Chap.25, An Expoftion upon the Book of J OB. Veri. 6 711 city. N4w if by the fin ofman,thofe creatures who in themfelves are finleffe, even the Mnoneand Starres, have çontrafted, defi'e- merit, and are not without biemifh in the fight of God;then how much h:ffe is man (by whom they have taken this infection) free from blemifh or infRion himfelfe, as Bildad inferres in the next' words and dole ofthe Chapter. Verf. 6. How much ¡effe man that isaworm, and the fenofmax . which is 4 warme. As if he had laid, If the Sunne Moons andStarre, arenot pure in hisfight, haw mooch lefe is man pure ? Nor is Bild .dconter,t to fay howmuch lefs is man ? but hegivers a very deba..ng com- parifon ofman. Howmuch left is man that is a worm, and the fon of man which Con preced's fen:enr'a nega is worme. tiva arriìula How much lefe Ì We may fay al(o, howmuch more is trian im. v/4 pure in his fight ; o; the original words are often rendred ; as ID corn. the Reader may fee an thole places (Pro t t. 31.- Pro. 15. i L) '` e'e'd nr,ar yuanro rt;inau, Bildad las'eth men as low as he can (hewing that he is fo faire P;ic. below theStarres char hers as low as a worme; and if the Sta s be impure in the fight of God, how much more is man a worm ? What's a worm ? what a dark,dull thing is a worme to a Starre ? yet that is not fo dull a thing to a Starre, as a Starre is to God, therefore if the Starresbe net pure in his light, howmuck leffe man that isa worme ? A worme is oneof the meaneft Creatures, and the word that ;unn term is here tiled fignifieth the meaneft ofworms;properly and ftriftly ptrvu in carne thole little wormes which breed in Beal or Cheefe, or in any o- ther kinde of food when it is corrupted.The word is ufed (Exod, a 6. 24.) where it is laidof the ,/Warms that was refervedcontra.' ry to the command ofGod, Thatit bred wormes ; filch a worme is man ; and Bildad is not content to fay thisonce, but he faith it again,. And the fon ofman which is a warme. Here is the fame thingdoubled ; And 'cis doubled by Bildad to affirm
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