and with his Love and Favour, when he hath no other matter of d light? This Inow do, and this an hypocrite cannot do,becauſe his heart 1s chiefly ſet upon the World, and when that fails him, his heart ſinks, and the thoughts of God are unſavoury and trouble- ſome to him, « He may by his AffiGtions be driven to Prayer, but if God doth not ſpeedily anſwer him, he falls into deſpair and negle&t of God and of Prayer ; whereas I conſtantly continue in Prayer, notwithſtanding the grievouſneſs, and the long continu- ance of my Calamities-
11 I wiil teach you || by the hand of God y + that ' Or, being which 5s with the Almighty z, will I nor conceal, irhehand, »y i, e. By God's help and inſpiration; as God is ſaid to ſpeak to &. the Prophet with or by a fArong hand, Iſa, 8. 1x. IT will not teach you my own vain conceits, but what God himſelf hath taught me. Or, cenc?rning ( as the prefix Bet) is oft uſed, as Exod. 12. 43, 44- Pſaim 63. 6 and 87. 3+ Prov: 4+ 11.) the hand of God, i- e+ his Couniel and Providence in governing the World, or the manner of his deal- ing with Men, and eſpecially with wicked men, of whoſe portion he diſcourſeth verſes 13, 14, &c. ſhewing how far the hand of God is cither for them, or upon them, and againſt them. z i» e- What is in his Breaſt or Counſel, and how he executes his ſecret purpoſes concerning them ; Or, the Truth of God, the Do&rine which he hath taughr his Church about theſe matters.
12 Behold, ail ye your ſelves have ſeen it a ; why
then are ye thus alrogether vain 6b 2?
a I ſpeak no falſe or ſtrange things, but what is known and confirmed by your own as well as others experiences. .b In main- taining ſuch a fooliſh and falſe opinion againſt your own knowledge and experiences Why do you obſtinately defend your opinion, and not comply with mine, for the Truth of which I appeal to your own Conſciences ? ; |
13 This c is the portion of a wicked man with
God 4, and the heritage of oppreſſors e, which they ſhall receive of rhe Almighty.
c Thar which is mentioned in the following Verſes. In which Jos - . delivers cither, 1. The opinion of his Friends in whoſe perſon he ut-
e. His own opinion,and how far he agreeth with them; for his ſenſe differs bur little from what Zophar ſaid, Chap. 20. 29. 4d Either laid up with God or in his Counſel and appointment; Or, which he ſhall have from God, as the next words explain it. e Who are mighty, and fierce, and terrible, and miſchievous to Mankind, as this word implies, whom therefore men cannot deſtroy, but God will.
*Deut: 14 * If his chiidren be multiplied, zt rms for the Haſs i; {word f: and his off-ſpring ſhall not be ſatisfied with
bread g.
Juſtice. g Shall be ſtarved, or want neeeffaries. A Figure called
Meioſis. 0
. __ IF Thoſe that remain of him þ ſhall be buried in
Pl78 640 death i and *his widows & ſhall not weep /.
þ Who ſurvive and eſcape that Sword and Famine. 7 Either
7. Shall die and ſo be buried. Or 2. Shall be buried as ſoon as ever they are dead, either becauſe their Relations or Dependents feared leaſt they thould come to themſelves again, and trouble them and o- thers longer; or becauſe they were not able to beſtow any Funeral Pomp upon them, or thought them unworthy of ir. Or 3. Shall be in a manner utterly extinC& in or by death ; all their hope,and glory, and name, and memory (which they deſigned to perperuate ro all Ages) ſhall be buried with them, and they ſhall never riſe again to a bleſſed Life: Whereas a good Man hath hope in his death,and leaves his good name alive and flouriſhing in the World, and reſts in his Grave in aſſurance of Redemption from it, and of a glorious Reſur- re&tion to an happy and eternal Life. & For they had many Wives, either to gratifie their Lu't, or to encreaſc and ſtrengthen their Fa- mily and Intereſt. 1 Either, becauſe they durit not lament their death, which was entertained with publick joy : Or, becauſe they were overwhelmed and aſtoniſhed wit? the greatneſs and ſtrange- neſs of the Calamiry, and therefore could nor weep: Or, becauſe they alſo, as well as other perſons, groaned under their tyranny and cruelty, and rejoyced in their deliverance from 1t.
16. Though he heap up ſilver as the duſt, and pre-
pare raiment as the clay m. mM i-e; In great abundance. - 17 He may prepare it, but the juſt ſhall put ir cn »,
and the innocent ſhall divide o the filver.
2 Either becauſe ir ſhall be given to him by the Judge to recom- peace roſe Injuries which he received from that Tyranr:Or, becauſe the right of it is otherwiſe transferred upon him by Divine Provi- dence. o Either 1. To the Poor : he ſhall diſtribute that which rhe oppreflors hoarded up and kept ' as wickedly as he get it» So this ſairs with Pro. 28. 8. Eccl. 2. 26. Or 2. With others, or to himſclF. He ſhall have a ſhare of it, when by the Judges Sentence thoſe ill-
I gotten goods ſhall be reſtored to the right owners. Cn,8.15,
booth that the keeper maketh 9.
bl
to death. q Which the Keeper of a Garden or Vin-yard ſuddenly rears up in Fruit-time, and as quickly and cafily pulls it down a- gain. Sce {as 1. 8. Laments 2. 6.
19 The rich man ſhall lie down r, but be (hall not be * gathered s: he opencth his eyes #, and he 75 not #.
» Eirher 1. To fleep;as this word is uſed Gen. 1913 5+ Deu?,6.7, XC. Or 2+ In death, of which ir is uſed 2 $2. 7. 12. 5 To wit, in Bu- rial, of wh-ch this word is uſed 2 Kings 22. 20. Jer: 8-2. and 25. 33- In ſtcad of that honourable Interment and Burial with his Fathers, which he expe&ed, he ſhall be buried with the burial ofan Als, his Carkaſs ſhall 1y like dung upon the Earth. z So the ſenſe is either 1. he awaketh in the morni:g, promiling to himſelfan happy Day. Or 2, he looks about him for help and relief in bis extremity. But the words are and may be rend:ed thus: One epeneth his eyes, 1. C.
*2 Kings 2, 22%
7
ters them, and afterwards declares his diſſent from them. Or rather.
f That they may be cur off by the Sword, either of War, or of MET 1s difficult, and diverſly apprehended ; Bur this may ſeem to
ly it may be conne&ed thus,. Job having been diſcourſing of the
* ide is houſe as a moth and as a ' 18 * He builderh his houte as P, i | Arr, bur of God and of Nature, as is manifeſt from the foregoing
2 Which ſertleth ir ſc]f in a Garment, but is quickly and unex- | pettedly bruſhed off, and diſpoſſefſed of irs dwelling, and cruſhed |
. hh, vo - p n > _ = 7 whillt a man can open kis eyes, in a moment, or inthe twinkling |
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