b This ſeems to be an anſwer to the foregoing Queſtion and a Con- futation of that ungodly opinion and praiſe, v. 14, 15. wicked men ( faith he ) have no reaſon to negle& and reje& God, becauſe of their Proſperity, for their good ; 3. e. all their Wealth and Felicity,is not in their hand ; 3. e. it neither was obtained, nor can be kept, by their own might, but only by God's power and favour, upon whom they wholly depend for it. Or, the ſenſe is, Though they have Riches, and Power, and Glory in their hands, yer their true and proper good is not in their hand : i. e. They are deſtirute of that in which their true happineſs lies ; to wit, in God's love and favour; and all the Comforts which they enjoy are attended withGod's wrath and curſe, and therefore not to be envied by any man in his wits. They ſay to God, depart from ws, when indeed their true and only felicity conſiſts in the enjoyment of him. Compare P/al. 4. 6.7. c Therefore I am far from approving their Opinion, or following their courſe, or enjoying their Proſperity, or deſiring to partake of their Deli- cates upon ſuch terms. 7 How oft 4 is the ||candle e of the wicked put out?
I and bow oft cometh their deſtruction upon them ? God f
diftributeth ſorrows in his anger.
d This Phraſe notes, either 1. The rarity and ſeldomneſs of it. This, I confeſs, ſometimes happens, butnot ofr- Or rather,2.The frequency of it ; I'grant thar this happens ofr,though not conſtantly, as you affirm. And this ſeems beſt to agree both with the uſe of this Phraſein Scriprure, where it notes frequency ; as Pſal. 78. 40. Mat: 38. 21. Luke. 13, 34. and neverſeldomneſs ; and with the foregoing
' words, as a reaſon why thecounſel of the wicked was far from him ; be- | | cauſe they oft-rimes pay dear for it in this life, and alwayes in the * next life; and with the following Verſes, wherein he diſcourſeth
\Jargey, not of the Proſperity of the wicked(as he thould hare done, 1
ſafe from fear, neither is the rod
I] Or, i*= mirth.
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4 the Angels, he juagerh them, 7. e. he exatly knows them, and accord-
if the ſenſe of theie words were this, that ſuch were b | afliQed ) but of their Calamities.- e Or, lamp; 5. e, - uf Some outward happinels ; as Chap, 18. 6. 2 Sam. 21. 17. Pal 132. 17 f Who is manifeſtly underſtood out of the following words, this being God's work, and proceeding from God's anger.
18* They are as ſtubble before the wind, and as chaff . .... that the ſtorm carrieth away g ? This £ i.e. Their deſtru{ion ſhall be ſpeedy,and certain,& irrecoverable. Ifs aq 19 God layeth up + || his iniquity # * for his children: Hor he rewardeth him, and he ſhall know it &. t Heb.
þ To wit, in his Treaſures, Rom. 2. 5. # Orratber, the puniſhment Fealeth of his iniquity ; z.e. He will puniſh him both in his Perſon and in his 9%) Pofterity. & z.e. He ſhall live to ſee the deſtruKtion ofhis Children, || That is,
20 His eyes ſhall ſee his deſtruction /, and * he ſhall *** 2b drink #2 of the wrath of the Almighty. Poet th
] 3. e. He ſhall be deſtroyed; astoſee death ; is to die, Pſal. 89. y8, * i ; Heb.11.5.and to ſee affiifion, or any kind of evil, is to feel it, Pſalm. go, * wo I5. Lam. 3.1. and :oſee good, isto enjoy it, Chap, 7. 7. & g. 25. Pſal. J 154, 34+ 12. Orthis Phrafe may be empharical, he thall foreſee his 1yin haſtening rowards him, and not be able to prevent or avoid it : he ſhall ſenſibly feel himſelf ſinking and periſhing : which aggravates his miſery. m Not ſip or taſte, but rink; which word commonly notes the abundance of the thing ſpoken of. | |
21 For what pleaſure bach he in his houſe after him », when the number of his months is cut off in the midft o ?
» Or, for what deſire, or'care, or ſludy hath he for, or concerning ( as Beth 1s oft uſed ) his houſe, i. e. his Childrens When heis dead and gone he caresnot what becomes of his Children, as irreli 910N Ccom- monly makes men unnatural : he is not concerned nor afte&ed with their felicity or miſery. See Chap. 14. 211 And therefore God doth puniſh both him and his Children,whilſt he lives, v. 19,20. Or thus: W har delight can he take in the thoughts of the glory and happineſs of his Poſterity, when he finds that he is dying a violentand untime* ly death ? So this is a farther proof that this man is neither happy in himſelf, nor with reference to his Poſterity. o When that num- ber of Months, which by his Conſtitution and the Courſe of Na- ture, he might have lived, is diminithed 'and cut off by the hand of Violence.
22 Shall any teach God knowledge p ? ſeing hejudg- +ICo.n, eth thoſe q that are high. & 45. 9.
p i. e. Diſcretion, or how to govern the World ? For ſo you do, Rom-11. whilſt you tell him that he muſt not ſorely afflict the godly,nor give 34: the wicked much and long proſperity here. q Either 1. The higheſt 1Cor.2,16 Perſons, whether in Earth, as the greateſt Kings ; or in Heavens
er.2F.15, Rev.14.19 & I9, 15,
ingly gives Sentence concerning them, as he ſees fit ; and therefore it 15 great folly and preſumption in vs to dire or corre& hisJudg- ments: Or, 2. Thoſe things that are high, and deep, and far out of our reach, as Gods ſecret Counſels and Judgments are. |
23 Oner diethfF inhis full ſtrength 5s, being wholly +144, at eaſe and quiet. burr.
7 To wit, either r. One of theſe wicked men,of whoſe conditi- fefim.nin on he is here ſpeaking. Or, 2. Any one man, whether good or the rai bad. s In a ſtate of perfe& Health, and Strength, and Proſperity ; #f # n+ all which this Phraſe implies. | feflim,
24 His || breaſts s are full of milk, and his bones are | 9: moiſtened with marrow *. DT