Chap. 23. An Expofition upon the Book of JOB. Veil. z. 305 weake becaufe of mygroaning, ; a weak hand, is a heavy hard Man'*, meaag- that is heavy, which is not lifted upwithout difficulty.Now whey gravara (aver the hand is weake we can hardly lift it to our head as we fa gee.pro »ream, S (' y) i. e,prolterge- The weake hand is a heavy hand,not becaufe of the weight of it, nietaerri niiur but becaufe ofthe weaknes of it,or want of ftrengch toweild any quo,. dolores ex- thing with it, or tohold it up. In this fence we are to uaderiland r®rquent, etiarn yob crying out, Myband is heavy becaufe of mygroaning, As ifhe vcii meanu;y® hadfaid;Mjfirengtkf;i/es me, my bands bangdome, and through toffs remit ta- weakneffe Iam not able to lift them up. In the fourth Chapter, 1pvixpra i L°lipha. told7ob,that he by his good counfei h-id formerlyftreng. becounte aer °i thened the weake, or the loo(enedhands. Which forme of(peaking Scú. anfwers that of the Apoftle (Heb. i2: i a. ) Lift up the bands that hang down.Weakneffe is as a weight fettled to the hand, and holding it downe. Thehand is never fomuch faftned, as when it is (in this fence) made lax or loofened. The Originall word here ufed intimates, that much forrow and trouble weigh downe the hand;MM hand ti heavy becaufe of my groaning, or (as we read ) My ffroake is heavier then mygreaning. Thus we have yob Bill complaining andgroaning ; whence was all this ? even from the fence ofhis fore of ietions. Whichmay teach us ; Firft, That offliftiondothufually vent itfelt in complaints and groans. While we are in the flsfh we are fubje& to affliction ; and all affli&ion is grievous to the fleh, not only to ficfh as it notes the corruption of the foule, but to fk.fh as taken for the conftìtution ofthebody. Affiiltionwill befelt ; It makes thefiefh fmart ; and when the flefh trnarts,it may make him complain and groan who is fpirituall ; yea complaints and groans give forne eafe to our af- fli&ions.As the pain ofaffliCtion cau(eth groaning and complain- ing, fo groaning and complaining are Come releefe in our paines & hence it hathbeen reported as one of the higheft peices ofcru. elty not to allow thofe whohave been under exquifite paines to complaine and groan for though groaning doth not at all abate the Paine, yet it doth fomewhat divert our thoughts from it ,and while we communicate it to others in complaints, we are forne- what the leffe fencible of it our felves. Secondly, Whereas yob checks his friends (according to the R r fecond
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