ziö Chap. 3o. An Expofttion upon tke Rook of JO B. Vert, 3.9. probable that a Congregationcame to him;'ris fure,many came to him, force tocounfetif.im, and force to fee him, forne to comfort him, and forme to wonder at him ; for he was a jpetlaelto to the world, to Angels; .nol to men. Now ( faith ?. b') in the very Thera r$ 11.e Congregation, when there was a great company, a throng of vili. roca cafa,n at tants roundabout mee, Icried a his forrowwits fo great that he u' Julia ,re could not bite it in, áór conceale it, no not from the Congrega- f egwert:a ba tion extremity of aine will vent it felfe,'twill out let who will enrnumcah5.at ' p qao miens= Pa be prefent , though a whole Congregation beprefent. Thus a n incon.-,'rt0a the good man fers forth his forrow in al the circurnftances floe ciamcree of it. don. rez: ' I (hall paffe from this verle when I have only minded the rea- der that fame expound it in connexion with the 25rh, where yob profeffeth his cornpaflìonate feelingof the miferies,forrowes and fufperirígs ofothers ; Did not l weepefor him that was in trouble Was not myfoule grieved for the pore ? As if he had fayd, I had fegreat a fence and fellow-feeling ofother mens ofiflions, that 1 went mourning without the Sun ;nothing could comfort mee while myfriends wore forrowfull: 1 thought the Sun didnot )(him upon were while they were in doorkneffe, and not onlyfo but Icould not centaine or content ery f lfe , till Ihad prefented their cafe to the whole Congregation , that Imight move others to pule them and pay forthem as well US ray felfe. That's a truth,but I rather keepe to the former rendring, and take the words as importing the publication of his owne forrowes, not of the forrowes of others in the Congregation. And ifwee woúld know what the fpecial! forme of his cry in the Congregation was; tome conceave it drawne upand expreffed in the,next verle. Verf. 29. I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owlet. As if 74 had thus bemoaned himfelfe before all Beholders ; Alus, alas, I am, no more ( Iice) reckon'd or efleemed amen! men as a man ; nor doe I find my Rife fit for the fociety of men but of boafis and birds rather , and thofe the mefi unmanly among beofis and birds, Dragons ard0wleì, whole fafhicn or cuften.e of life feemes more agreeable to my prefent temper andcondition, then that ofa man. I am a brother to Dragons. &C. Dragons are forted amongthc beaffs of the earth Owles a. rnong the fowles of the ayre. But howwas yob a brother to the ore,
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