vw Hy ſeing * times are not hidden from the Al- * agg, mighty, do they that know him, not ſee his 7
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a The ſenſe of the words according to this Tranſlation is this phy C how comes it to paſs _) ſeing times, ( i e. the ſeveral times of every Man's Lite, how long he ſhall live, or the fitteſt Scaſons and Oppartu« nitites { wich are oft called times,'as Gen, 24.11. rſal- 31. 25. and t19. 126. 4095s 1,'6,9. ) forev.ry Action, and particularly for the Puviſhment ot wicked Men,about which the preſent Controverfic was) are not hid.cen from, or unknown to the Almighty God, ( 4. &, ſeing all times, and Mes. that live, and things thatarte done or to be done in their times and ſealons, are exaftly known to God, ) do they that know him, ( 7, e who loveard obey him, asthat word is oft uicd, as P/al. 9, 10. . &X 36. 10 & g1. 14. or they who obf:rve ard. regard his ways ard works done 1n the World ) not ſee { whence is it that they caunot gdiſ- cern_) his (i.e. God's ) days « ts e: his Times and Sealons which he fakes fur the Puniſhment of ungodly Men ; which if they were cons: ; ſt.nt 2nd fixed in this Life, as you pretend they are, they would not + be unknown' to good Men to whom God uleth to reveal his Secrets.and | | © <y couldnot be unobſeryed byſo many good Men, who make i: their.
buſineſs to mind ard ſtudy the Works of God, andeſpecially tle courſe - and Methods of his Providence towards good and bad Mcn, Fhe times or days of God's executing Judgments upon. Sinners, are frequently ;. ' called the daysof the Lord, as Tſas 2+. 12. & 13: 6, fer. 46; 10, Come vare Job, 20. 28. Prov. Ca 34. As 2, 26. asthetime of Man's judg- ng '>Ca.lcd mans dgy, 1 £0r, 443+ But this Verſe is in part, and nay | vcry agreeahly tothe Hebrew Text be rendred and interpreted thus, Nhy or how are not times (+ e. the Times and Seaſonsappointed for the Puciihment of Evil-doers, about which the Diſpute was) hidden or * reſerved by or with God (i. e. kept as a ſecret in his own Breaſt, -and corcealeo trom the Knowledge of Mankind : How can you ſay or think : ' withany colour, that theſe Times are fixed and manifeſt to all Men, acd that Sinners are conſtantly puniſhes in this Life, and that fo noto- rio-fly, thatall good Men ſee it, as was ſaid,. Chap. 22. 15 mmamm— 1g,). . ſeing ( as the , Particle Vauis rendred,. Chap. 19,28. or for, as it is tres... quently uſed )' they that know, him (C that give themſclves to. under« itand and conſider-his doings in the World, who of all Men. are. maſt.,, likely to know this, ( 1f it were true and certain) d not fee his days, .- towit, of puniſhing the Wicked in this Life, as was ſaid before, And this he mentions as 2 fit Preface to uſher in the following Diſcourſe concerning the manifold Wickedneſs of M.n_ and withal their preſent -
[mpunity. ; ery tt bal 2 Same remove theland-marks 6b; they violently take © "7 away flocks, and || feed thereef c. Oe A On $06 {nt
b Or, they (7. e. the Wicked, of whom he here treats') #duch C to' wit, in an unlawful manner, and with evil defign, as this word is oft © uſed, as Gen. 26: 11,.29; Rath 2: 59: ſo as to invade, or pofleſs, or res” :mave, ).the Land-marks, by which Meas Lands are diſcerned,and*their ' Proper:ies ſecured ;z thatſo they may enlarge their own 'Border by * diminithing their Neighbour. Which is ſohorrid an a& of Injuſtice, '
'that it hath not only been ſeverely forbidven by God, Dext. 19. I4.
& 27:17: Prov: 22z 28: & 23: 10: but alſo declared execrable by'the * Heathens 5 among whom it was permitted t6 any Man to kill him that '
did it. .c Or, feed them. , They do not hide of kill them, but'openly
feed them, either in their oppreiſed Neighbours Ground, which,' by * taking away the Land: marks, they have made their own, or in' their *
' own Paſtures, without any Remarſe, or Shame, or Fear of Puniſh-'"
ment, either from God or. Meg, | bar
2 They drive away the als, d of the fatherleſs e ; they:
* take the widows ox f for a pledge g. | : P d Either the aſſes, the fingular Numberibeing uſed colleRivyely., Or XChi235%% . he ſaith #4e 4ſs, to aggravate their-Sin,that they robbed him who had
. bur one afs, Compare 184m: i272, 3, 4. 'e, Whoſe: helpleſs. Gon- + dition required their Pity and Mercy. f Thereby depriving hes not
only of the'Ox-it ſelf, but of al the benefic-of its Lavours, by Which; :
ſhe ſuſtained her Life, ' g Contrary to God's Law, ficſk written-in Meas: Hearts, = aftcrwards in Koly Scripture,:£x54: 22: 26, 37; Deuti 24%)
6, 10, &c. | Hr Vt os, - x. 3263
4 They turn the needy out of the way b ;* the poor-. : of the earth hide themſelves 5 together &.' SALE agate b Either 1. Out of the way of Picty and Juſtice, They 'engage them 28; to take evil Courſes by their Exatnples, -or Promiſes, or Threatningss | Qr 2+ Out of their Right.” Or 3.” Qut of their courſe and way of livinge- . _.,. Qr rather ( as the word properly ſtgatfics, and.as the next Clauſe ex- _. plains it ) out of the high-wzy 3; out of the path or-place in which theſe : wicked Oppreſfors walk and-range. They labour to keep. out . of their: way and tight for fear of their further Igjuriesand Oppreſſions,. i, For - icarof theſe wicked Tyrants and Perſecutors, & For their mutual -;
comfort and detcace againſt thoſe who ſhouid invade or diſturb aan | lad 23 " 4+ ,'1., eſe 1
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Chap. XXIV,
SW | ap. XXIV. 4 OK Chap. XXIV! there. Or,alike. Thovgh!ſome of the Poor are more rearly related, or | foregoing Verſes. m 1, e. The Grapes in their Wine-preſſes, by a hive been more ſerviceable to theſe Oppreſiors, yet none _ Mctonymy ot the thing containing, for the thing contained, n Be. F can eſcape their Rage andViolence. : cauſe they are not permitted to quench their thirſt out of the Wine | 5 Behold, as wild aſſes /inthe _—_ mM, 20 they > wich they make, though their labours both need and deſerve refreſhs | , ; 1 F * the |] forth to their work o, riſing betimes x07 a prey : th \, 12 Men groan o from out of the City p, and the ſoul
wi:drneſs yie/deth food for them p, and Tor their ny 7 of the wounded cricth our : yet God layeth not folly
dren q. es Which are wild, and lawleſs, and unteachable, and fierce, and 0 Fern x. 2