Chap. 23. An ExpRion upon the Back-of JOB. Verf. r 7. 463 for God ; Or ourdiffruil of his aífi fiance and prefence with us to fupport us in our fuffering,. IfGod will not cut us off by death before the darkneffe, we thould be willing to live in the darkeft darknes ofoutward caiamïry that ever fell upon this world. 74 adds a fecond reafonofhis troubled fpirit in the lail words of this verfe and Chapter. Either hwth he Covered the darkne rfrom myface. I am troubled becinfe I have lived in troublefome dayes, but though I have, yet God could have hidden mefrom thofe trou- bles, or thofe troubles from me ; but a, he lath let me live in the darkneffeof trouble, fo he bath rot at all covered the darknes of trouble from me. I doe not only live in troubles, hut I am al wayes looking trey_ hies in the face. M. Broughron renders thus, Mor he hidethglcorrints f mmy farce which he elfo paraphra- feth in thefe words ; ?'tcatafe If, de ithar death nor cafe of nefs, that IJhh,a!d not fce,'¢ leaf' .:1f1 cli :.So that as he complains becau1e he dyednot before the dark,e: cam:* becaufe God did not hid the darknes from himwhen i> carne,bue let him have filch f fad vi ions ofit, This !till imports that 74, had not that fumes of fubmiffìon to the dispent!tiors of God, as duty called him to and for this Elihu reprove; him ; yea God himfeife chid and re- buked him, becaufe he tooke upon him to often to give the rubs, and did not fit downe more quietly under his appointment and portion for him. Though 7 be patience was great,yet he had nor all patience, or all ofpatience. And though, l doubt not, but his . patience had a perfeâ worke, yet he did not attaine to the pee- fe&ion of patience. This (according to our tranflition) is the fence and fumme oftheta words, concerning which many thiegs have been fpoken in the former part of the Booke, whether I re- ferre the reader : yet before I paffe them quite out of my hands, I fhallgather up Tome other Rendrings of this verfe, and leave them to the readers Judgement and confideration. Ertl, Thus ; when Iwas onely n t net o fby darkneffe, h¢ bath Nita r-- hid hintft,fe in darknesfrommyface. This tranflation the Origi. -7n ton exc rs nail may Beare with force little fupplemen*.,which is and! in like ' peopter to neh Cafes, when there is no firaine upon the enerall fco e of the J .: f;cit p g P sre,aeoparzc place, and the meaning is clearely this, yyi;ereas 1am only not cut c,i ;erne. cff°by darkjres,that is, whereas my troubles are fuch as have onely not
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