An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…

Now my days;] That is, my prosperous days, so Mr Broughton glosses. Troublesome times are all night and darkness, yet we may take it of days in general; They are swifter then a post.

Now my daies;] That is, my prosperous daies, so Mr Broughton glosses. Troublesome times are all night and darknesse, yet we may take it of daies in generall; They are swifter then a post.

¹The word which we translate swifter, signifies any thing that is light, because light things are quick in motion. We call a man that is swift of foot, light of foot. And here it is joined with that, which among men is most swift and passing, a post, who rides or runs without any stop or stay, without the least considerable stop or stay: So that it is grown into a proverb: To run post, or, To ride post, is as much as to be in haste: To say, You are in post haste, is to say, you are in great haste. My days (saith Job) are swifter then a post, they out-run those curriers sent out upon the most important messages. The post, whether sent to carry news, good or bad, or intelligence for the dispatch of business, public or private, is engaged to ride hard; he must not spare horse-flesh, or (as we commonly speak) suffer the grass to grow under his horse-heels. Hence observe,

¹The word which we translate swifter, signifies any thing that is light, because light things are quick in motion. We call a man that is swift of foot, light of foot. And here it is joyned with that, which among men is most swift and passing, a post, who rides or runs without any stop or stay, without the least considerable stop or stay: So that it is grown into a proverb: To run post, or, To ride post, is as much as to be in haste: To say, You are in post haste, is to say, you are in great haste. My daies (saith Job) are swifter then a post, they out-runne those curreers sent out upon the most important messages. The post, whether sent to carry news, good or bad, or intelligence for the dispatch of businesse, publike or private, is engaged to ride hard; he must not spare horse-flesh, or (as we commonly speak) suffer the grasse to grow under his horse-heels. Hence observe,