322. Chap. 23 . xpojition upon the 'Bookf JOB. Verf. 3. ive ii1m jiver ;tilts neq; ilIi uii precom 1.1 omen aur wenwrivn g. furpe q tibi Inc mala itch maniavit Pined. nor mike mention of the namesef the 1,3rti. Our late Annotators ral,..e notice oftwo other readings. fVe have not, e Y., e rail rot make mew 6f the name oft Li ; Implying that the flop lay onely in their on fpirits, they being either .1-0 generally wicktd, that they had no minde to call upon God, or to utibeiceN ino that they thought their cafe defperate,and had no hope of fic I p if they fhould.AHeathen bath laid, That tbeir godt were mcfi worfhipped when 7,5( fi difilleafed ; but we have Tome Chriftians in name who will not wot (hip God at all when they are under the tokens of his- difpleafure. Thoughts ofGod are nevermore pleafing to a gra. cious heart, nor more troubiefome to a wicked, then when they are in trouble. Fifthly, ( which will further cleare what was lafi obferve4.1) Obferve ; That, The unkindneffe and trouble which a godly manfindeth among hisfriends or othertin the world,drives him nee- rer to god. 7Gb hefides the hardlbip he found from ftrangers, had been hardly ufed by his friends. The ufewhich he made ofall rhis,was to make moreufe ofor to get neere unto God. o that knew where Imight finde him. This was Davids wifdome alto (Pfah, 142. 4,.5.) Pocked on my right hand, andbeheld, but there was no man would knowme, refuge failed me, no man cared for my [ogle. When all flighted him, when none tookecare ofhim ; what cloth he in thiscafe ? Thenext words tells us what ;I cryed unto thee, O Lord, Ifaid thanart tuy refuge, andmy portion in the land of the living-. As if he had faid, Upon thefe unkindneffes, -difrefpeas and ffightings which I found in the world, I tookoccafion, yea I was fiirred in my (pint to cry unto thee, OLord, and to fay, thou Ar t ivy refuge, that is,thenl madethee my refuge more then ever. , Havingmade thee my choyte inmy belt times,when men honou- red and embraced me,I am much encouraged in thefe evill times when men regard me not, and the more becaufe they regard me not to make thee my refuge, to fhelter my weather beaten felfe in thy nameand power. As the naturall fpirits in the body,when the aire is very (harpe, cold, and unkinde to the outward parts, retire iriwards, refort to the heart,keepdole to the heart;where as in warmer weather the fpirits are drawn forth, and therefore we are fubjea to faintings and fwoonings in hot weather then
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