Heb: cou- #5 Manage all thy employments and concerns. « Or, ſecurely or ently, or, confidently, without danger or fear ; caſting thy care upon God m curely, the diſcharge of thy duty. x At thoſe ſtumbling-blocks and temp= overſ.29 fations at which heedleſs Sinners commonly ſtumble and fall. Thou 3 ſhalr thereby be kepr from falling into (in, and that miſchief which j generally attends upon it. Chap. 6, 24 © When thou Iyeſt down, thou ſhalt not be afraid: iS. yea, thou ſhalt lie down, and thy ſleep (ball be ſweerty. al. 3.5. » Free from diſtracting cares and terrors, which oft times haunt £ 4.8. Sinners even in their ſleep, becauſe thy mind ſhall be compoſed and G ſerene through the ſenſe of Gods favour and providence, and the Conſcience of thine own integrity.
25 *Be not afraid z of ſudden fear s, neither of the defolation of the wicked b when it cometh.
z 5. e. Thou ſhalt nor be afraid. For that it is apromiſe, ſeems moſt probable from the context : only it is for greater emphaſis de- Jlivered in the form of a Precept ; I allow thee and require thee not to be affraid, which is both thy duty and priviledge. a For ſudden ' and unexpeted evils are moſt frightful and grievous. And fear is
here pur tor the evils feared, as Provi 1: 26, 27. and oft elſewhere. b Either, 1» aGively, which they bring upon thee. Or rarber, 2, paſ- ſively, which befals them, when the Lord cometh out of his place 50 puniſh the Inhabitants of the emth for their Iniquity, as it 1s expreſſed, J#: 26: 21. andthou mayeſt be apt to fear leſt thou ſhouldit be in-|
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volved in the common calamity ; but fear not, for God will then hid- thee in his Chambers, as he promiſed, 7/3. 26. 20.
26 Fer the LORD ſhall be thy contidence c, and ſhall
keep thy foot from being taken &. | ©c A ſufficient and ſure ground of confidence to thee. 4 In the ſnares either of fin, or of miſchief,
27 With-hold not e good f from f tnemto whom it is + Heb: :þ, dueg, when ir isin the power of thine hand to do zt þ, owner; _ e Do notdeny it, but readily and chearfully impart it, which is Foercofs implied in the contrary, as above, wv, 1s. and oft in this Book, as we ſhall ſee. f Any thing which is good, either Spiritually,as coun« ſel, comfort, reproof, &c. or civilly, the good things of the pre- lent life, as good is taken, Pal: 4: 6. called 1415 Worlds good, 1 John
any kindof right to it, either, 1. by the Law of Juſtice and Equity, preſcribed both by the aarural and written L:1ws of God, and by the
; Civil Laws of men. So this place commands the payment of juſt
debrs, and the reſtitution of things either found or committed to our truſt, or taken from others by fraud or violence. Or, 2. ( which ſeems to be chiefly intended by comparing this with the next verſe,
men by nature, and frequently and ſeverely injoincd in his word,
| whereby every man is obliged according to his ability and oppor-
tunity, to pity and relieve ſuch as are in ceal want or miſery : who
in that cafe are here called rhe owners of our goods, not in reſpe&
of men, as if men in want might ſeize upon the Riches of others,
but in reſpe& of God who is the Sovereign Lord, and only true Pro-
Prictary cf all mens Eſtates, who giverh them whenand to whom he
pleaſerh, and who doth not give away his Right, nor make men ab.
tolute Lords ofthe, to diſpoſe them as they will, but only allows
them the uſe & comfort of them upon ſuch conditions & with ſuch Reſervations and Rent-charges, as I may call them, as he hath ap-
pointed, whereof this is one, that men ſhould readily and freely communicat them to other men who need and require their helps And ſuch aQtions, though they be a&s of Chariry and bounty to men, yer, as to God, they are a&ts of Righteouſneſs, as they are cal. led, Prov. 11. 18. 2 Cor. 9: 9. and in many other places. þ Either 1. to witholdit. Or, 2. to do good. And this clauſe may be ad- ded, cither, 1. as a limitation, ro intimart that God expetts from men according to what they have, and not according to what they have mat, as is ſajd, 2 Coy. 8. 12. Or, 2. as an argument to perſwade them to take the preſent ſeaſon, ro perform this duty when they are ca« pable of ſo doing, becauſe by the changes of this world, and the courſe of Divine providence, they may be diſenabled from the per- formance of this great and neceſlary duty, and then they will be withcur excuſe,
28 * Say not # unto thy neignbour &,Go, and come »x,,, 2gain, and to morrow I will give / : when thou: haſt it iz, by thee. | Deut: 24
i The former verſe forbad the denial, and this forbids the delay !5+ of this duty, k Unto any man, as the word Netghbour is common-« ly uſed in Scripture, as' hath been oft proved, { To wit, what is thy due in manner before expreſſed, or what thou needſt : for this word 15 generally ufed concerning free or charitable Gifts, and not concerning due debts.
259 || Deviſe aot evil # againſt thy neighbour, ſeing || Or, ys he dwelleth ſecurely by thee ». fiſe ne evil
m Any thing injurious or hurtful Having commanded doing - of good, v: 27, 28. he here forbids doing or deſigning any evil.
» Relying upon thine integrity : do not therefore betray thy truſt,
which is hateful even to Heathens. :
30 Strive not o with a man without cauſe p, if he have done thee no harm 'q.
0 Either by wbrds before the Magiſtrate ; or otherwiſe by thine ations. p Without juſt and neceſſary cauſe. 9 Whereby he clear- Iy implies, that in caſe of injury, a maa may, by all lawful means, defend himſelf.
31 * Envy thou not + the oppreſſor r, and chooſe *PC. y7:i, none of his wayss. | f Heb: # r For his impunity and ſucceſs in his wicked deſigns, and the 148 of vi Wealth, which he gains by his unrigh-eous praftices. 5 For what lence. men envy 1n others, they ſeek to obtain for themſelves. | 32 For the froward ? js abominationto the LORD # : * but his ſecret is with the righteous x.