Chap. 3o. 4n Bxpofition upon the Book of J ò s. ITCH, 28. 263 J O B 30. Verf. 28, 29, 30, 31. I went mourning without the Sun : 1flood up, and T cried in the Congregation. I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to ovules. My s4in is blacke upon 'zee, andmy bones are burnt with heat. My harp alfo is turned to mourning , and my organ into the voyce of them that weepe. THefe foure verfes continue and conclude fobs complaint, or lamenting difcourfeabout his grievous fufferings. I went mourning. lob confefíeth himfelfea {hanger and a traveller in this world, as all his fathers were, andhis travel was a fad one ; I ( faithhe) went mourning. The word which wee render mourning, fignifïes, black or hackney, hence force tranflate, 1 went in blacke, or in blacke ri ' ohs a u Garments. Blacknes is the mourners colour, and garments of ooJcra,cj, lute black are the mourners livery ; wee render clearely to his fence, przvatur (k t 1 went mourning. The Church ( Cant. t. 5.) faith, I am like 7ig'uH Far the tents cfKedar. The Kedarens lived in tents, and theirs were 'ie'ui hora n black tents, they lived inopen fields under the fcorching S P a $ uit t r. lar'nè fo that when the Church fayd, /am like the tents cfKedar, her Arrati dicuntur meaning was plainly this,Iam black; And when ?ob faith, Iwent lugentef mourning ; wee may underhand him both of inward forrow, or Lug.br, ba:.iru forrowofthe heart,-in which fenceDavid profeffed ( jal. 38. ÿuaeu.' r 6.) Igee mturning all the day long ; and expoltulates (7'fal. 42. Pago. 9.) Why gee Imourning becaufe ofthe oppre f on of the enemy : as alto offorrow exp effed outwardly, either in fpeech, gefture, or habit ; As weecommonly fay, Such a man goeth in or weareth mourning. Hence note ; as the bet ofcur life bath forrow mixt withit ; fa much of our life ti nothing elfe but farrow.. Chrif
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