a )1 e: ) Paſſcth the courſe of his Life ; 0: gocth avout butily and ” reſticlly hither agd chi her, as this Verb in this Conjugation fiznifies, wy and a the next Verb moreplainly exprefſ-cth. b Heb- 11 a ſþ 4 eegnhe or Image, ( 1;e )In an imaginary rather than a real Life : | purſuit of vain Imavinations, in which there is nothing ſolid or ſas tisfattory. Or, as ſome readit, Like a ſhadow, to which Mans Life 1; compared, 0b 14.2: Manand his Lite, aad all his Hippineſs in this World, are ratt.er Appearances and Repreſentations and Dreams tha 3 Truths and Realities: cOr, troubled : Heb: They make a noiſe, or BuSHing, or Tumult, with unwearied Tuduttry ſecking for Riches, as it toilows, and troubling and vexing both the :.ſelves and others in the purſuit ot them, as this word implies. d To no purpo'e; or without any real or conſiderab'e bevefit, to him or his. e For his own uſe, 2nd for his Potterity after him, f Whether his Children, or Strangers or Enemies, ſhall pofſcſs and enjoy them.
7 And now LORD, what wait T for ? my hope is in thee g. |
g Sciag this Life and all its enjoyments are fo vain 2nd ſaort to al, Micp, and eſpecially to me, I will never expe nor ſeek for Hay- pineſs here, from theſe Vanities, I will compoſe my ſelf patiently and contentedly to bear both my own Afffidions, and the proſperity a:d glory of urgodly men, for both are vaniſhing and tranſitory things, and I will ſeek for Happineſs no where but in the Loye and favour of
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8 Deliver me from my tranſgreflions þ ; make me not the reproach z of the fooliſh kh, |
h That I may not be diſappointed of my hoves of enjoying thee, ind thy favour, which is the only thing thatl deſire, pardon all my 1105, which ſtand like a chick Cloud b-tween thee and me, and fill me with Fears about ;my Condition both hcre and hereafter. j Let agt their Proſperity and my Miſery give them occaftion to deride and reproach me, for my ſerving of thee, and truſting in thee, to ſo little purpoſe or advantage. k (1c. ) Of wicked men, who though they profeſs and think themſelves tobe Wiſe, yet ind-c<d are Fools as is arifeſt from their eager purſuitof fruitleſs Vanities, v.6. and from their groſs negle&t of God, and of his Service, who only is able to make them happy. *©
* I was dumb, I opened not my mouth 1 ; be- cauſe thou didſt it m. + Jobgo I Towit, in way of murmuring or repining againſt thee, or thy ah Providence, as I promiſe I would be, v. x. For though when I looked only to Inſtruments; I was d:ſcompoſed, and did at laſt ſpeaka fooliſh word, yet when [I did recolle@ my ſelf and looked up to thee, the firſt cauſe and ſoveraigo diſpoſerot this, and all other things, I return to my former ſilence. m What? Either, x. And particularly :46= ſaloms Rebellion ; wherein 1 acknowledge thy juſt hand in .puniſhing my fins. Or, 2. And more generally, whatſoever is dore in theſe matters 3 all the Events which befall all Men, !whether good or bad:
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