' him : frec nor thy ſeif becauſe of him who profpereth t Holt, in his way 7 ; becauſe of the man'who bringeth wicked Is devices to pals, | te 9 Heb, Be ſilent unto, or fory or becauſe of the Lord ; i, e: Do' not murmure nor repine at his dealings,” but ſilently and quietly ſub-- mit to his will, and adore his judgements, aad as it follows, . Wa:s for his Help+ This Advice and Command 3s preffed again and a= gain to, teach us how hard ir is, to learn and pra&iſe this Leſſon. r 4. e, In his evil way, as itis limited in the following words. _. 8 Ceaſe from anger /, and forfake wrath : Fon not thy ſelf in any wiſe, to doevilr, _ - CE : ſ Either againſt the ſinner for his ſucceſs; or againſt God, for ſo. diſpoſeing of things, es Jerah was, ch. 4. 1. t Or, at leaft ſo far as 58 0 65h If any luch anger, os Grief, do ſecretly ariſe. 3n thee,
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take care that it do not tranſport thee, either to reproach or di-
_ or imitation of the wicked praftices of thoſe Men, 1n opes of the ſame ſucceſs.
upon the Lord, they (hal inherit the earrh x. | .u To wit, from the earth, by comparing this with the next Clauſe, and with Pſal. 34: 16. Their end ſhall certainly be moſt miſerable. x According to Gods promiſe oft made to ſuch ; which alſo for the moſt part was literally fulfilled in that ftate of rhe Church ; and if it was not, it was fulfilled with far greater advan- tage Spiritual and Eternal bleſſings. | Io For yer a little while y and the wicked ſhall not
0. and it (ball notbe b. 20. 9» y Their time and Proſperity is very ſhort, and therefore no mats | ter of Envy. z To wit, in the land of the Living, He ſhall be dead and gone, as this phraſe is commonly taken. 4 Induſtrioufly | ſeeking to find him. bz: e: His place and Eſtate, and Glory ſhall be gone, Or, he ſhall nit be, as before. 11 * But the meek c thall inherit the earth, and ſhall
Pſ25.9. delight themſelves in the abundance of peace 4. at. 5.5 ci; e: The Godly, whoare frequently thus called, as Pſal: 22: 26: and 149: 4: thoſe who patieatly bear Gods affliting hand, and meckly paſs by injuries from ungodly men. &d Partly of outward Peace and Proſperity, which God in his due time will give them: and principally of inward peace and fatisfa&tion of mind, in the IE Gods Favour, and the aſſurance of his own endleſs Haps pineſs.
12 The wicked || plotteth againſt the juſt, and gnaſh-
eth upon him with his teeth e. ,e Out of Malice and Rage. See on Pſal: 35; 16. ""PEPTEIS £ * The LORD thall ſaugh ac him f, for he ſeeth that his day g is coming. | F #: e: Shall deſpiſe and deride all their hopes and indeavours a- gainſt the good, as moſt vain and fooliſh. g Either, 1. Gods day, which is an uſual phraſe, as 7: 2: 12. and 13:9: Or, 2. His own day, as 1 Sam. 26. 10. Exek. 21, 25, 29. Both ſignifie the ſame - thing,the day appointed by God for his puniſhment or deſtru&ti- on, as Iſa. 9,4. Jer. 50.27. 14 The wicked have drawn out the ſword, and have bent their bow + to caſt down the poor and needy, and
+ Heb. :he to lay + ſuch as be of upright converſation 5.
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pright of h They are furniſhed with all ſorts of Arms, and are ready to Way. give the deadly blow. 7 Such againſt whom they have no Quarrel : for any injury they have done thzm, but only for their Integrity
and Righteouſneſs, or becauſe they are better than themſelves,and will not comply with theis wicked Counſels and Courſes.
I Their {word ſhalenter into their own heart &,and their bows ſhall be broken.
- & God will not only defend the upright from their Miſchievous Deſigns, but will make them to fall upon their 04-n heads.
16 A littie that a righteous man hath, is better than the riches of many wicked /.
I Becauſe he hath it with many great and glorious Advantages, with God's Favour and Bleſſings, with great Seteniry and Satistac- tion of his own Mind, which is infinitely more Defirable and com- fortable than all Earthly Poſleſſions, { wick the Conſolarions of
God's Spirit, and the aſſurance of everlaſting Felicity : ] whilſt wicked mens Riches are loaded with many incumbrances, with the wrath and-curſe of God, the torment of their own Conſciences and Paſſions, and the dreadful} Expettation of an after-reckoning, and of endleſs Miſcries+
17 For * the arms of the wicked shall be broken : but
*Pl. 10. the LORD upholdeth the righteous 2.
IS. m This is a proof of what he ſaid, v. 16. For what the wicked have, ſhall ſuddenly be loſt and gone, bat God will maintain the righteous in their. happy Eſtate.
by | _ <Big and their inheritance ſbal be for ever p. : * » Obſerveth with ſingular Care and affe&ion, 07. e, Their con | dition, and all things which do or may befal chem, their Dangers .:* _ andFears, and ſuffering from ungodly men; and therefore will watch vuver them, and preſerve them from all the Deſigns and At- tempts of their Enemies. Days or Years, or Emes, are oft put for things done, or Events happening in them, as Deut. 32. 7. Pſal, 31. 15- and 77-5.and 143. 5. 1a: 63. 11, - p To them and their Le _ feed for ever: Comp. v. 29. and when they dye their inheritance is not Joit, but p97 Fr for one infinitely b-tter, "T9 "They thall beaſhamed q in the evil cime : and * in the days of Famine, they{hall be ſatisfied. q For the diſapointment of their Hopes, but their Hopes and Deſires, ſhall be fatisficd, as it follows. 20 But the wicked ſhall periſh, and the Enemies of __ the LORD <sb#ll be + as the far of lambs r ; they ſhall , Conſume, into ſmoke {hall they conſume away. r. Which n an inſtant melteth before the fire, / 7. e. Utterly and irrecoverably- 2.1 The wicked borroweth, and payeth nov again t : * PGlicz * but the righteous ſhewerh mercy and giveth. 9. z Either through covetouſneſs and injuſtice ; Or rather, becaufe —$ of that great-penury into which God ſhall bring him ; whilft the ' righteous is not onely provided ſufficiently for himſelf, bur hath abundance'and to ſpare forothers. For he is here comparing the wicked and the righteous, not ſo much in their Vertues or moral Qualities, as in their outward Conditions, which alſo appears from the following Verſe, which gives the reaſon of this. .. 22 For ſuch as be bleſſed of him « (ball inherit the
earth ;.and they rbas be curſed of him ſhall be cut off,
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