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 land of darkness.

A land of darknesse.

That is, abounding with darkness, a land where darkness is the staple, and the only commodity to be had. Darkness is the hangings and ornament of the house of death. The grave is elsewhere called, A land of forgetfulness (Psal. 88.12.) because there all things are forgotten. We read (Jer. 12.5.) of a land of peace, that is, a land where peace abounds, a land in every corner whereof peace springs and groweth up. Canaan (Deut. 8.8.) was called, A good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, that spring o•t of the valleys and hills, A land of wheat and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates; A land of oil olive, and of honey: That is, a land where these good things were natural and plentiful. A land where neighbour Nations might furnish themselves, and freight their ships with those commodities.¹ In such a sense Job calls the grave, A land of darkness; As if he had said, Would you know what the merchandise of the grave is? I will tell you, it is darkness, there you may have darkness as much as you desire, and besides that nothing, how much so ever you desire it.

That is, abounding with darknesse, a land where darknesse is the staple, and the only commodity to be had. Darknesse is the hangings and ornament of the house of death. The grave is elswhere called, A land of forgetfulnesse (Psal. 88.12.) because there all things are forgotten. We read (Jer. 12.5