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Chap.
32.
-;
,fin Expòftion
upon
the
Boal¿,of
J
o
ifexf.
x,
3
or
ftand
forth. The word
in
the Hebrew
may be
rendred
thus
They
fabbatized,
implying
they
had found
it
a
week
of
hard
work,
Verb=
ipfum
and ftrong labour in
dealing and tug
ing
with
fob;
And now
as
if
1721)
ind;cit
their
feventb
day
or
Saboth
were come, they fate
downe and
took
ncoe
t
/li
iouutnreaam
their refl.
Speaking
efpeeìaily
arguing and
di
uting with
a
knowing
and
refolved
rtiio
o-
adver
fary,
is tough worke
;
And they who
,,
prarerite
have
been
at
it
to purpofe,
may for
very wearineffe have caufee
-
&
iagentem
nough
to
reft
or
taketheir
Saboth
;
fo
did
tilde
three men, they
Y
p
1
yam,
ceafed or fabbatiz'd from anlwering
fob.
aono,
We
may
yet !further
enquire,
why
did
they ceafe
?
Firft,fome
pined;
men ceafe
to anfver,
becaufe
they
'rave
no
more
to
anfwer. Se-
condly, others ceafe
to
anfwer, becaufe they fuppofe they have
anfwered
enough
already,
and will anfwer no
more.
Some
lay
the
former
was
the
reafon
why
fobs
three
friends ceafed
to
antWer,
they
had
no
more
to
anfwer
;
Others
take
the latter,that
they had
no
mind,na
will
to
give
any
further
anfiver.13ut
the reafon expre
f-
fed in the
text
(
which
filmic'
fatisfie
us and
fuperf
ed
further
queries
)
is,
Becaufe he was r;ghteozrs in
his
vwne
eyes.
As
if
it
had
been
faid,
Becaufe they fan, they
had
done no
good
inpon
him,
3ób
kept.his
,o-round
and maintained his
flanding,
he'
d
f
;
puted
every
inch with
them, and
ycilded
not
an inch
;
at
they found
.him
at
firfi,
fo
he
was
at
laß
,
they
faw him a man
immoveably
let
downein
his
owne
parpofe
and
opinion,
and
therefore,
becaufe
they
cottldget
nothing
by
fpeakjng, they
would ffieak
no
more.
'Tù
but
,iosl labour,
(
as
we
lay
)
to
wag)
the
Blackmore.
The
conflancy
and
warmth ofJob
in
defending
himfelfe they
judged
ob(lin.icy
and
a
humour
to ot,pofe,
or
but the
fwelling of
a
proud
f1
irit
;
whereas
indeed it
was
the
love
of
truth,not
of
contention,
a
zeale
to doe
himfelfe
right, not to
doe
them wrong, which caufed him
(iüt
to
hold up
the Bucklers,
and
adhere
fo
flitfely
to
his
owne
opinion..
Thus defpayring
to
convince or
bzhag
him to
an ac-
knowledgement,
that
he
.was
unrighteous, they
ceafed.
Becaufe
he was
righteous in his
ovine eyes,
That's
filch
another forme
of
fpeaking
(Pro.
;',
.
)
Be
u
t
wife
in
thine
owne eyes
As allo that
(
Pro.
26.
a
a.
)
Seefl thou.
a
man
ui
fe in his
swvne
conceit,
there
is more
hope
of
a
fool
then
of
hinz.
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