Chap. 31 . An Expofition upon the Book of j o B. Ved ; t. ,6§:t fence forward to thevcrfe following, Ifthe men ofmy Taberna- cle[aidnet,O that we had ofhie ffefh ! Theftranger didnot ledgein the Ireets, &c. Thu` they beare a two-fold cxpolitton. Firft As ezp,fflingextream anger againft Secondly , As exprefìing extream love to 7cb : both axle which are the greateft Contraryes are wrought out from there words. I will touch at each ofthem. Firft, Someexpound there words as implying the greateft Anthib.liaori- anger againft 76b ; As if the menofbis Tabernacle, his fervants t i ?crime had beendaily vext with lob becaufeof the trouble he put them ca tivsdei- toby the continual) entertainment offo many ftrangers,ofwhom erbus ae d9 ioirri. he fpeakes at the 32d verfe, or as if lob kept fo much hofpitalitie tun, f chi al,i, for ftrangers, that his family fared the worfe for ir, and were fo ad Job;sm iyuns incenfed againft their Matter for it , that they wou'd fometimes referentrbuoaf- cry out, 0 thdtwee hadofhis PA! That is, ofour Mafterr. flefh ; fsxSu k!sa Jaumm . domeji i that wemight eate him in revenge for that trouble which he puts ci odioprorecuti us to, by bonging or admitting fo many orangers to his bottle, fro, et ei fre- t() we cyther have no time to eate our meate, or no meate left tint in.enfro'e., rate, wee cannot be fairfled. Mc. Broughton renders the text quad eat rn rx- thus ; Have not the folkeofsty haufePaid, O that wee had his fl,fli ! floodssperegri and he gives a two fold gloffeupon it : r irit,as to the former In ni, in:moaicè terpeetation, 4 fjseecbof Hatred to the Enemy; Secondly,as to the fetiga'¢nt. latter, Orfar ho[piteslity, that fervants dinner wasgiven tofiran- Mere gets, that they tarred to roaft more ; which fo troubled his ter NtIi hfue?im rta oJPrtalis vanta, as there exp:-Titers fuppofe, that they could even have ea- ut h.fpuatita ten their Mafter. But, Firft, there is no probability that 74who re mea árfefJi was fohbsral andkind to ftrangers, fhould be any way hard or dosneff¡ci tool unjuft to his owne fervanrs, efpeciallynot fohard as to drawout eontutrerentur their fpirits in fuch bitter language agairsft him ; How he dealt °X'effe jbúran with his fervants we have under his owne oath at the t 3th verle gam carve pot- of this Chapter ; And can we thinke that lob who was fo equal Got &c sic B- and benigne to his fervants, could be'(uponany account) thus rim arciriend dift c fted by them ? Nor, Secondly is it probable that fobs fer- Qe íe roofer vanes were not willing to doe the ft offices to ftrangers, and to Thew refpedwhere their Mafter (hewed love ? Nor, Thirdly, is it to be fuppofed that he would keepe fuch ill bred and ill-condí- tion d fervants,as would looke fowrely upon thofe whom he their Matter had Invited to his houle, crfpeakeill ofhim for inviting them. One of the Ancients difcourfing about ffbrsbstmshofpi- O o o 0 2 ta!iry,.
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