open places. See Fer. 4. 11. and 13. 24. y In which the chief | his integrity E, alchough thou movedfſt me d againſt him t
ſtrength of the houſe did conſiſt. Ir ſmote theſe either all together, | + or father ſucceſſively, one immediatly after anorher, being poſlibly a Whirl-wind,which comes violently and ſuddenly, whirling about
is Very great. z His Sons intheir youth, and his Daughters alſo, as appears from the ſequel.
4 From his ſeat whereon he was ſitting ina diſconſolate poſture. ly
u j God upon him, and his humiliarion of himſelf under his hand. See Jeb, f Gen. 37.34. &c 7, e. Cauſedthe Hair of his H:ad to be ſhaved or cut u ſet off, which was then an uſual Ceremony in mourning, of which ſee Exe 9. 3. 1a. 15.2. and 22.12, Jer: 7; 29. and 41. 5. Mich. 1. 16. d In way of Self-abhorrency,and Humiliation and Su pplication une to God. e To wir, God, who is expreſſed in the following verſe
he
20
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the Glory of his Soveraignty,and of his Juſtice,and of his Goodneſs
thename of the LORD 3.
7 I brought none of theſe things which I have now loſt, with me,
Eeived them fron the hand and fayour of that God who hath now
| 18 abc cious ſuggeſtion to the contrary. "Per.gh in a Circle,and being driven about by the power of rhe Devil, which ſame perfet and upright _—_—
to deitroy him without cauſe e. ſwallow b Notwithſtan4ing all his. Trials and Tribulations, and thy mali. 4m up. c 3.e. He continues to be the Chap. 19+ ch he was before. All thy endea- 10: vours to pull away his Integr:ty, have made bim only ro hold it the
. faſter. 47. e. Didft perſwade me, and prevailed with me to d [Oral 20 Then Job aroſe 4, and rent his [ Mantle b, and | Bur this, as the reit of this ea 15NOT to ]
ſhared his head c, and fell down upon the ground #4, | properly, as if God could be moved by any of his Creatures to alter and worlhipped e. tis purpoſes, which are all Erernal a: d Unchangeable,and eſpecial-
0 it. be underſtood
by Satan, as if God would gratifie him, by granting his deſires ;
"are bur the deſign of theſe words i- to fiznifie both the Devils reſtle + To teſtifie his deep ſenſe oHand juſt ſorrow for the heavy hand of Milice in promoting Mans miſery, ard Gods permiſſion of it Fare own wiſe and holy Ends. ei.e, Wichour any ſpecial provocation whereby he more than others, deſerved ſuch heavy puniſhments. Which alſo Jeb himſelf oft alledgeth for his Juſtification ; although
dorh nor deny himſelf ro be a Sinner, as is apparent from Ch. 7. » 21. and 9.2. and13. 23, 26, Nor that %in deſerves Judgments;
; . _—_ Eee : Or, without any ſuch cauſe as thou did{t alledge, which was his | . and who is the only Obje@ of Religious Worſhip: Inſtead of curſing OR CO OD ge, God, which Satan ſaid he would do, he adored him, and cave hin Hy pocriſie: Or, an vain, as this word is ufed Prov. 1. 175% Ezek. 6.
. andelſewhere. Soir is not referred to Gods d-ftroying him
| ” alls, in this moſt ſevere Di ' "ear Devbey but to Satans moving God ſo ro do. Andſorhis place may be thus
Tee : | rendred exaQtly according to the Hebrew: And : hou h F1 7 ' L:jTim. 21 Andfaid, * Naked came I out of my Mothers | 80 him in vain, or withour effe for ro NIE
, 61, womb f, and naked (bal I return thither Z : the LORD | haſt loft thy Delign and Expettation therein, which wos to take a
42. gave, and the LORD hath * taken away þb; bleſſed be ray wy + wth whiciin ſpight of all chy Art and Malice he tiff { holdeth Ialt.
for rono purpoſe. #. e. Thou
4 AndSatan anſwered the LORD, and ſaid, Skin for
when I came out of my Mother's Womb into the World: bur I re= | SKiD,y$4,All that a man hath will he give for his life +
4 D f The
required his own again. I ſtill have all that Subſtance wherewith I
God
Heb. ts
Chap. II.
7 U fon of theſe words is plain,wh a Tk chat Honour and Praiſe which God [dx ag by pretending that he had done no more than the meane -w — monly do by the Law of Self-Preſervat:on. Andirt 1s S C _ 1 - this was a proverbial Speech then in uſe, wherein if there be 1om difficulty to underſtand it at this diſtance | of
he ſenſe, and eſpe- | than the common lot of many other Proverbs, t , | cially the grounds whereof are frequently unknown to perfons of ; . other Nations, and after times» : thoſe ancient Times, thongh they had ſome Money,yet the main of |
: « : : ſiderable | their Eſtate lay in Cattel, of which the Skins _ |» vt" ab 'end thy Torments. Or, curſe God, though thou die for it : Bur
Moreover, it is known,
part, and their chief Traffick lay in the exchan
dity for another, and, among other things, it cannot be queſtioned -
at they did commonly exchange Skins of one kind for-Skins og No Gicoenting 4 their ſeveral inclinations or OG So the meaning may be this, As Men willingly and 94 AT y B! ” one Skin in exchange for another Skin, and one —_—_ ity " a nother, ſo (the Hebrew Particle Yau, being oft ſo uſe _ | ong » of compariſon, as it 1s Prov. 17- 3- and 25+ 3, 23,25-27* - ; : Man hath, his Houſe, Cattel, Children, wil he give, and that =_ willingly for his Life: 5 & To redeem or ſave his own life : ry rather thus, Skin for Skin, might then be a Proverb like t - © ours, Boay for Body, when one man is ſo far obliged for another.
- And 'we have ſome ſuch Expreſſions among us ; as when we ſay of
THeb.b/eſ;
yy
* Or, enly
tHeb.bleſs
1 Kin.21.
IO, 13.
2 Man, who doth ſo ne dangerous Attion, His Skin, is & his Body will pay for it, i+ 6 It may coſt him his Life. might be taken, 1» From Sacrifices,
that in
B. Chap. It: f
*ch {5 to detraft from Job j ment of his Temptations, and the aggravation of Jobs miſery by
unnatural unkindnefs to him, which is declared Ch. 19. 17. and elſewhere. #» Art thou yet ſo weak to perſiſt in the praftice of Pie« ty, whenit is not only unprofitable to thee, but the chief occaſion of all theſe thy inſupportable miſeries, and when God himſelf not
time, it is no more | only forſakes and leaves thee in this helpleſs and hopeleſs condition,
but is turned to be thy greateſt Enemy ? o Seing thy bleſſing of God availeth thee ſo little, it is time to change thy note, Curſe God and die, 1: e. reproach him to his face, ard tell him of his Injuſtice and Unkindnelſs to thee, and that he loves his Enemies and hates his Friends and thatywill provoke him to take away thy Life, and fo