Chap. 2;. An Expofttion upon the Book of JOB. Verf. z. 301 prefent time. 7acob faith to E¡au (Gen. 25. 3 i . ) Sell me this \ day thy birth -right ; that is, let me have it now,let us ftrike up the bargaine this honre, or before wepart. Thus here, To day, &c. As iflob had laid, Ofriend Elipbaz, Iperceive that after all thofe ¿syes fdiJJutuio, which hove pifed betweenus, thisday is like to be liens and run out in as harfhcenfures on your part:and in aQ bite° nr complaints on my part as anyoftheformer... Even this day is mycomplaint bitter, .. Theword rendredcomplaint. is eradiated alto fometimes pray- er, and fometimes meditation. (Gen. 24, 69.) Ifaac went ont into the field to meditate, we put in the Margin, to pray.: Hannahufeth° the fame word ( c Sam. r . 16.) ,Account not thy handmaid for a daughter ofBeliay,forout ofthe abundance ofmy complaint (weput in the Margin, (Meditation) andgritfe, have Ifporn hi herto. Many complaine, who pray not, fome pray, who,coonplaine not, and others meditate, who doe neither con p'aine nor pray, yet ufually we meditate, that we may confider what to-pray about, & in prayer powre out our complaints both about thole tins and wants and mercies, which have fallen under our meditarion.. Even to day is my complaint bitter. The Original! word bath a twofold derivation, molt renderis''sidtá "rat as we, bitter, Bitterneffe in Scripture is often used by a metaphor, 4, i-1° 7 "0`l /ignificat arr to.denote any thing which is grievous, troublefome, affliciiVe, or fi;,,,d nom, diftaftfull tous,becau`e bitter tni,,gs are fo to the palateor toff ofa ; ,,-C den°. man. Bitter things are troubefome to fence, and troubles are bit -cane rrbellenetta ter to the Spirit. Jfl..%cn is a bitter piil;th-,ee write Iostttrthings!eu cctuurna. etgainf me,faid lob to God before (C4).1, r 3 ..2 ciam. 6.) fo that when.. he faith.my complaint isbitter,it founds thus much,my complaint is as great as peat can be, and I have the greateft realon to com- plaire. For by complaint, we are to u;;derft red r,oc-onely the as ofcomp"awing, hue the matter uponwhit h he ddi,. cornpla ne, or the caufe ofhi's complaint As if he had iaid,tEyaffl.tli' ns (about which Icomplaint) are txaeeding bitter, no marvaile then if my complaint be fo too. Secondly, The word comes from a rooter fignifying to rebel!, . todifobey., to be exafperated, or (as_ fotne learned in the Hebrew give-
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