464 Chap. 23i An expoftion upon the Bookofj OB. VerL 17; not extinguifhed my life, when I am in this pieifuil miferable plight,Hs (that is,God) bathbid himfelfefromme is darknes. So that here he fpeaks ofa twofold darknes or evil! that was upon him : firft, afflidion upon his body ; fecondly defertionupon his X17 , , pc, fpirit; and fo the negative particle not,is rendred by fomeonly not, t-av ramam it is only not death with me, yet the Lord is pleated to hide his hog, q. d. hoc face from me ; whereas we fay, He bath not Covered thedarknes ft "n rn r from myface; this tranflation faith, He bath Coveredhis ownface a ej ur non gwidäm with darknefs, or, Covered himfelfe with darkneffefrom myface. exfinrere, fed Firfl, therebyintimating that God doth often joyne fpirituall excifiom proxi- troubles with acorporall,the hidings of his facewith the troubles ri "" éBZ`n. ofour flefh. Secondly, that outward troubles are then molt grie- vous to us, when God hides or withdrawes his prefence from us. .tod non [me- Anotherreadinggives it as an admiration ; I am exceedingly rrmex ifu¡ a troubled becaufe 1 was not cut offby theprefentdarknes, andtl#at he r rióut r Q' quad loath turned away darknesfrommy face : Asif qob had ftood won- afacie area a- dering that his life were thus prolonged; that his ficknes and for- ,erterir calif. rowel had not made an end ofhim ; that ever he fhould continue rum. Sez. fo long in fuch a Aortaeas he had done, and whoor what power it was thatin thofehis great preffures, both ofwinde andbody, did hinder or ftay him from being covered with the thadows and darkneffe ofdeath. Calvin. A third renders ; Recaufebe bath nót cut me o ff through dark= nes, but bid darknesfrommyface ; and he gives the meaningof it thus ; the reafon why I am fomuch troubled and affliaed, is be- caufe God bath not cut meoff through darknes; that is, becaufe I have not had force fecret or private affli&ion, but all the world bath taken notice ofwhat bath been done tome. God bath not chaftened me in thedark ; thefe things havenot been done tome in a corner. lob might fpeake asthe Apofile, 1 am made afpefla- ele to the world, to Angelsand men, all beholding me in this piti- full condition. And this occafions me much trouble ofminde, becaufeas I feeplainely, that the hand of God is goneout againft me, fo all others fee it too, and they make (overall Interpretati- ons ail, Had I been loft in thedarke I fhould have borne it bet- ter, now I am made the common talkeofthe world, and hcw to anfwer their defcants upon my condition, is more then a little trouble to me. This tranflation bath a faire fence as to the gene - rail
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