...could imprint it in indelible Characters upon a Rock, for the Benefit of the Afflicted for ever. Ob ! that my Words were now written ! Oh ! that they were...in the Rock for ever ! For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he jhall jiand at the latter Day upon the Earth : And though after my Skin Worms dejlroy...

...KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER I.IVETH, &c. Which he introduces thus ; Ob that my -words were now written, Ob that they were printed in a book, that they were graven with an iron fen and lead, in the rock for ever'. As much as to fay, What I uttered juft before, through the diA...

...meaning of Job's words is much confirmed by the uncommon folemnity of the introduction, ^ 23. 24. " Oh that my " words were now written ! oh that they were...with " an iron pen and lead, in the rock for ever 1 For " I know that my redeemer liveth," ike. In Daniel xii. 2. 3. it is faid, that " many of (t them...

...fo the words ftand in connection with the former in this manner ; О that my words were written; О that they were printed in a book ; that they were...graven with an iron pen and lead, in the rock for ever; namely-* (or to wit] I know that my Redeemer Hvetb, &c. He would have thcie words written, that they...

...in this chapter. I would here examine thofe words of Job, " O that my words were now written ! O " that they were printed in a book ! That " they were graven with an iron pen and 1 Lightfoot, vol. 2. p. 21. " lead, in the rock for ever !" Job xix. 23, 24. The fenfe of thefe words,...

...Mofes. And that \vriteralludes to literary compofitions, as things well known, when he fays, ' Oh, that my words were now written ! Oh, that they were printed in a book ! ,ih,at they were graven with an iron pen, and lead, in the rock for ever ! — Oh that mine adverfary...

...was very confiderable, and of moment -, and therefore he fays, Oh, that my words were now written I oh, that they were printed in a book ! that they were...graven with an iron pen and lead, in the rock for ever! Befides, the vifion of God with the eyes of his body, which he expected, is not fuited to any ftate...

...alludes unto this cuftom, in his pathetic wifh : " O that my words were written ! O that they were now printed in a book ! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever *." This covenant was alfo written by the hand of Mofes: " And the Lord faid unto Mofes, "Write thou...

...; and the ufe of the iron pen is mentioned in a very remarkable pafiage of Job, xix. 23, 24, " Oh, that my words were now written ; Oh, that they were...an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever ! for I knew that my Redeemer livetb, &c." — where, what has been rendered printed in a book, is in the Scptuagint...

...mentioned in a very remarkable paflage of Job, xix. 23, 24, " Oh, that my -words were now written ; Ob, that they were printed in a book -, that they were...in the rock for ever ! for I know that my Redeemer liveth, &c." — where, what has been rendered printed in a book, is in the Septuagint exprefled only...