614 Chap.3 I. An Bxpoftion upon the Book of J o B. Verf.3e. abufed Socrates, beating his face ( as we fay) blacks and blew, All the revenge he tookewas to write upon his owne Forehead, Sucha man did it. Yet thefe were but Heathenifhboafis and fha- dowes of patience, not the true vertu; much leffe the Graceof patience. Herewas noroll fubmifiïon to the hand ofGod who permitted there difpenfations, as therewas in David when Ski- mei reviled and curled him ; here was no fence or acknowledge- ment oftheir ownevilenes, no figne ofcharity, but a deepe con- tempt of thofe who wronged them, joyned witha fwelling pride and an infuperable fight offpirit in their owne fuppofed worthi- neffe or greatneffe. All which are at the furtheft diftance and remove from that patience and charity which appeared aâually in 7ob,andfhould be the temper ofevery Chriftian Under loch in- civilities and enmities aâed towards him by his enemies, or thofe that hatehim. Vert 3o. ( Neither have Ifuffered mymouth tofin by wifhing acurfeto his finite ) We ( which fome other tranflaters doe not) read thefe words in a parenthefis ; and I grant there is a full fence without them; yet theymake the fence much fuller. For as in the former verfe lob prptefted that he neither fecretly rejoyced, noroutwardly boafted either at the total! ruine and deftru&ion which befell, or at any leffer evill which found him that hated him fo in this verfe he proceeds to purgehimfelfe fromall revengeful fpeeches, or from venting his heart at his mouth, by wifhing eyther de- ftru&ionor any evill to bim that hated him; As if he had fayd, Both my heart andmy tongueare clean in this matter, Ihave not rejoicedwhen trouble came upon my enemy, much leffe did I defire or with that it might some upon him. 2' either have I fuffredmy mouth tofin. Wee tranflate mouth, the text ispalate, which is a part of the mouth ; and fo Mr. Broughton renders , 2'l Ilet not my palate fin ; The tongue and palate are parts of the mouth, and as all of them joyned are the inf#ruments offpeech, fo any of them alone are txpreffed tobe fo in Scripture ; Neither haveI fufferedmypalate or mouth tofin. The
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