Chap. 3o. An Expofition upon the Boeke of J o B. Verf. 25. 24I Firft , Some with reference towater, Was not my Tonle like a exponent, re. peek, or a lake ofwater ? I did not only ih.d teares from mine ftagnavit la- eyes without, but my foule within was as a fipring ofwater ; As if chrymis am.. he had fayd, My teares canoefrom thefonntaine ofmyheart , or 1 p a ÿuafiat was heartily ferryfor the "pore. pro pe fit pefi. Secondly, Others, though poffibly with too much curiofiry inn oodfor- yet not without probability, take up the metaphor from that fan fhbJtc other Element, Fire; An Hebrewword of neere affinity to it s'nt qui per fignifying to borne ; And fo this claufe is rendred, Did not my nri exponent foule bornefor the poore ? The former tranflation feemes to fay, qual affine fit that he had fprings of water in him : And this latter that he Verbo 1. J quod had fecret flamesoffire burning in his breaft while he behéld the of. cl rto,&c. troubles ofthe poore. 'Tis not unfutable to Scripture language, Mere, To fay a man burnes with furrow; The Apoille Paul fo ex- prefferh his affections to the Churches, and his griefe for any trouble appearing among them, (2 Cor. I r. 29.) Who is of- fended, and 1burne not With what did Paul burne ? he burned with forrow; with griefe. Mr. Broughton gives this traeflationof tcbs text , Did not my joule burnt for the p;ore ? Implying that Yobs bowels were even fired with compaflion. As there is an Ar- dency oflove anddelire, foofgriefe and forrow for their fuffer- ings whomwe love, andwhole welfare we defire. The Septua- 54Aí id`w`r gist render it as we, upon the matter, My routefighed or groaned au,d'Qa ,r feting a man in'traits or nece ties; Such are she poore. tayasus. Sep: The word poore, bath been opened in other paffages of this books ; only note there are two fortsofpoore ; fome are poore by pedigree; or in reference to their originals condition, they were poore borne, or beggars borne, and never knew what it is to have riches, no nor a competency in the things of this life. We may call thefe naturally poore, as we may call others natu- rally rich, menborne to Great Oates and inheritances. Of fuch rich men we fay proverbially, Tbeir fathers were borne before them,' Againe, there are providentialdpoore, or men made poore by fome fpeciallcroffe'or afilit.`king difpenfations ; Thus many who were once-rich, 'veryrich, become poore; They loofe all by the unrighteous dealings ofmen, or by the righteous dealings ofGod, either as a punifhment, or as a tryall. The great riches offome men is burnt or confumed in anhonre by fire, or wrackt and fwallowed up in a moment by the waters. It is an afflietion . l i to
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