Chap. 29. An Expoftion upon !be Book of J o B. Verf. 4. 445 ,,. J O B, Chap. 29. Verf. q., 5, 6. At Iwas in the daj es of myyouth, when thefecret of God was upon my Tabernacle. When the Almightywas yet withme, when my chil- dren were about me. When lwafhedmy Jieps with butter, and the Roc( poured out Rivers of Oil. rlis context continuesJobs with ; and to make the fence complear, we muff have recourfe to, or reaffume the words of the fecond verte ; O that Iwere Ai in the months pall, 0 that I were Vic. Verf. 4. AS Iwas in the layer of my youth. There is much variety in the rendring of theft words. Ertl, M.. Brougbton renders, as I mad in my lafi yeares;That is (as I fuppoíe his meaning to be) as 1 was in thofe ;cares which immediately preceedcd theft my forrows; or, Oahu I were in as good a condition as theft troubles found me in. Secondly, Och:rs render thus ; As I mar in the layer ofmy Indiebur hi- wintering:, or when I lay in toy winter quarters. This tranflation bernorum meo- is an allufion toSoci'iiers, who ufually all the fummer are drawn rum. Jun: our into fervice , and lye abroad in the field, but in the winter metaphors ea- firenftr de pro - (thatbeing incommodious for a&+ion) come home to their guar- fperitrteob :. cero, where after long marches, and hard, yea hazardous dory, f curèm demo they ref+ in fsfety.h.nd thu4 job ieemes to fay; O that it were with fusagentisqua- me as in thofe dayes whet 1 lay like a Souldler to my winter Tsar- bmiles lhi- ters, not drawn out to combate with affliílions and temptations not at all engagedwith thofe Armies offorrow which bave lately chargedme on every handboth in front and reer. But this is a lit- tle too c ijcal and curious, no- could fob well expreffe the com- fort of e fíou°i +hing f+ate,by a Souldiers life, though in his winner quarters, where though he path all things necefl'ary, provided by his General, or next officer, yet that's no pleafanc life, nor much defireable condition. Thirdly
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