Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 1091

x. ; / F \o , * 1, 1.0 - : _—_ , 5p me, and that with dehght, which Archers have in bunk yr ek nl Blatne of it before all Men; and if T be inno- , . : 5 at 1 ma I to It 7 - - x 13 * His archers compaſs me round about ; he | Religion, (which ſuffers co this pa man to yr | cleaveth my reins aſunder », and doth not ſpare ; he | 9*Y die in peace with God, and may leave the ſayour "of a good pourech out my gall upon the ground. ms DERRY 4 mM i-e- His Plagues or Judgements el{e-where compared to Arrows, : : CHAP. XVIL and here to Archers. # With his Arrows, 1- e- he wounds me in- His miſerable Life ; Falſe Friends : Their Puniſoment, 1 === 5. His Con-« | wardly,and mortally, and incurably ; which alſo is noted by powring tempr ; and Sorrow, 6, 7. The Righteous ſhould be eſtabliſhed, 8, g. | 0:7 the galtt; ſuch Wounds being deadly. But he was given over to death, Il =—is, | Ys |; | 14 He breaketh me wich breach upon breach » ; he MI [| breath is corrupt , my days are extindt 6, the | runneth upon Me like a giant o. L gravesc are ready ior me d. ; [Or ,nlf n My Calamities have no Interruption, but one immediately ſuc- a 1 e, It ſtinks, as it doth in dying perſons. Or, my Spirit is cor- a By flea , - ; reptcd, or ſj [ 7 Iri Sdwyd mori... my cceds another, as it did Chap: x- o Who falls upon his Enemy with » Or jpenr, or loft, i» & My vital Spirits, and natural Powers by k all his might, that he may overthrow and kill him? = oo &d ; My Soul is ready to leave the Body, 6 The Lamp of | -_ t5 I have ſewed ſackcloth upen my kin p, and de- | $4. © and upon the point of going our, and that an a ; cleg h - - © 1e- The Grave; the piural number being put for the ſin- ed My norn 1n the duſt q. gular, as Sepulchres, 2 Chron- 21+ 20+ Cities, J rd þ ? i- e- T put on Sackcloth ſowed together, not upon my other | Zech- 9. g- are put WERE cock of chat.” pe I 2:]Þ Iffes, Garments, but next to my Skin, as was done in great Calamiries ; | as ready to receive me. The ſenſe and ſo f Tr their mouths as Ny _— 39» So far am I from ſtretching out my hanas againſt Gd, | ſame with the former ope of this Vetle js the whereot Iam accuied, Chapter 15- 25+ that I have humbled my ſelf 2 . . . deeply under his hand: q TI have willingly parted with all my Wat FOO _ mockers uy ith me ef And doth not Wealth, and Power,and Glory, (as the horn oft ſignifies in Scripture, D Ad, T continue an their provecation F T Het | as Pſal. 75.5. and 132. 17: Luke 1- 69.) 'and been contented to lie e Po nor my Friends, in ſtead of comforting, mock and abuſe lodge. | in the duſt, and to endure the Contempt which God hath brought me, as if I had made uſe of Religion only as aCloak to my wicked= - | upon me. | __ Moy If there be not mackers with me, underſtand, let God do 16 My face is foul with weeping, an 4 on my eve- | 2 9£10 to me. It 1s a form of an Oath, which is defeQively ex- Ta PINS, y CY preſſed after the manner of the Hebr Y lids zs the ſhadow of death 7. midſt of cruel X the Herews. | Aogedoy © an ns | ; cruel mockers, which is a ſore Aggravation of my AMi&i r1 eA groſsand terrible darkneſs. My ſight is very dim anddark | on. Thus he returns to what he had ſaid, Ch 6 A . aSis uſual in caſe of ſore Diſeaſes or —_ Grief and Weeping, | mates the neceſſity and juſtice of his foll Aro phat 1 4 prang, 2. 1 - and eſpecially in the approach of death : Compare | therwiſe might be choughe too bold. 7 Either , [2 veg eye pay rg dnt aro a" Body. Dothey not continue t | | 17 Not for any injuſtice in mine hands s: alſo, my bans eyes of 5 An Mind. or. ui Scot phy futies prayer is pure #. o not only moleſt me in the day-time - when they are with my s And all this is not comeupon me for any injurious dealing with _— ” dge with me in the night, andare continually in my nr others by oppreſſion, or deceit, or bribery, wherewith I am impli- Ih reak my fleep, and ditturb me in Dreams. And therefore is citely charged, Chap- 15. 