.:." ., ~ •' ., ~ ·.·- · ........... -.._.. . ss·S . Vuu.I r. · -An Ex.po{ition, wit/1 Notn vous to futfer from an memy , worfe from a countrym~tJ , worfe then that from a friend ; and worn ofall fromGoilJ f.riends; but . yet this was Jabs cafe, he complaineth that they were miferable comfor rers : thus you fee ? ob was famous for mlferJ;~nd as famous for p4tience , it wouldbe too long to furvey it. In all the expreffi– ons of it two are notable , which run through every .vein of the whole book; his advancing Gt~d, and deblljing him]elf; good thoughts ofGod, and low thoughts of himfelf; 'Biej{ed be God,&c. lob1.23· and I h.~tve firmed, Jcb7· 2.0. Well then, in all·your aHli– tlions, look upon this{jJt[facle ofmifer], and exampltofplltienc.e. Awdhavt[em the end ofthe Lord]tcmay be applyed to Chrift, or 1ob : fome apply i' ro Chriil for thefe reafons, 1. otherwife the main p:tctern ofpatience will be left oot: z. the change of the verb, ye I ~tvt he.trd r;f lob, and yehaw fc.e;; the tndof Chrifl:. the add– ing of this new word feen, feemeth to be doneby 'way ofcomradi-. fiintli.on tohe11rd; Thefe reafC?ns when I firfi glanted upon·this text, inclined me to that opinion, t:fpecially when I afterward faw the ~,D_t Ioh ~ fame reafons urged by learnedParttm.Many of the Ancients go this ~~~~flo IP7_a· way, as Au/fin, Bedit, Lyra, 11quin.u; ~ which lafi impraveddt fi/;/x~:~f., more th~n I havefeenany. Job and(hrift(faithhe)th~ tWof~t· Vm;i Ttfla· motu inflances,are welt conpJed;Iob in the oldTeftament,Chriji i11 tr.:elJto, Chri ~us the new: in the on~ we havt a pledge of a temporall, in the other of m~ovo,q~>orur» an eternal recompence: )OH have IJe.t.rdof the one. and [em the um rtdtirta h' b .n:: 1. d h b .+: h t. · h funt t(mpwaot er. Io fu 11 eretb, o11t nst .to ear , t ere 1 ore t ~~ trJe1tmg t ua, altm ~ttr· have a compleat pattern, ht mwder.h them ofthe end of the Lr;rd. uuj fujfi'f'fnri .. Thus far Aquinas. if this were the fence, the point would be, That 4 K? lobi audi· Chrij!s death u thegreat JPef:hecle andgl11{s of p11tience. But mo– ~~1 q~m·~ . {H· dern Divines go another way , and with good reafon , 1. becaufe &o~:,t /pr ~~ur * th~ dr~ft of the con~ext is to propolJ!ld ?Ot only a perfetl: patte~n .rJt bus,ab zmre) of nufene!>,but an happy endou~ of m1fenes;. he·had fpol<enof lob s .rzo amili!l ~ ·patimce; bm ifrhe former fenfe were true, nothing of .his happy fii!~f!i(tDumz1 n: iffue; a thirng mofi fucable to His1p1:1rpofe, artd moft remarkable in 'i/leil U OC/1 15 fl · C r. 1\.. hh ld . fc itim 'vrftru the fio!Y• 2. The Apoule mthe 1ormer vehe mew.et ewou .mbJ cmce ['en · ' tlance mfome Prophe[&and hoLy menof God, not m the Lord h}m– d~"t.em, lun~a felf. 3• The Syreac Tran.Oation bath plainly fin_em q_f4em ei fecit D~... mmztw pau~, . mi11HJ the end whicli th~ Lord made tohim. 4· The lattot claufe m tem &c ' · · c r Th' • - the Text camiot fo commodtiotd1y agt(ee to the 1ormer ,ence, to / ;,Jt':.as m wit rh.1t Goa ·upitiful, and oft·endet merq; but with this latter • Sec ver.!.7 f~nce it fitl v fuittch,· the end. that the Lr;rti mAde with him, becaHfe . • ' . ht:
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