4 6 Chap. 31. An Expofition upon the 'Book, of J o Verf. z2. J O B 3r. Verf. 22, 23. then let mine armefallfrom my fhoulder-blade, and mine arme be brokenfrom the bone. For deftrullion from God was a terrour to me: and by reafon of his highneffe I could not endure. TN the former verfe lob earneftly protefted his integrity, yea, and his tenderneffe toward the poore, and fatherlefT , even when he had the faireft opportunity to crufh;and oppreffethem ; when he faw his belpe in thegate. He now bindes that proteftstion by a folemne and facred im- precation, calling downe a dreadfull Judgement upon hionfelfe if it were not fo. I have mer withmatter of this nature more then once before; lob imprecating vengeance upon his own head,to affure the truth of what he had protefted. How, and in what ca- fes imprecations may bemade , bath there been (hewed. And, therefore I (hall not flay upon it here , but only a little open the matter of this imprecation. Verf. 22. Then let mine armefallfrommy (boulder' blade, &c. Dail juxta The Hebrew is,Let mine armefall from my ¡boulder. Theword rebraot ell rendred oulder.blade notesall that breadth of the body, from ro rid rota la blade, y' t;P taudo humeri, the neck to both the armes. And 'cis ufed metaphorically by the qua exeat a col Prophet (Zepb. 3.9 ) to expref e that onenes ofheart and to ai brachium, rit, which (hall be among the peopleofGod in the latter dayes ; ;string. Merc: Then will Iturne to the people a pure language , that they may call upon the Nameofthe . rd, toferve kimwith one confent, or, with one ¡boulder (aswe put it in the Margin) Which is anallufion ey- ther to oxen drawing unitedly and at once in the f íne yoake, or to feverall men unanimoufly loyning their firength to beare the fame burden. 'Tis tranflated back, (Pfal.zI.; z.) Therefore ¡halt thou mare them to turne their backe, or their (boulder ; we put in theMargin,Tbou¡balt fee them as a Butt, when thou ¡halt make ready thine arrows upon thyfrings, againfl the face of them ; wee render clearely to the fcope of this place in rob, as well as the fence of the word, TheJheulder, or the ¡boulder.blade ; the next clank is of the fame fence. And
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