r 66 Chap. a7. An ExpoJition reperr,tbelo®Lìf "Cis. \Teri reproach them; this was }robs refolution ;My °'confeitnceffwallnet reproach me fo long as I live, JOB, Chap. 27..Verf 7, 8 Let mine Enemy be as the wic(ed,and he that rifethup againfi me, as the unrighteous. For what is the hope ofthe hypocrite, thoxgh he have gained, when God taheth away hisfoal ? IN the former verfe, we found yobholding fail and Cliflymain- taining his own tighteoufneffe, againfi all the oble&ions and jealoufies of his friends; in this be either faaneth unrighteoufnefs or the reward of the unrighteous, upon his Enemy, or oppofer Let mine Enemy be as the wicked, ani be that rifetbop agatnft me, as the unrighteous. Let mine Enemy. Vaticiniuot efi Some render and expound the words, not asa with or defire; non vatum. but as a Prophetic ; in which job foretelleth what would, become janfon. of his Enemy, or what evill (hould befall him ; MineEnemy fhalt In'1 remvim be as t be wick¿ed,c he thatrifethup againfi me as the unrighteous.' et energiamvi- detur babere But I rather take it ( according taour reading ) for an impreca. 5ntpreeaie. tion, or with, that evill might come upon his Enemy. mere. Let mine enemy beets thewicked What awicked man is, and the forceof the otiginallword here ufed,hath been openedheretofore, therefore I (hall not filly upon ir. Both parts of this verfeare of one fence and meaning: that which he faith in the beginning ( Let mine Enemybe as the wie. ked) he (peaks againe in the doleof this verfe ( and be that ri' fetb upagatnft me,as theunríghtem.This latter is but a reinforce- ment of the fame thing in a dtcrent forme and fhape of words. He that rifeth up again?` me. This rifer is none other, thanhis Enemy before fpoken of ; yet the Title beflowed upon him,givesus a defcriptionof anEnemy, or
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