p $9 this Verſe contains a Reaton why he might confidently expect all thote former outward Bleſſings, becauſe he ſhould have God's Favour, which is the Spring and Foundation of them, Or, Snvely : Or. Tea, moreover ; for this Particle Chi, is ſometimes uſed by way of azgravation. or amplification, as Gen: 45: 25: 4 Sam: 14: 41. Iſa 7: 9: & 32: 13- And this ſuits very well here; yea, God wil} do greater things than theſe for thee. 9 Thou ſhalt find delight not on- Iy in theſe outward comforts, but alſo, and eſpecially in God, whole Face ſhall ſhine upon thee ; who ſhall give thee theſe things not in anger and wrath, as kedoth to wicked Men. but as pledzes of his love and favour to thee, and ofthoſe great and eternal Bleſſings which he hat": in ſtore for thee : and accordinely thou ſhalt delight thy ſelf in worſhioping, enjoying obeying, and ſerving God in and with ail hi: Mercies. r i: e Lookup to him by meditation and pray- er,not as now thou doſt, with horror and grief, which is ſignified by a dejeRted Countenance, 2 Sam: 2: 22: Luke 18: 13: but with chear- fuinets and confidence, as this Phraſe oit notes, as Lake 21: 28: Sce on Job: x1: 15 :
*pal.go; 27 * Thou ſhalt make thy prayer unto him, and he
1 15, ſhall hear thee s, and thou ſhalt pay thy vows? sf, e. Anſwer thy Prayers, and not diiregard them, and hide him- ſelf from thee,as yow he doth. # 7. e Thou ſhait obtain thoſe Bleſ. ſings for which thou didſt make Vows to Ge, and therefore, accord- Ing e> thy Obligation, ſhalt pay thy Vows to him; The Antecedent is here ſuvpoſed and underſtood cut of the Conſequent.
28 Thou ſhalt alſo decree a thing, and it ſhall be e- ſtabliſhed « unto thee, and the light ſhall ſhine upon thy
ways x.
v Thy purpoſ-s 1nd deſigns ſhall not be diſ:ppointed, but eff-Qed and ratified by God ; whic' is a great ſatisfation, x In all thy Coun- ſels, an:: Courſes, and 4&:ons. God ſhall give thee the light of his d:reior: and governance, and of comfort and ſicceſs; and thou fhalt not be in ſuch a dark, and doubtfull, and perplexed condition as now thou art.
29 When men are caſt down y, then thou ſhait ſay
%, There is liſting up a: and b he c ſball ſave &* Þ the
humbie perſon e.
y tied: *henthey( i: 6; they who do this work. It is an indefinite and imperſ» ai Sp--ch which is very common in the Hebrew f.an- guage) ſhall caſt d»wn_ or overthrow . ei her '- proud and wicked mer, 25 may be gueſſed by the opvofition of the humble and 1nno» cent, wh ſhould be ſaved, whuſt t' :ſ« were deſtroyed. S» the ſenſe is, when there ſhall come a general calainity which ſhall ſweep away all the wicked round about them. Or 2: Thee, or thine 3 which Pronou is »ft underſtood. So the ſenſeis. when through God's per- miſſion thou {a't be brought into ſome trouble, which Sod ſees fit for thee. x Within thy ſe|f with good atſurance and conidence. a Or, there hall be /:ſting up, either 1 for them, 1t they repent and humble themſelves, they ſhall be preſerved or reſtored. And this thou wiltſt afſu-e them of fro +thy own experience. Or.- 2. for thee and thine: God will deliver thee, when others are cruſhed and de- ſtroyed. 6b Or for, this Particle being oft put caſually, as hath been formerly noted $0 the following words contain a Reaſon why he might confidently tay, That there would be fuch a lifting up far a perlon ſo humbied. © i: e. God unto whom only Salvation , belongeth. Pſalm: 3:8; d Either 1. Eternally ; or, 2: Temporally 3 t> wit, from the Evils here m:ntioned; e Heb. Him that hath low or cait d'wn Eyes: Which Phraſe may h-re note. either r. fiumiity and Lowlineſs of of Mind and Diſpoiition, 2s Pride is oft expreſſed by high vr lofry !ooks, as Pſalm 18: 27:.8 101: 5'& 131: 1% Prov. 6 17. +B6 {> }this 1s a tacit Admonition and Reproot for Job, whom, for is confident juſti- fication of himicif, and his contemptuous Expreſſions and Cenfures concerning them, they judged to be guilty ©: incollerable Pride of Heart. Or, 2: Lowneſs of Eſtate 6r Condition, as 7ames 1: 10; So it notes him whoſe Eyes ana Countenarce are Jej=ted by reaſon of his great troubles and miſeries . as on the contrary. Pro:perity makes per- ons lift up their Eve- and Faces:
20|| He f ihalldeliver g the Iſland of the innocent bh:
and itz is deiivered by the pureneſs of rhine hands &.
f i: e. God, as v: 29 whoſe rrerogative it 1s ro give, denverances, 2 To wit, upon thy requeſt, as the following Claule ſheweth : God will hear :hy Prayers e+en for others: which is a great honourand com- fort; and much more for thy ſelf. þ Not only thy felt, when thou ſhalt become innocent and pure, but for thy ſake he will deliver the whole 1fand ( or Country, that word b:ing oit uſed not only for ſuch Lands or Countreys as were ſeparated trom Canaan by the
{ Or, gol 1 +Heb. /il- wer of
ſlrength.
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uſed ) far from thy tabernacles; .
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Chap. XXI
Sea, as is commonly obſerved, but alſo for ſuch as were upon the ſame continent with it, as appears from Gen: 10: 6: (Fe Pſalmn2* ro
97: 1: Jſa:ar: 5: ) in which thou dwelleſt. Or. the guilty, or hins that is not innocent : Forthe word here renered Tland, is ſometimes uſed for nef, in Scripture, as 1 Sam: 4:21: Prov: 311 4; So the Senſe is God will have ſogreata Reſpe@to thy innocency and purity, that for thy ſ:ke he will deliver thoſe that belong to thee, or live with thee or near thee, though in therſelves they be tinfa!l Creatures and ripe for deſiruftion. See Gen; 18:32: i To wit theIſlind. Or, he 7: e: the guilty perſon. &þ& 7: e: Zythy Prayers proceeCing from a pure Heart and Conſcience. When thou ſhalt /ife up prre hands to God in Prayer, as it isexpreſfſed, 1 Tim: 2: 8: Wherchy as he affcrts the
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Frevalency of the righteous Man's Prayers with God for Mercy both for himſelf andothers ; and by this Argument he p:rſ.« adeth 7ob t5 Repentance : ſo withal h: a'ledgeth this as an Argument, or e- vidence that Job did not ſtretch out pure hands to God in Prayer as he pretended, becauſe his Prayers could nat vrevail for the preſerva- tion of himſelf or his Children, and much lefs for others at a greater »
diſtance, RAP XXITTL Job's reply * his deſire to plead with Ged, 1 5s who ſhould not con« fo:md but ſtrengthen him, 6. 1: He cannot tehold God's way ; but he walked in the wayof his law, 8 12: God in his Providences
bringeth about what he had decreed : Job's trauble herein,13 === 17;