236 Chap. 30. An Lxpaktion upon the Books cf J o a. Verf.24. J O B 30. Verf. 25, 26, 27. .did not Iweep for him that was in trouble?was not my foule grieved for the Poore? When _I lookedfor good, then evill came unto mee and when Iwaited for ligkt , there carte dark neffe. My bowels boiled, and relied not : the dales of of fliklion preventedmee. N there words, and thofe that follow to the end ofthe Chap- ter, ?oh depth two thing; principally. Firfl , He fheweth, how he had formerly carried himfelfe, or what heart he had towards them who were in the depths of mi- fery, himfelfe being then in the bight of profperity, this he af- firmes by wayofqueftion in the 25thverle ; Did not Iweepe for hire that ma in trouble ? &c. Surely I did. Secondly, He tells us how himfelfe had been difappoint.d and fi uftrated either in hisexpeftation oflike compafíions from men, in the day of his perfonal trouble, or in his expecâation of good fromGod, or in both. And this hedoth in the 26th and 2.7 :h verles ; When 1 lookedfor good, then evillcame unto ine, &c. and I found none tocomfort me in the midtî of all my evills ; (My bowels boiled, andrefted not, &c. Once Yob had no troubles, but thole of other Men, and when he had troubles ttare of his owne, he received no helpe from other men. _ Vet f. 25. Did not I weepefor him that was in trouble? In this verle ?ob lets forth the fympathizing frame ofhis fpirit with the lorrows ofothers in the midi} of his own ¡oyes and out- ward enjoyments. When he (Good man) law any call downe with or wrapt up in affliction, kow was it with him ? He made himfelfe a partaker of theiraftli&ion, or a partner in ir, and fltared in their troubles witllthem. Did not I weepe P The words in the letterof theHebrew carry in them the na- tore
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