p is fln Expofition upon the Eookof J ò ii. Verf. Z, 6t ÿ full becaufe of óúr owne fins or fuferings, which is the for ruit vel fente,z. rowofpaflion, or tobe.forrowfull, becaufeof the fins and fui t;a:n rruravit fering5of others, which is the furrow ofcompaflion, both are Per ami(hza fin dolore deli% j comprehended in this word. ean;otarionem Secondly It liignifies to repent ; fo it its applyed toGod mien t. lrimfelfe. (gen.6.6) It repented the Lord that he made man upon the earth. As alfo(ì Sam. i 5.1 r..)The Lordrepented that be had made Saul King.Some take this fignificationof the word here, and render the Text thus, Heare diligentlymy words, wd repent, or it will be repentance toyou ; that is, you who have Rood fo flifly all this while in your own opinion, and have maintained thofe pofitions which arefo unfutableto the commondifpenfa- rionsofGod ; ifyou would but heare me our, and heare me _diligently, youwould repent of this your opinion, and change your minder. That rendring is u!'efull, there is onely this a- gainfi it, that howfoever the verbe fignifieth to repent yet Grammarians tell that the noune is never found to fignifie rem pentance; and thereforeI pafei. Thirdly, By a contrary kinde of(peaking ( which is very frequent in theHebrew) as it li gnifies to grieve and repent,fo to take comfort. And the reafon why the fame word, notes both repentance , and comfort , is, becaufe true repentance, . wrought by godly furrow, is the way to, and concludes in, the trueft confolation : the neareft way to peace is by humble con fefiion of, and converfion frorr our finites. The word is ufed in this fence (Gen. 24.ult.) I/aac was comforted concerning his Ma ther. So (2Sam. 13. 39.) The foule fKingDavid longed to goeforthunto Abfalom, that is, he extreamly defired to fee him againe, and rather then not, even rofetch him home himfelfe, or at leall (could he doe it with a laving to hisHonour and Juflice) to meete hirn ( upon his returne) halfe way ; f,r he was comforted concerning Animan,fecing he was dead. Mourning couldnot recover him from thegrave, why then fhould he con- tinue mourning ? The Prophet ufeth the wordof the Tear, while he defcribes that woeful! time wherein many fhould be mourner =,but there fhould be nocomforters,(fer.16.7.) Itiei -. ther ¡hall men teare themlelvesfor them in mourning to comfort themfor the dead ; neither ¡hall mengive them the capofconfola: tion to drinkfar theirfather,orfor their mother;That is,none that be-
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