Chap. 23. t4n Expofiti6n up; the Bookof j O B. Verf. i S. 451 friends had charged himwith fear and troubleof 'pint, at the pre- fence of Godupon another account, even becaufe of the guilti. nes ofhis con(cience, or becaufe ofhis great wickedneffe.So (Ch. 22. v. ca) Elipbaz having fhewcd him his fin, th4e halb Pent the widdow emptyaway, the armes ofthefatkerlep have been h: oken, prefently adds the fad effeCts which were Epon him; theref? e dainfeare troubled° the:, andfnares are round abut thee ; As if he had faid,thou haft beenvery wicked in thy aftions,and therefore thou art founquiet in thy fpirit ; Thou haft been uncharitable and injurious tomen; therefore thouart troubled at the pretence cf. god. No, faith Yob, my troubleof fpitit doth not arife frommy guilt ( though I have fin and iniquity enough about me, to de- ferve greater Chaftenings then thefe which are upon me) but the caufe ofmy trouble arifeth from the knowledge and apprchenui Q,iki lia potent ons which I have of God, who ia in one mind, and who can turn oft, abirohni flab things are with kin/. This is the fpring and ground of my ,, and ootax.yqxic.quid fiber fatter, bcc him? he performeth the thing that is appointed far me ; trouble : I am troubled both with the feelingofmy prefent cala- in ute mines, and with the fear ofgteater. Merc. turbare is, becaufe, as fome fay, trouble makes haft, newer c Theword fignifies both to makehafte,and to trouble omes en;ra?ra apace; c re. or, fecondly, becaufe we are very hafty to get out Of trouble ; arid ufually over-haft, ; he that is in trouble would fain beout of it ; no m n loves to ftícke in fuchaconditiln, therefore the fame word in the Hebrew elegantly fig6.fies both to make haft,and to trouble, And hence one of the Ancients trarflates,Thareforehave I haftened to bid pretence. Expounding it thus Becaoefe he bath them ,fflitiedme, therefore leaving all the world; makeb4 to him Plopterta ad Itbrow relfe DIM him, and leave my Ceilire to himithst's a goodera inaV, fence, and very fpirituall;For theSaints being aft:lifted, make hafilni:, kueiedx,;:e toGod, becaufe he is their father, and becaufe healone is ableto i id tr b I ideo be their deliverer ; who would not make hafte to God upon fuchreligh tv7IP°' an intereft A wicked man turnes from God by finning againftrrafili6,:d "11 him, and he runs away fromGod aft:lifting him, He that delights'Augu.; in fin, cannot delight in God, who is theavenger of fin. But af- flietions draw Siints neerer to God , therefore have 1kafiened (faith that trai flation) into bin prefence. But we have rendred it (as I conceive)better to the Intendment of this place. Mmmz Thfre7
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