Vain hopes of dcliverince,a> thou adviſeſt me,C-8.6.or fzek ro God, . . . f Heb.the as 1 hath. 45 apr Chap. 5. $ for that eaſe which 1 ſec hz is reſolved that chou (houldeſt deſpiſe b F the work of thine hands z labour of not to give me? Way ſhould | trouble my ſelf with clearing mine and ſhine upon the counſel of the wicked & ? wn; thine hands innocency, ſeing God will ſtill hold me guilty? f Doſt thou take any pleaſure in it? Haft thou any advantage or ka 30 *if1 waſh my ſelf & with ſnow-water/, and make | honour by i:? Doſt thou think irright and juſt,and becoming. the hand fs lem « Rule: of the World ? g By thy abſolute and irreſiſtible Power, with- my nands NeVer 10 Cican, p out any regardro that Juſtice and Equity, and Clemency, by which k Either 1 really, by SanCtification, cleanſing my heart and life | .;,0 uſeft es govern Mankind. hi. e. Shew tiy contempt ofthem, from all filthine!s ; or rather 2, declaratively or judicially; 5. e. If | ;.,,., by denying them common favour and prote&ion; or by de- I clear my ſeIffrom all imputations,and fuli'y prove my innocency ftroying them. : Which every Workman loves and maintains. befare men. /:. e As men cleanſe their Bodies, and as under the | |; gy the Mctholsof chy Providence ſezm to favour the courſes Law they purified themſelves with water, which he here calls wa- | , 4 pra@ices cfwicked men, to whom thou giveſt proſperity and ter of Snow, eirher becuuſ by irs purity and brightneſs it reſembled ſvcceſs, whiiſt chou frowneſt upon me and other good men. This Snow; or becauſe in thoſe dry Countries,where freſh :nd pure Wa- may have reference, either to JobsFriends. whoſe ungolly Cenſures ter was ſcar 'e,Snow-watrer was much in uſe,or becauſe that Water | 6,5 (cemed tr approve by continuing Jobs Affiiftions upon him : might be muchuſcd among them in ſome oftheir ritual Purificati® | 5. ,, the Chaldeansant Sabeans,u hy had ſucceeded in their wicked ons, as coming down from Heaven. | : ; zttempts upoa Jes. but it ſeems to be more generally meant of wick» I0;nul, 31 Yet ſhalt thou plunge me in the ditch m.,and mine | q men. | " own clothes ſhall || abhor me ». | 4 Haſt thou eyes of fleſh / or * ſeeſt thou as man « . al . #5. e. In miry and puddle water, whereby I ſhall become moſt | ſeth yz ? r Sam; filthy. Burt as Jobs waſhing,ſo Gods plunging him.&c is not under- 1 i.e. Ofa man, who iscalled f:ſhyas Gen. 6. 13. 12.40:6. 5 Man 16:7.
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: opportunity of doing Juſtice,& the Criminal get out of his power- F Buc it is not {o with thee,thou art eternal & unchangeable, and ſeeſt | at one view all mens hearts,and all their aCtions prefent & ro come: and therefore thou doſt not need to proceed with me in this manner by making ſo long and ſo ſevere a ſcrutiny into my heartand life. 6 That thou * enquireſt after mine iniquity, and
+ FCh.44.16 ſearcheſt after my ſin o ? o Keeping me ſo long as it were upon the Rack to compel] me to _ accuſe my elf, as men ſometimes do.
FHeb.ir# - +Thou knoweſt that Tam not wicked p,and zhere is -uatx none that can deliver out of thine hand 9. IIEY my” ? i, e. An Hypocrite, or anungodly man, as my Friends account
me : and therefore deal not with me as ſuch.q The ſenſe 15, Either 1+ Thou doſt not need to keep me faſt in thy Priſon, leſt I ſhould make an eſcape, or any ſhould reſcue me out of thy hands, which none can do ; Therefore take off thy hand from me. Or, 2.If thou doſt not help anddeliver me, none elſe can do it; Therefore do not thou fail me : which, conſidering Gods merciful nature, isa good Argument. If any man oppreſs another, he may have relief from thee, who art higher than his Oppreſſor, Eccleſ. 5. 8. but thou art the ſupreme and uncontrollable Ruler of the World, and therefore thou muſt needs do right, Ger. 18. 25. And therefore do not thou
oppreſs me. See above v. 3. ; #Heb rok 8 Thine hands + have made me, and faſhioned me
pains abour together round about r ; yet thou doſt deſtroy me 5.
me, ri. e. All of me, all the Faculties ofmy Soul, and all the parts of my Body, which are now over-ſpread with Sores and Ulcers ; I am wholly thy Creature and Workmanſhip, made by theeand for thee. s Or, ſwallow me up ; to wit, without cauſe, or any eminent provo- cation of mine ; as if thou didſt delight in doiag and undoing, in making and then deſtroying thy Creatures, which doth not become _ thy Wiſdom or Goodneſs.
| 9 Remember,l beſeech thee,that * thou haſt || made
me as the clay rs, and wilt thou bring me into duſt a-
*Gen.2.7 gain « ? ing - # i. e. Of the Clay, the Note of ſimilitude here expreſſing the
| Or, truth of things, as it doth, John 1. 14+ and elſewhere, as bath been wrou:ht, before obſerved : Or, as a Potter maketh a Veſſel of the Clay; and ſo this may note both the frailty of mans Nature, which of it ſelf decays and perifheth,and doth not need ſuch violent ſhocks & ſtorms to overthrow it;& the excellency of the Divine Artifice commend: d from the meanneſs of the Meterials ont of which it was made;which isan Argument why God ſhould not deſtroy it. »Wiltſt thou now cauſleſly and violently deſtroy thy own Work ? But the words are, and may be read without an Interrogation ; And thou wilt bring me into daſt again, out of which I was made: I mufr die by the courſe of Nature, and by the Sentence of thy Law ; and therefore whilſt I do live, give me ſome eaſe and comfort,
*Plal-139 ro * Haſt thou not poured me out as milk! and crud-
1415-16 Jed me like cheeſe x? x Thus he modeſtly and accurately deſcribes Gods admirable Work in making Man out of a ſmall and liquid,&as it were milky ſubſrance, by degrees congealed and condenſed into that exquiſite
frame of mans Body. y : 11 Thou haſt clothed me y with skin and fleſb, and haſt + fenced me with bones and ſinews z.
7. e. Covered my inward and more noble parts; which,as Phi!o- ſophers and Phy ficiars obſerve, are firſt formed. So he proceeds in deſcribing mans formation gradually. z Which are the ſtay and ſcrength of rhe Body; and lome of them,as the Skull and Ribs. en- cloſe and defend its vital and moſt noble parts.
12 Thou haſt granted me life 4 and favour b,and thy
viſitation c hath preſerved my ſpirit #.