Chap. 4,4n Lxpcjition upon the Boob of J O B. Verf. 24. 653 OB, C A P. 24. Verf. 24., 25: They are exalted for a littlewhile,, but aregone, and brought low, they are taken out ofthe way as ano- ther, and cut off as the tops of the cares ofCorne.. And if' it be not Jò now, who will make me a lyar, and make my f eech nothing worth:. O B Rill proceedeth to defcribe, and here concludeth his de- ., fcription, of the [late ofwicked men, he bath ( as hash been (hewed in the expofition of the former part of the Chapter ) drawne theblackeft charaderof their wickedneffe, as alto given the fayreft profpcd of their outward happineffe ; They fin and profper, they fin and are fafe, they have much good while they doe much evil!. This text fpeakes againe oftheir profperity,yet with a diminu- tion, they are exalted ( butit is only )for a little while, for they aregone and bronoht low, they are taken cast of the way;ae ad ,their, and cat of fat the tops ofthe cares of Corne. There are two opinions concerning the general, fcopeof thefe words. Firf , Some conceive that 70bí aime is to thew, that both in life, anddeath, wicked men fare like othermen ; 3'bey are exalted- for a little while, as all othersare, they are gone, brcugbt low, and takers our of the way ae all others are. Yet, fecondly, I rather incline that be here intends to let forth the miferableconclufion ofwickedmen, not only as they *recut: off from worldly enjoyments, as all men fooner or later are,. but as they are cut off from worldly enjoyments in a way which is not common toother men, or which is not the commonway of man. And the reafon why I rather incline to this as jobs (cope, is, becaufe thefe various expreffi:ons of the fame thing, they are gone, theyare brought low, they are taken out of the way, they are cut <;f( thefe various exprethons,t fay ). feeme to carry fomewhac . more then the remove of men out of the world, by the ordinar ey way of dying, or then by a natural death, Verf z}
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