An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…

There he used to have rest, but being sick his bed becomes restless to him. To be upon the Bed, is a periphrasis of sickness; That of Christ (Luke 17.34.) There shall be two in one bed, the one shall be taken, and the other left, as it may be meant of any two Bedfellows (especially of husband and wife) in their health, so some take it principally of two in a sick bed; Grace takes hold of one and not of another upon a sick bed. I insist not upon that sense, though it be a probable and a profitable one. But surely to say, A man is chastened with pain upon his bed, implieth, the man to be in extraordinary pain; as to say, such a man keeps his bed, implieth, he hath more then an ordinary sickness, or that he is very sick. We have three expressions in our language gradually setting forth the sickness of a person; First, we say, he keeps his house. He that is not well doth not go abroad, sickness houseth him. Secondly, we say, he keeps his chamber; that's a further degree, when sickness hath brought a man up stairs, and shut him in his chamber, he is sick indeed. Thirdly, we say, such a man keeps his bed; The meaning of which every one understands to be, that he is dangerously or extremely sick. Thus when Elihu saith, He is chastened with pain upon his bed; we may conceive him so ill, that either he must not, or is not able to sit up. And Elihu in speaking thus, seems to have relation to what Job had said (Chap: 7.13.) When I said my bed shall comfort me, and my couch shall ease my complaint; Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions. As if he had said, O Job, thou indeed hast had recourse heretofore, to thy bed for refreshing and comfort, in silent meditations and soliloquies with God, but he terrified thee with dreams, and spake to thee by scaring visions, to turn thee from thy purpose. And not only so, but finding thee deaf to those admonitions, or not regarding them, yea still continuing thy unquiet murmurings, he hath now even made thee bedrid, or unable to rise from thy bed. Though Elihu spake here in the third person, yet in all his speech he intended and pointed at, yea set forth and pointed out Jobs condition. He is chastened with pains upon his bed, And the multitude of his bones with strong pain.

There he used to have rest, but being sick his bed becoms restless to him. To be upon the Bed, is a periphrasis of sickness; That of Christ (Luke 17.34.) There shall be two in one bed, the one shall be taken, and the other left, as it may be meant of any two Bedfellowes (especially of husband and wife) in their health, so some take it principally of two in a sick bed; Grace takes hold of one and not of another upon a sick bed. I insist not upon that sense, though it be a probable and a profitable one. But surely to say, A man is chastened with paine upon his bed, implyeth, the man to be in extraordinary pain; as to say, such a man keepes his bed, implyeth, he hath more then an ordinary sickness, or that he is very sick. We have three expressions in our language gradually setting forth the sicknesse of a person; First, we say, he keepes his house. He that is not well doth not goe abroad, sickness houseth him. Secondly, we say, he keepes his chamber; that's a further degree, when sickness hath brought a man up staires, and shut him in his chamber, he is sicke indeed. Thirdly, we say, such a man keeps his bed; The meaning of which every one understands to be, that he is dangerously or extreamly sick. Thus when Elihu saith, He is chastened with pain upon his bed; we may conceive him so ill, that either he must not, or is not able to sit up. And Elihu in speaking thus, seemes to have relation to what Job had sayd (Chap: 7.13.) When I sayd my bed shall comfort me, and my couch shall ease my complaint; Then thou scarest me with dreames, and terrifiest me through visions. As if he had sayd, O Job, thou indeed hast had recourse heretofore, to thy bed for refreshing and comfort, in silent meditations and soliloquies with God, but he terrified thee with dreames, and spake to thee by scaring visions, to turne thee from thy purpose. And not only so, but finding thee deafe to those admonitions, or not regarding them, yea still continuing thy unquiet murmurings, he hath now even made thee bedrid, or unable to rise from thy bed. Though Elihu spake here in the third person, yet in all his speech he intended and poynted at, yea set forth and poynted out Jobs condition. He is chastened with paines upon his bed, And the multitude of his bones with strong pain.