Chap. 24. An- Expofition upon the Book of jOB. VAT. 20 625 mercy, orthe merciful God {hall forget him for ever. Thevul. gar read,. it by =Alai ofimprecation, let mercyforget him; others as a direft denuncïatì:,n, mercy ballforget lour ; But Irather ap- prehend that this písrafa, or m.;nner of fpeaking, The wom6e fat forget him, Both only import thus much ; That when the wicked mandyeth, he fhai be as much forgotten among men, as iffuck a man had never come out of his mothers wombs, nor been born into the world. But are net wicked men remembred to have been in the world when once they goe out ofthe world ? ufually they doe fuch things in the world as cannot edify be forgotten ; And are not many wicked men, who dyed forne thoufands of }mares agoe,remembred unto this day,as if they had dyed but yefterday? I anfwer, As to forget, aiwaye:, implyeth former knowledge, and acquaintance , fo fomeetmes it implyethonely prefent negle8, When we paffe b -,or flight a man,thenwe are laid to forget him, though we not only remember who he is, but fee him before our eyes. Much more thenmay we Paid to forget tholemenbeing dead,whomwe flighte' while they lived, and never fpeakeof but with contempt and °ahhcrrence both of their perlons andaftions lince they dyed. The ts.;mbe ¡hall f rget him. Yet as the former eerie is expounded by tome, (aswas there touched) to fhew how quiet Andeafie a paffage wicked menufu- ally have out ofthis world by death,fo this claufe alto of theverte inhand, yea the whole verle is expounded to the fame fence; l will onely hint it, and paffeon. The 'ramie fallforget him: That is,his mother (hallnot be troubled or grievedat his death, becaule he dyed without griefor trouble. The wormesfhaßfeed fweetly an bites. That is, Thegrave !hall beno feveererto him then toothers, etaf.,avitlr ob- There the wormes feed uponall men, and they fhail feed tweedy du e ro ei tv e onhim ; or it (hall be a kind offweetneffe and pleafure to him,to, di.fte%ere have thewormes feeding onhim ; which is no more then what wdeetur,Druf. `fob faid upon the fameargument (Cbap.2t. 33. ) The clods of thevalley fliall be fr,eea to bim. He fbagh be no more remembred. That is, there !hall nohard fate or evil! accident befall him L I l l when
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