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…

A learned translator renders, Thy hands put me to pain, which have made me; as if Job had complained here of the pain which God put him to after he had made him, rather then exalted God for the pains he seemed to have taken, when he made him. But we may better keep to our rendering, Thine hands have made me, and Fashioned me.

A learned translatour renders, Thy hands put me to pain, which have made me; as if Iob had complained here of the pain vvhich God put him to after he had made him, rather then exalted God for the pains he seemed to have taken, when he made him. But we may better keep to our rendering, Thine hands have made me, and Fashioned me.

The making of man importeth his being: The fashioning of him, the outward formality of his being. Man receives not only his ⟨p. 492⟩nature, but his figure from God. The word signifies to trim or polish,¹ to do a thing curiously and completely (Gen. 1.31.) God saw all that he had made, and behold it was very good. He saw all with delight and highest content: for, he had put all into a composure of most exquisite comeliness, and perfect beauty. A due and proper fashion to the essence of comeliness. Thine hands have not only made, but fashioned me, and that not in part only, but as it followeth, ²Together round about.

The making of man importeth his being: The fashioning of him, the outward formality of his being. Man receives not only his ⟨p. 492⟩nature, but his figure from God. The vvord signifies to trim or polish,¹