Chap. Zr. An Expofitionupon the Boob of J O B. Verf. 3 3 b3 : Prophets, or had oppofed the faithful! Prophets) and the bones ofthe inhabitants of ?erse/ale»a out of their graves,and theyfaafl ffread them before the Seen, theMoon, &.all the hoafof heaver, whom they have loved, r whom they havejerved,&after whom they have waliled,&whom they havefoaght,v whom they have tnor/hipped. How exalt is the Jufticecf God,and how terrible' Their bones mutt be fpread before thole creatures ofGods making, whom they (by fpreading their hands before them, and worfhipping them) had made their Gods : and as they were thretned to have their bones unburied,fo that they fhould not be reburied:for thus it follows:rhoJhall not be gathered, nor buried, they fhai be as dungupon theface of the earth : That is, they fhould lye aboveground, asMonuments of their wic- kednefsand ofdivine vengeance,till they beutterly con(-tmed, and mouldred into duff. That God will ralle our bodies one ofthe grave is a matter offairh, and of great confolation to the Godly : but to have the body pulled out of the grave by men, is matter of feare and terror to thewicked Yet many of the wicked efcape this Judgement, they are fayrelybrought to their graves, and abide unmolefted there. lab is here expoun- ded,as defcribing this piece ofprofperitie incident to a wick- ed man, white he faith, HefbaIl remain in the Tombe, which interpretation feems tohave the free content of the next vert® as continuing a defcription of the fame thing. Vert 3 3. The clods of the Valley (hall be foveet unto him. The word which we render clods, undergoes variety of r.r 1 'gt to trantlations : tome fay, the¡.ones of the brooke or valley : fome, "Indeb thegravell:others,tbe dufti orfated of the wallies. Bit as here fo againe in the 38. Chapter of this book, v. 38. we tranflïte it clods. when thedaftgrowth into hardnefe, and the ¡lolls f)1 ie fait ea- cleavefat together. raw cocr:i j vulg. The clods of the valley areTweet unto him; Tan í ft: asst I limners) poe.d. As this word fo likewife the whole claufe is diverily ren- nonofi entere ut red. The Vulgar alluding to an old Poetical! fable, givesit C67U nfen v0 thus t HeJhall6e [Weer to thefando(Cocytsu,which was phan- ehearr io : A.34 hied by Heathens for one of the rivers of hell, or aninfernall tets+tts dtefu be,.- lake, fo called from the lamentations there made as if ?ob ret.to, COG...
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