boo Chap. 2.4: An Expoftion upon the Book of J OB. Vert. a8. being put for anykind ofhome or land poffeflion,ofwhich vine- yards (inmanyplaces) are the chiefe ; he who lived bydrefling and planting ¿heearth, now takes another tourie of life;. be be- holdeth not the wayofthe vineyards ; he will labour no more in a Country life, he will not get his living by the fweat of his face, but by theface of the waters What cares he to get wine by dref fingof vineyards,when he canget whole thip.loads ofwine upon the waters. And havinggot a ftnatch ofthe fweetnefs ofrobbing at Sea, he will workeno more gland. We have.roo much experi- enceof it, that when a manbath once given himfelfe up to fteale- ing,he cannot abide labouring. He is better'pfealed with an eafíe life that is finfull,then with an honeft life that is painful! ; and becaufecafe pleafeth himmore thenhonek,thereforebe will not beheld the wayof the Vineyards, nor the way of the Cornefields, Ad pintas re nor of the palliate grounds for all thefe are wayes of labour. ferre divinare But (hall not infift upon this lnterpretation,it may fufficeonely r,R ex proper co name it. And though as to the thing it felfe as alfo to the eerebro,cum hit g g tantum de infi- praâice ofmany, this be a truth, yet itis fcarcely probable, that ffatoribus agro. lob had that pra&ice in his eye. rum mentiofiat, Secondly, Wemay here conceive, that fob is defcribing the ro navium gut miferable and unfetled condition of the murtherer, ofthe Adul- °toris. Pined: terer, andof the Theife ; be is h i w tupon t e waters, or, % Î p , 'Wife at the waters ( fay we) MVlr Breugton renders, He is lighter theft thefaceofthe waters. TheHebrew particle ferves either reading, aa, or upon; He isfwift, or light upon theface of the waters, that is, he is as a light thing, that fwinameth upon the face of the wa- ters; light things fwimthere,things whichare ofnoworth,ofno price, as ftrawes,or chips,or feathers,or the foame (which k light and hoyen) fwim upon the face of the water. Mr Broughton tratt- flates thus; He is lighter then theface of the waters. The fence is the fame,for as those things which fwim upon the face ofthe wa- ters are light,fo alto isthe face of the waters. Every blaft or,puffe ofwind moves and toffethup the faceofthe waters. L.evitas pro ve. He is fwift, or, light upon theface ofthe waters. lairley tram The Hebrew word whichwe render, fwift, inour tranflation facile rneveter fignifieth alto light ; becaufe thole things that are fwift in moti. quod facile on, are light ; we lay of one that is flow paced, be is heavy anovetur Vet"; teed a and that be is a heavy man , or that aheavy boa which
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