16, 20, 34+ but for other reaſons known to c a little diſordered, I may be excuſed. God only, tor I cannot diſcover them, 7 I do not caſt off God's 3 Lay down now, put me in a ſurety with thee g ao nr en pl rip nn hens ohne Foe 00 ETD Han eG wn By li 7 J InCcere et ; Heart, and undefiles Conftincs See Plat. logr 7. Prov. 28+ 9g. ther to God, al 1. no reg bee e Eg oe 1 Tim, 2+ 8. So that I have lived inoffenfively towards God, and to- | and from the next verſe. Theſe words contain b hah fo wards Men : And therefore your Aſſertion is both uncharitableand | ble deſire to God that he would appoint him a Fare - 4. _—_ falſe, that eminent afflitions are peculiar to ungodly men. undertake forhis freinds, that thay ſhould refer ho ke rhe 2 18 - earth, cover not thou my bloud «, and let my "_ —— them to God, or to ſome other Perſon who Toa Ne cry x have no place. erermine the matter in God's Name, and according to God's Will: | 6 : u So called not aftively ; To wit, his own Blood, but paſſively oo _—_ God would be his Surety, or appoi him a Surety who "þ.13-24 or objeQiyely; i e- the Blood of others ſhed by him and lying upon hic Ph maintain his righteous Cauſe againſt his Oppoſers ; for ſo his Conſcience. The Earth is ſaid to cover that Blood which lies this Phraſe is oft uſed, as P/al. 119. 121,122. 1a- 38-14 And ſome undiſcovered and unrevenged : Of which ſee on Gen- 4 10, I 1+ Iſa. expound thus, as they did, Chap. 16. 21 of Chrif Jeſus, who was 26+ 21+ But faith Jeb, if I be guilty of deſtroying any one Man b called our Surety, Heb- 7- 22+ Appoint, I pray thee, m Suret (i Murder or Oppreſſi - n, asIam traduced, O Lord, let the Ez TE Chcift who is now) with thee, to plead my Ct > oil Roe a diſcloſe it; let it be brought to light, thar I may ſuffer condign Appeal from God unto God, or a kindof Challenge or Deſire of de- Puniſhment for it. x Either 1 Paſſively, to wit, the cries and groans baring his Cauſe with God: Which, though it favoureth of too which I have forced from others by my Opprefſions: Let thoſe cries much boldneis and Irreverence to God, yet ſeeing Jeb expreſſerh have no place to hide them. Orrather 2, AQively, the Cry of my the ſame deſire almoſt in the ſame manner, Choprer g. 33, 34: and is Complaints to Men, or Prayers to God; Let them find no place in tharply reproved by God for contending with him, Chap- 49. 2. Tknow the Ears or Hearts of God or Men, if this be true Or, no place, re. no inconvenience of aſcribing the ſame thing to him here. So the no regard, or no power or ſucceſs ; in which ſenſe God's Word is | 1<nfe is, Becauſe IT am not able to deal with thee immediatly, Cone Lam 3.39 is ſaid no to have place in evil men, John 8* 37- And Eſau not to Iidering the dread of thy Majeſty, my only deſire is, that thou {ich. 5% find p ace of repentance, Heb. '2. 17. t e. All his Intreaties and Tears wouldeſt deal with me upon fair and equal terms, as if thou wert | could nor prevail with his Father to repent of and retratt the Bleſ- a Man like my ſelf, and appoint ſome Man who ſhall in thy name fing given f.om him to Jacob- ; and ſtead determine the time and place for the trial of my cauſe with Feb. in \> Aiſo now, behold, my wienek i in heaves thee» And this ſuits well enough with the two following verſes the bivh , 9 D FJ, | becauſe his Friends were without Un i ry plac 5? and my record f #s on high, v. 5: therefore he deſires to ceaſe Þ, "ms aa h + _— fo S . - - : . rm w » J - 2 Betides the witneſs of Men, and of my own Conſcience, God | bate his Cauſe with God, who was juſt and Savaial = _— - 11d m ſeorners, 18 Witneſs of my Integrity, : be favourable to him- þ i. & Agreeand promiſe,or be Surer alt en 20 My friends z | ſcorn me 4: but mine eye poureth | whereof that was the uſual geſture, Prov: 6 x, 2. &19. 18: FA 22.26. out rears unro God b. 4 For thou haſt hid their heart from underſtanding iz : hr —_ _ by from the ſcorns and injuries cf others. therefore ſhalt thou nor exait them k. a So this word is uſed, Pſal- r19-- 1+ Prov+ 3-345 and 19. 