Chap. 2t. An E.xpolition xpgn fchr Bookof J o B. Verf. 5. 639 Verf. 5. UTrark me and be aflenied, and lay_your hand ttp,an Jet" mouth. Markme]The word liignilies properly tàturne the eye or faceupon fome remarkableobje:I. And as it lignifies anatten- tive viewof the eye , fo likewife the ferions attention of the minde. When lob faith, Markye me, he Both not fo much call for their eyes, as for their underiiandings. Nor was it his per- ton which i, e would draw them to looke at, but his caufe. He was in no fuch comely cafe to invite b:holders, his fores and fìckneffe rendred him little pleafing to the eye. Markme, that is, Fait, mark what I fpeake, or attend my fpeech. Secondly , Mark what I fuller, mark what is fallen on me. As ifhe had Paid ; Surely, myfriends,thoughye have been a great while with me, yetye have not heeded me.'T is poffible to be long` in the prefencc of a man, and not fee him ; that is, not confider his flare and condition. Therefore after all this difcourfe lob admonifheth his friends to take better notice of him. Mark me. and be atonied. Theword imports fuch aflonifhment as iscaufed by !land- ing upon ahigh place, or beholding things from on high. He that Hands upon a high cliffe or tower, is aftonifhed to Tooke Towne. Looke down upon me; faith 70b, mark the huge deep of forrow, which I am in, and beaflonied. Aftonifhment is the conqueft offence, andofreafon too, we are never aflonined while eyther fence orreafon can a& orderly, but when they are s . , ',de; = in akinde of huddle, this is our aftoniíhrnent. Strange events, rieR l verb 7;; things feldorne heard of, or rarely feene, breed aftonifhrrrent, quod Aftonifhment is.a,degree beyond admiration; aman may won- der at that whereat he is not aftonifhed. Thus the Prophet rep F:e4mii,n,,,Vilvtuonbt prefents the pofture of the neighbouring Nations at the fall of gvamrern izz- 7jrso(Ez4k, 28. r 9.) Andall they that know thee among the elf u :jen: Ç ad peoplefhall be affonilhedat thee ; thou fhalt be a terronr,and never mira:iore dg- fhalt thoube any more. The fall ofmightyPrinces is matter ofa- nr f "711 B`,)2.' mazement and terrour to all who heare olorbehold it. Thus 'cis fayd of the Babjlonian(Ifa. 1+,16.) They that fee thee ¡hall narrow!)
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