Chap. 2 t. ailn Expofition upon the Book,of J o s. Verf. 4. J o B, Chap. 21. Verf. 4, 5, 6. Al for me, it my complaint to neon ? and,ifit were f:, why fhould not my fpirit be troubled? iblark me, and be monied, and layyour handuponyour mouth. Even when I remember I am afraid,& trembling taketh hold on myflfh. He firft fix Verfes of this Chapter (ás bathbeen Chewed I already) are a preface to the whole. In which, upon ma- ny preffing confiderations, lob befpake his friends attention. Two of them were difcovered in the fecond and third verfes. Hecomes now to a third in the fourth verfe. Verf. q., eAs for me, is my complaint to man ? and ifit were fo, why/hould not my fj'irit be troubled ? Theword which we render complaint ,fignifies eyther a corn- nib medita- plaint formed out in words, or acomplaint onely wrought and to ccnquefti®, retained in theheart ; here we may underhand it both wayes ; `lob was much in meditation, and he was much alto in difcourfe; he wasanfwering his friends, and he enquired of them ; Is my c mplaint, my open complaint, the bill ofcomplaint which I bring = -Nt-j con in, is it to man ? 74 was both plaintiffand defendant ; while he Ira h :r,inem defended himfelfeaping man, he was forced tocomplaine of z eladbomínem, men to God. But to whomwas lob fpeaking ? was he not be N,tmq:odcono4 hominemdì(pk- fore his friends? had lob a Congregation of Angels to fpeak to, rat,® mea? or was he admitted i,nmediate acceffe to God?or why Muth he, vu'g. Is my complaint to man ?Some render theword Le Adam,agairfl man, or,of man; Is my complaint agairll man ?Asiif he had laid; HadI no.greater trouble to complaint of then man is able to give me, though Imight have, and upon that groundhave fufl caufe of complaining, yet 1Jhould have lefre caufe to complaine, but the truth is, l have greater carafe ofgriefe then that, for the hand of god bath touched me, and the terrors ofthe Almightie encamp a- gainfl me.But rather as we,Is my complaint to man?Is he the ob- leel of my complaint? or doe I make my moaner() hirn?Others L l 1 l z interpret, 627
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