3C4 Chap. 23 . An lrxpofitioi upon thelook ok of J B. Verf Aud (as it follows in the Text) cYly firoake is heavier then mygroaning. Nett Coil pre This he addeth as a further explication, or as a proofeofthe .:gravitate plazaformer part ofthe verle ; as if he had laid, Ifye inquire why my conpuerat ; sk- complaint it fo bitter, it it becaufe my 'intake tef® heavy, even hea- perat plage que ,vier then mygroaning ; Andwhy ,2ould yecal! my complaint rebel- r imonratn. Merc. lion, feeing 1doenot complaine more,no norfo much as Ihave caufe, Sic ±e excufát Myffroakc is heavier then mygroaning. Thus he is fill labouring ab impatientia to acquit himfelf ofthat fo often repeated accufation, impatience a iemaadounder the hand ofGod, and rebellion againft him. J q. d. Injuftim>rm Cyíly ¡ roake. elf me a vobis accufari yule TheHebrew is myhand, the hand is taken for that which was querar de meic.done by the hand; The inf}rument for the etfe t, my hand,that is, ma/1"u' madt- togavior fit the firoake ofthe band, that se upon me; whole hand was that ? the plebe hand ofGod he meanes. As ifit had been laid more expreffely, Theflroak ofthe hand cfGod upon me is heavier then mygroaning. menus pro pia. In the former part of the verle he fp.ake of the bittern(ffe of hie ge a maim dei complaint, hereof theheavinefe of his firoake, or that theflrnake inffitla. givenhimmyexceeding heavy. As bitter things are grievous to the pallate, to heavy things are burdenfome to the whole body; Weare foon weary ofthat which is very keavy.And therefore(Mate t. 30.) when Chrift would convince us that we have no reafon to be weary of that burden, which he layeth upon us, ( his holy counfels and commandements) he faith, Myyoke is enfie, and my bunhen light : My burdens are not like thofe which the Pharifees bind upon you, heavy andgrievous to be borne (Matth. 23.4.) So 'here, when lob faith, My firoake is heavy, he would have his friends know that his were (in themfelves) no light a.ffti6lions (though there is a fence in which all the afffir`}ions of the Saints are light, 2 Cor. 4, 17.) but grievous to be born. Secondly, Some read the words thus, My firoake to heavier uponmygroaning!, or when Igroane; As ifhe had hid, the more I groaneandfilth, the more Iamwounded, Iget nothing by my groan- tags but frefb fmitings and additional forrows. Thirdly, Others tranflate the Hebrew word properly, not f roake (by a Metonymie ofthe a ffeti) but hand. .Myhard h-eavy open( or becaufe of) my groaning; that is, my hand is weake
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