768 Chap. 3 t. An E'xpofirion upon the Rook of J o a. Vert. 4o dy deliverance) have long lookedfor peace andpro(,kerity, but alas, hors were we deluded and ruiflead by you our loader, for no good came, orgood was not ? andwe looked tcs earn,ßly for healing, but behold trouble; toe fee nothing to this day, but vifi.ns of [care and amazement, nothingbut tokens ofruine, andfeme hafining defolati. on.Thus to fall (bort ofor belowour expectings,is the leagthning and heightningofour mifery.This mifery fob wi(ht upon himfelf, that he (hould not have what he had caule to looke for,if he had willingly and knowingly caufed any to mi(fe that which they might juftly expect and looke for at his hands ; a d having fpo- ken this he givesover (peaking, fo it followeth ; The words of 7eb are ended. Here's the end of this Chapter, the end of fobs large difcotxfe continued throughout the five fore-going Chapters, as alto the end of his whole difcourfe,debate,or difputation with Isis friends. The words of y_b are ended. There's a queflion flamed by Tome about theft' wo, ds,ekhether they area part of that which by wayof eminence above all wri- ti; g; we call the Scripture, or whetter they were only added by the tranlcriber of the booke, I will not flay upon the reafons one wayor other, but conclude in that opinion that there words are a part ofScripture. The words oflob are ended. And 'ds cor.fiderab'e that the word here tiled fignifes ending with perfection, or ending to purpofe ; As ifit had been yd; ?,,b hath row brought the matter to a full iffue. In the firft verve of the fi0ft Chapter, God gave tctlimony concerning 7;b, that he was a perfect man, and now he fsith,the words ofyob are perfeb77 ; fuch as the man was, fuch were his words, he was a per fed mar, and here are perfcâ words. For we n,uft not take there words is noting only a bare Conclufon, here if an end of what fob f5jakr. But lob having brought his matters to a good end, to a perfeft iffue,he breaksoffhis worke (as it were) gloryi:o g and fits downe not only quietly, but triumphantly, his worke (as to the truth of bis cafe)being fo wel ended.The feventÿ fecond Pfalme concludes in this forme ; The prayers ofDavid thefan of ?fife are ended Noe that Davidmade no more prayers, or pray'il no more, but the perfeetion ofprayer was recolle &cd into that Pfalme; For there holy
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