r Thou ſhalt be free from fear, becauſe thy great and ſettled Pro- ſperity ſhal baniſh our of thy Mind all thoſe fad end irkſibm thoughts of thy former Calamities,which naturally ingender fears of the con- tinuance or return of them, Perſons blefſed with eminent Delive. rar:ces, and an happy Settlement, are frequently (aid in Scripture to forges their former Sorrows, as Gen. 41« 51. 1ſa. 54. 4» John 16. 21- not thar they ſimply forget them, burbecauſe they have no ſad or fright- ful remembrance of them : For remembring and forgetting in$ cripture, do not ſimply noteaQts of the Mind,but alſo AffeS&ions and Pradtiſes ſuitable to them, as is well known. 5s Thou thalt remember them no more,than Men remember cither a Land-flood, which as it comes ſo it goes away ſuddenly, and leaves few or no foorſteps or memo- rials behind ir, or the Waters of a River, which as ſoon as rhey are out of ſight, are out of mind, becauſe of the new Waters which im-
. f Heb ſhal mediatly come in their ſtead ariſe above
the noone
17 And :bine age t Þ thall be *clearers than the noon-
heady and untraQable; and therefore very incompetent to judge of
which thy Prayers will be in vain. Or, If thou diretteſt, or reflifiett
and ſettled abode or allowance. = 5. e. In thy Habitation, :. cither-
Chap.
things of God. Fora Verb very like this,and coming from the ſame Root, ſignifies to have ones heart taken away, Cant. 4-9. d And mans born, i.e. he isby his Birth ſuch; this evil is now natural and heredi-
day x ; thou ſhalt || ſhine forth y, chou ſhalt be as the 2.
morning Z. *Pf, 37.6. 7 7, e, The remainder of thy Life and time in this World.u Heb. - by a 4- . 58. 8.
a . ' them. x Or, above the noon-day, or above the Sun at noon-day, when |Or,fee up. Judges of all his Counſels and Altions,yet God knows Man exattly, ; - - | ; higheſt pirch, as well as in its greateſt Glory. y Lioke in 11a. 40.31,
ſhall ariſe : Men are faid to fall into troubles, and to ariſe out of
Scripture commonly ſignifies Proſperity and Glory, as Ef. 8: 16. - Job 18.5,6.8 38: 15-Prov.4q:18. Or, if thou art in dgrkneſs, as this word properly ſignifies, Job 19; 22. Amos 4: 13. 7. e. If thou comeſt into any diſtreſs and trouble. z 3. e. That Night of trouble ſhall certainly and ſpeedily be followed with the Morning of Deliverance and Com-
forr, which ike the Morning-light ſhall ſhine brighter and brighs
rer, until the perfe& day.
18 Andthou {balc be ſecure becauſe there is hope a ; v Low. 26! yea, thou ſbalt dig about ihee b,end *thou (halt take thy Pol. 3. 5:
& 4, 8. 4i. «Thy Mind ſhall be quier and free from Terrors, becauſe thou Pro. 3-24-
reſt in ſifery c.
ſbalt have a firm and wel/-grounded Hope and Confidence in God's merciful and providential Care of thee. Or, thou ſhalt be confident that thou ſbalt have what thow hopeſt for ; the at hype, being put for the objeR,as is very uſual. 7... Thou ſhajt haveAflucance in and fromGod, that thy hopes (hall not be diſappointed but fu}filled. This is oppoſed ro thar tear, v. 15. 6 Either to fix thy Tents, which after the manner of the 4rabians were removed from place tq place for conveniency of Paſturage for their Catrel ; or to tind out Water for thy Cattel,as they did, Ger. 26, Or ro plough the ground, as he had done, Chap- 1.14- Or to make a Fence about thy Dwelling.For both the forego- ing & plowing palages expreſles his ſecure & ſafe condition.cFree from-Dangers and the
: ear of them;becauſe of God's fatherly provi __ dence watching oyer thee when thou canſt not watch over thy ſelf. _
19 Allo thou (halt lie down, and none ſhall make #.c..
thee afraid ; yea, many ſhall F make ſuit unto thee d. Pfa.45-22- ]
4 F 4 De»
p. XII.
4 Deſiring thy favour and frendſhip, becauſe of thy great Power
and Riches, and eminent Felicity : See Ger. 26. 26, Oc
' 20 But the eyes of the wicked ſhall fail e, and | they
. y ſhall not eſcape f,and * their hope ball beas [[the giving up of the ghoſt g.
; =o E Or, be > me 4 either with Griefand Tears for their ſore Cala-
k.8.15, mitics: Or with long looking for what they thall never attain,as this
8. 14. phraſe is taken,Pſal.69.3.Jer.24.6.Lame 4 17.Andthis ſhal be thy con-
r,s puff dition, O Job, if thou perſiſteſt in thine Impiery, f They thall never
earth. obtain Deliverance out of their Diſtreſſes, but ſhall periſh in them.
* 2£ #4.e. Shall be as vain and deſperate as the hope of Life is in a Man,
when he is at the very point of death. Or, as ap»ff of breath,v/hich
i5-gone.in a moment 3 -9r p0 _ hopes of recovery»
Tob's Anſwer : His Friend's Self-conceit : The Miſerable always deſpiſed " #hough Upright : The wicked proſper, I==== 6. God's Power and Pro- Loidence is ſeen in his Works, 7 —n——il, With the Ancient is W; ſaom, | but eſpecially in God, arid Power ; Judges are Frols, Princes weak and --mnean, Darkneſs Light before him, $2---=22. And whole Nations are 0-
wer-ruled by him, 23===25. By
ND job anſwered and ſaid,
FA. - 2 No doubt;but ye are the peoples,and wiſdom
ſhall die with you 6.
' a You three, Ls you only are the people, i.e. People of all People for eminency of Wiſdom,the only company of reaſonable Creatures; all others are but Fools or Beaſts:You have engroſſed all the Reaſon of Mankind; and each of you have as much Wiſdomas an whole People pur together. It is an Ironical Expreſſion,as the next Verſe ſheweth. 6 All the Wiſdom and knowledge of Divine things which is in the World, Jives in you, and will die and beutterly loſt when you die. This you think of your ſelves; and this makes you ſo con- fidently and peremptorily deliver your Opinions, and give Laws tome and all Mankind, and even to God himſelf.
Ch.r3.2. © 3 But * T have an | underſtanding «c as well as ye,
Heb. + T aw not inferiour to you d: yea, F who knowethnot