Chap. 23 . tin Expofitionupon the Book of J 0 B. Verf. 17. Their heart will be made (Oft ; as yet they have ftrength, faith,and courage to beare thefeafffiaions, but if 'continue them longer, their fpiritand ftrength, their faith and patience will faile, and be fo worse out that they.will not be able to abide ir. god would not Contendfor ever, left (as ?ob here conipl. Ines) he fhould make their hearts loft. eAnd the A1lmighty tronbleth me. That is, his prefence, or his difpenfations trouble me, we fee Dens, in Coma howmuch the fpirit of `lobwas carryed out in the thing ; And he potentia f f rci. ufeth a word here that fignifieth the power ofGod to comfort reúm4 fodi,v; andrefrefh,or God in his allfufciency to comfort, yet (faith he) mourn egede- this Allmighty troublethme;that is, the thoughts or remembrance bebar, is me ofhim troubleth me. He hach caft dowse and grieved my foule Privatio sonni already, and I am much troubled with fearefull apprehenfions of folatto, ani a m rneam like feverities from him opine. Thefe words, the reader will cart. pane m tdzjecir, ly perceive to be of the fame minde and meaning with the r 5th deferit me, te- verfe ofthis Chapter, lately opened,and therefore I (hall not thy re: me, Saud. upon them, but proceed to the lift verle. Verf. 17. Becaufe I was rat cut offbefore the darknes, neither bath he Covered the darknesfrommyface. Here 7bgives another reafon of his being thus troubled at the prefence of the Allrnighty. It ie (faithhe) becaufe I wit not cut ofbefore the darknefs ; or, becaufe I dyed not by thick darkaefs (fo Mr. Broughton) we fay, becaufe Iwas not cut ef, he, becaufe I dy- ed not; both meet in the fame meaning.fordeath is a cutting of;, and death wiii cut offor mow down the ítrong, yea the ftrongeft, as the fish doth either corne or graffe. Thus fpake Hezekiah it his iicknes (Ifa. 38. to.) Ilaid ì# the cutting offof my d:rves, that is, when T thought 1 lay a dying. fob was troubled becaufe he was not cut orf . Before the dtrknes Or, from theface ofdarkaes; .Q ò!;`ze.e`'n o eaen.eit,ajo Death it fehle is darknes, and yet lobwould faine have dyedbe- fa ens a ;,.,:- fore the darknes. There is a darknes ofafili &tion and trouble fpo- ¡ ells ; ssn kenofoften in this booke and elfeuhere which: is more bitter ro `?''' man then death it fehle. Some had rather be taken out of-the world, 45 r
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