Chap. 24, 44 Expofieon upon the Book of JOB. Verf. 17. 593 light. But it may be objec&ed ; It fhould feeme thefe men cared for the light, and liked it well, for they made much nie of it ; In the day theymarked hassles. I anfwer, When job faith, They knownot the light, we may reftraine it to one part oftheir butie- nefs,and that the maine,Theirdigging through houfes;for this put- pole ( which was their principali purpofe) they knew not thelight, that is, they neither lovednor liked the light,darkneffe was more welcome to them. I (hall not give any notes from there words here, having before ( efpecially at the z2 t verfe, where it is !aid, They arefacia as rebelagainff the light, they know not the makes of it, &c.) been fomewhat large upon the fame fubje&; As allo becaufe theneat verfe isbut a furtherilluftration and enforcement of thefe words. Verf. 17. For the morning is to them Sven as thefhaddow of death, ifone know them theyare in the terreurs of the fhaddowofdeath. Thisverfe gives a reafon,why there theives tooke the night for their worke ; or it is an expofitionof what was Tall laid, They know not the light, The text may be read thus out of the Originall, As loon as it la `Umbra mertù morning the fbadowofdeathcomes upon them. This Hebraifine the óílú uáati ut" fhaddew ofdeath, bath beenopened at the 5ch verfe of the third encore poteffe Chapter, whether I referre the reader. In this place, it ocely Genitivia ef- iimp')rts thus much in General,That thefe wicked men did equallyfah Pik: fear the morning as death it felfe, they were furprifed with feare, Cum veste ma= as Toone as h ofit,w y the with li il furpr fed it.What in reaoo ,wy doth ne venitutrbra, g díáiu.m aculé theadulterer fear the morning, and why Both the theife fear the proper fpecieno morning ? they do fo upon there three coofiderations, contradíílionN Firft , Left they fhould be hin.' °ed in <ticir wicked workes ; fecondly, left their wicked workes fiho>uld b,- difcerned ; thirdly, left their wicked workw fhould be pu.141Afor thefe reofons they 'hate the light, and the morning is to them as e fhaddow of death, Hence obferve. . That good thingseven the bed things are a trouble towicked men, Sin makes good thingsevill to us, and pleafant things trouble- fome to us. What a pleafant thing is the light ? How beautiful! !Gggg are
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