i4 Chap.27. , An Exp-fition upon the Book of J o B. Vcrf.2 u him to anger with bitterneffes, that is, with many fins. We render well, Ephraimprovokedhim to anger mofi bitterly ; either imply- ing the degree of Ephraim: finfulnefs, which provoked GO to anger,hiswas ahighprovocation, or implying the degree of that anger which theLord expreffed by reafon of that provocation ; The Lord was moft bitterly angryat the linfuli provocations Qf Ephraim,And this complyes with the following notion of Bitter nefs in Scripture. Addueereash. Secondly, Anger, andwrath it felfe is called bitterneffe,or a' ran in mart: bitter thing ; anger is hot, and heate makes the naturali humour tadinem, vol bitter_; whence by allu1on anger is expreffed by birterneffe, be- justa Hebr. cause it Both irrbicter the fpirir, asmuch heate imbittereth the mornoare ani- flomacke. The word is ufed in that prophetic of the Ram and the marl efîprava- p r t ' rare ad iracun- He =goat (Dan, 8. `d.) And Iraw him (that is,the He. oate)come chair. Bold. clofe to the Rana,and he was moved with cboller againfPhim ;Co we tranflate; the text is ('iii the wo'd here ufed in Job) he was im bittere dagain[P him, or vexed at him. The Goate (or Alexander I{ing of Greece) was imbittered againfl the Ram(or agaiofi Da- rius the Xing of Perfia) and [mote the Ram, and brake his two bornes. Soloman faith ( Pro, 17. r z.) 4n evill manfeeketh only rebellion ; forne read it, Hefeeketh onely anger ; The text is, An evil man feeketh onely bitterneffe ;that is, to imbieter the fpiritsof others; he carechnot howmuch anger he kindles among men, and therefore heloves to blow the coales. Whereas it is the bu- finefs of agracious man to fweecen,and quiet the Cpirits of others. He is peaceable himfelfe to others, and a peace-maker between others But an evil man feeketh onely anger. Thirdly, Bitterneffe is put for affiic` ion , That which makes our lives bitter to us, may well be called bitternéfs. When that good woman Naomi came home , affüoîed, and emptied, to her freinds and fellowCitizens, who had formerly knowne her, they bzing.much moved between compaflîon and wonder at her fad condition, faid, is this Naomi ! Is it pofíìble ; What is this Naomi! Then file faid unto them ( Rath. t . o ) Call me not ¡Taomi ( that is,beautifull } but call me Marah, ( that is, bitter ) for the Almighty bath dealt very bitterly with me; I went out full, and the Lord bath brought mehomremptie. And as bitternefs is pur for worldly forrow, or for that forrow which aril ch from trou- bles or wants in the things of the world ; Co alto for Spirituali or - Godly
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