28+ bTpour : Thou haſt blind ; forth my prayers and Tears to (od, that he would judge ime —_ ſee or Toocks which _ _- end Ty, "hauge. ding _ Innocency,and _ my —_— Co yon Fee _ Experience: Therefo:e I deſire a more wiſe bone” abls 21 that one might plead IOor a Man Wit (0) udge. k r e., Thou wilſt not give them' the Vi i Is 45. 9. c, as a man pleadeth for his || neighbour ! this Conteſt, but willt give Sentence for =, end ibn them, Rom.9.20 c O thar eith-:r I or ſome faithful Advocate might be admitted to and make them aſhamed of their confidence in affirming falſhoods [Or,friends rue my Cauſe either with God,or rather with you, before God's of thee, and punith them ſeverely for their miſcarriage. It is an ribanal,:zod being Witneſs and Judge between us. Burt this verſe uſual figure, whereby much more is underſtood than is expreſſed. is, and that very agreeably to the Hebrew Text otherwiſe tranſlated 5 He that ſpeakech flattery to bis friends /, even the mo wm —— Either pr reſpe& to Chriit, 4nd he, (1.e.God | EYES of his children ſhal fail : | wt m8 Y. alt mentioned. to wit, God the Son, Chriſt Jeſus) w: plead for u 1 Hereby Job chargeth them, either '. With flattering hi IT man (ie, tor me, againſt whom you plead. He modeſtly ſpeaketh | vain Hopes, and Pr:omites of the retu wan, Ya 1d rn of himielf in tie third Perſon, as is uſual) with God, (to wit, with | when hk that his caſe was Tf, mmm _ Wi «22-66 ; 2 & | : knew tha We perate. Or 2+. With flattering God the Father : ) and the Son of Man (as Chritt is oft called) w'l | and befriending God, and giving a partial ſentence out of reſpett plead for his Friend, or Companion, or Neighbour, i. e. For a Man whom | to him; For which he reproved and condemned th " bets . he hath raken into that Relation ro himſe}f. Ir is plain, that the | Chap: 13- 7, 8, 9+ where ſee the Notes. Some render chewy 4 b is. Myſtery of Man's Redemption by Chriſt was known to the ancient | He that utrereth, or declareth his mind or thoughts (as this w = x _ Patriarchs, as hath been oft noted before ; and to fob among ethers, | hes, Pſal. 139- 2, 17*) mith flattery, or to flatter or decei —=— Chap. 19 25, Or, 2. As the marre: for which he prayed and cried | ther. m He ſhall be ſeverely uniſhed,nor onlyin his P _ _ to God; Tha*(ſo the Hebrew Yau is frequently uſed) be (i. e. God) | even in his Children, whoſe Eyes ſhall Rail ES wy” E _ woula plead, of judge, or give Jentence for « man ( i. e. for me, orin | of Reliefand Deliverance our of thoſe Calamities which. > gona wy cauie) _ God, (i.e Page: himſelf, the Noun _ =_ _ the | upon them for this Sin of their Parents. | ronoun, «Ss Gen. 2. 20. and 4. 15. Lev. 14-15, 16-and ele-where, | * _—_— at his own Tribun-1, to which I have a as aman pleaddch By _—_ af made me allo * a by-word o of the pe9- \ Ch.zoigh for his Friend or Neighbour, with or before an earth'y Judge and Tri- ang ng £ 1 GE my I was as a 7 Tabret y. l:Or, beforg *Cho1.20 bunal, This ſcems molt agr- eable to the Scope of rhe place, which 0 art N d, we" = deſigned by this Pronoun in this Book. m_— was to maintain his own Integrity againſt his Friends before God. 4; 'g a" - * i. ralk. My Calamities are ſo great and pro- = _ Feb: 22 When + a tew years are come, then ſhall I go the | ,Zremti that they fill all People with Diſcourſe, andare become F*%"s eb years . p proverbial to expreſs extream Miſeries. Compare Numb- way whence I ſhall nor return d. Deut. 28. 37. p Or, but, or although, as this Particle is of 7 TA a i. e- To the ſtate and place of the Dead, whence men do nor, he aggravateth his preſent Miſery by the mention ofhis former and cannot return to this Life. The meaning is, my Death haſtens, | ſperity. Or, #o their faces, or openly. They do not only reproach and therefore I carneſt;y deſire that the cauſ- — before God, . me behind my back, bur revile and mock <A and aus: a ſort of ff vven me and my Friends,may i.e ſearched out and determined, | my Calamities even to my Face. 7 i. e. I was the Peoples Delight t if I be guilty of theſe things whereof they accuſe me, I may | and Darling, and matter of _ Praiſe, and entertained by them + with