne. But 1 tgnit nrrtritu , though the fire of bell may be called a fire not blowne, yet I sect `rear"' dY conceive this Scripture bath no relation to it. Tar exùcgui !lis Fourthly Others expound this fire not blowne, of thole b g faccou hone non irs`i- extraordinare fires which God fends from heaven, to deft oy get 6. adore enormioufly wicked men. Thus he rained fire upon Sodome non caret. and Gomorrah which confumed thofe Cities ( Gen. 19.24. ) cs' cg. We reade all() of lush fires in the firft Chapter of this Booke, where it is laid ; The fireof god deftroyed ?eb'sfheepe; poffibly his friends would minde him of that here, as in manyother paffa- ges, they ciofely hint to him the manner of Gods dealing with him. Fifthly, A fire not blowne, may be taken for the extreame heats and fcorchings of the Sunne ; Thefe in Scripture are cal- led burnings, yea they are called fire, and we may truely call them, A fire not blowne (toel. 1. 20. ) The beafls of the fieldcry unto thee :for the rivers of water are dryedup, andfire bath devon- ,tisrr1 a rad red the panures f the wildernefe. What fire ? onely the heat of mere coofu- the Sunne. God lent heat and drought which burnt up the pa- ,,,è Lila fragtam fiures of the wilderneffe; and this the Prophet calls a fire. And credo igris non betides the beate of theSunne by day, the very cold of the night Jnc.en wdid- is a firenot blown ; In the fpring of the yeare while the fruits too Oa" ab and corne of the earth are young and tender, God many times tromne red a y g y t eo úeceadhur, fends a Blafting, which by a ftrange kinde of cold hurtles and fcorhes the budding fruits. TheLa tines call thistiredo, which properly lignifies a bstrxting, we call it lof¢ing. Six!h-
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