©. wv » > » y is! as! I Th f Heb: #:' have caſt them away © for their trantgrethion e : ' as 7 e. wr ap ie anos Pry ry preſence,or . WW. > r (JF » , 2x= 4 ;> 2 , . . ed 2 Whar though chou vaſt Jn 2 greer meaſure innocent; thy Chil- | hey urviving ; in wie ſente ic feems robe faid thar Iſhmael died *4 —D d fo Colontiies fell "hr be 7% fe preſence of bus brethrem, Gen: 25:18: The reſt of the Herbs look= eir tranſ= dren, upon whom a great part of rheie Calamities fel], miyhr be ing upon it,and admiring this ſudden change. Fer a&i fS greſſim. guilty of great ſins ; and therefore God is not unrighreous in theſe > UPON. 10, S000 CUITONE TREE ENCE PEAS. 10ns of Senſe | occedings. e Or, E2th expelled, or caft them 9:7 \ 10 wit, out of and Underſtanding, are off aſcribed to hifetels Creatures both in proceedings. Src p : Scripture, and in other Authors. |
Fhis f: - as an gives his Wife a Bill of Me TL GD EF x 13 SO are the paths of all that forget God a, and the
Divorce, of which rhis word is uſed) by mcans, ( Heb by t2e hand, - [1 Fe
which is oft ſo uſed ) of their wickedneſs. Or, hath lefi them in the hand hypocrites hope ſhall periſh be Chu11:29
of their ſin ; to wir, to be puniſhed by it,and for it. Compare Nam, | ar. e\ Of wicked men who are branded with this ſame. Chara- A ay * T2;
32: 23; Nur ſin ſhall find you outs | Cter, Pſa: 4 17s _—— _ _— ht 6-2 » —_ NT _ EX pi 48 I . : - Plain it, who are deſcribe their firſt and fundamental miſcarri»- *10*'*
*Ch:11:175 F 4 thou f wouldeſt ſeek unto God bertimes ES and ng which is, that hey Reger, /.e. neglett, forſake, and deſpiſe & 22:23: make thy ſupplication to the Almighty ; (for ſo this Phraſe-is commonly- undertitoos, az Dent: 6:12: and 8:11, f But God hath ſpared thee, whom he might juſtly have deſtroy. &c, and 4 2: 182 Fer; 2; 32: and 23: 27: } God, i.e his Preſence, and
ed with thy Caildren, and. thou art yet capable of his favour if Commands, and Worſhip, and Providence ; . and therefore break
thou ſeek for it : And therefore ceaſe from theſe cauſeleſs and un- forth ints manifold ſins. But by their paths he doth not underſtand
thankful Complaints. g Heb. rije early to ſeck kim, fe, if thou the courſe of their ations, or manner of their living, but the events
wouldeſt ſeek him ſpeedily, early and diligently. See Chap'5:8;:and which befall them, called rheir paths objetively, becauſe they are
7; 18, 2b But this may be underſtood of the time paſt; and this the paths of God, or the methods of his Providence, or manner of
Verſe being conneQed with the next, may be thus rendred and un- his dealing with them. Now this may be accommodated to the
derſtood ; 1f thou had jought ( for the Future Tenſe inthe Hebrew foregoing ſimilitude in thismanner ; ſuch is the Proſperiry of wjce
is oft put for the paſt) unto God betimes ( as thou didſt ſeem to do, ked men, becauſe it wants the ſolid foundation of their Piety; and of
Chap: 1: 5:) and made ſupplication tothe Almighty; If withal thou hadſ# Gods Promiſe and Blefſing conſequent thereupon, it quickly vanith=
been pure aud upright, i. e If thy prayers had been accompanied with eth into nothing þ& 7. e. He ſhall loſe what he hoped for,(hope being
purity and uprightneſs of heart an4 life,they ſhould have been heard off pur for irs obje&) even uninterrupted and abiding felicity, and
and anfwered. But becauſe thou didſt regard iniquity in thy heart, with it aJl hope of reſtitu: -3n. + Heb
therefore God would not hear, and did not anſwer thy prayers,but 14.7 Whole hope ſhall be cut off c, and whoſe truſt av anſwered thee with a Curſe in lead of a Bieſhag,as he uſeth to deal ] be + a fi b d whoſe hip 7-1" och a ſhalt ve T a lpeeders web 4. EE loaths lin,
4; c i, e. Whoſe Wealth anlontward Glory, which is the matter of + Heh: s
6 If thou were pure and upright &, ſurely now he his hope,and rruft, ſhall be cut off, 7. « ſuddenly and violently taken fide would awake for thee i, and make the habitation & of away from him. Whoſe hope ſhall be irkſome or tedtous to him, by the oyſe, | thy righteouſneſs I proſperous. ſucceſſion of ea neſtexpeQation and o_ 1" - 0g wg a per Tfa:59:5,6
h If thou wert in truth what thou pretendeft, and haſt been ro bi - _ CES _— 1 feeble” = _ _ ; Donglcſs Iſs rowards Gal and Men: But Gold's fevere dealing 497,97 Pulled in pieces.and unable to defend the ſpeederthat made
: ; , aokat - > ir. application is obvious. : $Pkeomil with thee is an evident token, that notwithſtanding all thy fair a = ; n : ; Chz27:1 ſhews,thou art but an Hypocrite and ſecret Sinner. And this ſenſe ' 75 He e ſhall lean upon his houſe f; but it _ not may ſeem to agree both with the ſame Charge brought in againſt ſtand s : he ſhal hold irfaſt 5, but it (ball not endure,
| eEither the Spider : Or rather the wicked man ſignified by it.
+þ by Eliphaz, Chad: 4:6,7: and with the following Diſcourſe, pars- | b) 2 des fo hich V: 13: oy; Or thus, If thou $ouldeſt be pure Gp F 4. e. He ſhall cruſt ro the multitude and ſtrength of his Children right; 3. e. if thou wouldeſt joya Reformation to thy Supplication. | and Servants, and to his Wealth,all which come under the name of -And this ſenſe may. ſee:a beſt to ſuit with the foregoing Verſe, ac- | a mans heuſe in Scripture ufe. g 5. e. Not be ableto uphold it ſelf, cording ro the common Trantlation. ii. e Beſtir himſelfto help | norhim that truſted to it. þ Or, he ſhall take faſt hold of it, not ”
thee, as being his faithful Friend and Servant, whom he could nor upheld it, bur to ſtrepgthen and uphold himſelf by ir, as it is in the in honour or juftice forſake ; whereas now he ſhews a deep fleep, | former branch. ; and wholly negles thee,and turaeth a deat Fir to all thy Prayers ; 16 ? He
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