Chap. 29. An Expofition upon the Book of J o B. Ver r.24. 6 r a ported to him, or that he had ecpyed fome hole, Come error, or weaknefs in it. This expofition i itt hightcns the honour of fob, and that eflimation which all had of his wifdome and fagacity. M ifmen could fcarce beleive their own fences,nbout what they had beard and Peen, or that they could hardly belcive that to be fo, which they knew to be Co,when he did but by a gesture or the change of his countenance hint the contrary. In the fence before ;ivcn the relative particle it(they beteived rt not) referred to Mr laughter : But in this it referrs to the matte r whatfoever it war, reported to job by themselves for his judgement and determina-, tion;at the hearing of which if he did but fraile- a little(as Judges sometimes do) they were ready to doubt their own care, and laydown their former good thoughts of it, as thinking that he law what theydid not fee. And then the latter put of the verfe, The light ofmy countenance they cafE not down,may be interpreted, in a proportion to that, as if he had laid. When 1 gave counte- nance to or (hewed my approbationof a bufincfs by the calf of my eyes, they did not call down the light ofmy countenance ; that is,they didnot refufe or oppose me, but they lookt upon that sign as a rule togo by. But (to open that i littlefurther) we may more ditlincîlyen- quire ; Fitt+, whatJob meant by thelight of his countenance ? Se- condly, what by their not. cafling it down ? To the former que- (tion, I anfwer, that as the light of the countenance of God figni- fieth his favour and fpecial kindnels to man, (pfal. 4. 6. ) Lord liftfbou,up the light of thycountenance upon see, that is, Phew thy fell favourable and gracious to us. So there is fuch a light (hitting from the countenance ofman upon man, elpecially from the countenanceof Princes and Magistrates, as Solomon fpeaks exprefhely (Prev.í6. as.) In the light ofthe King: countenance û life. Secondly, The light of the countenance, is the chearfulnels I-umensl3httc of the countenance joy is light in the mind, and it puts a beauty rata: vultru; I Y p Y q.d. upon. the face,and makes it fhine.Hence alto in Scripture forrow fiabant non mcoo vìnträ - is called blacknefsand darknefs(Joel a.6.) Before theirface the eiftim jacanda poeple ¡hall be much pained.: all facer (hall gather blacknefs : the tanquomcum Hebrew isapot, that is a potlike colour or. blacknefs, fuck as Nullom re+ fcullions contra&by lying among the pots ; to which the Peal aficiebant me, miti alhades (Pfau, 68. t3.) Though ye have lien among the pots, inomnibu:pla. Iaiiz yet
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