? Or, perverſe, who walketh in crooked or ſinful Paths, as the Opreſfor laſt mentioned; oppoſed to the upright Man, who is cal- led right or fraight, as Deut: 32: 4. Prov: 29: 27. u God hates him, and therefore ſooner or later he muſt ne2ds be extremely and eter< nally miſerable. x They are God's Friends and Favourites,to whom he tamiliarly imparts, as men uſe to do to their Friends, his mind and counſels, or his ſecret fivours ahd comforts to which other men are ſtrangers. Compare P/al; 25: 14. Johni5: 15. Revel; 2: 17. ES 23 The curſe of the LORD 3s in the houſe of ehe *Levit6. wicked y: buthe blefſeth the habitation of the juſt. < pup 3 Not only upon his own perſon, but alſo upon his Poſterity and 2 © © upon all his domeſtical concerns. . *Jam:4.6. 34 * Surely he ſcorneth z the ſcorners a: but he gi- 5... -.;,
veth grace b unto the lowly.
z He will expoſe them toſcorn and contempt. # Proud and in-
ſolent Sinners, who make amock at fir, Prov. 14. 9. andat God and Religion alſo, and deſpiſe all Counſels and means of amendment. Compare P/al: 1: 1. & Prov: 1; 22, 6 To wit, favour, both with
himſelf and with men, as this word and Phraſe is uſed, Exva, 3.21.
& 11 3. &12: 36. Ecileſ; 9: 11. Luke 2; 52, Oc. _ 35 The wiſe ſhall inherir glory c ; but ſhame j ſhall __ "he be the promotion of fools 4. fools
c Shallenjoy it not only for a ſeaſon, as wicked men oft times do,/**
bur as an Inheritance conſtantly and to perpetuicy. 4 In ſtead of
that glory which they greedily ſeek, they ſhall meet with nothing
bur ignominy. Or, as it is in the Margent, ſbame exal:eth or lifeth
up fools, i, e. It makes them manifeſt and notorious, as this very WC<.IC
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Text, foels take or carry away ( as this word is here rendred by divers berh Ancient and medern Tranſlators, and as it is uſed, Levit: 6: ro, 15: and oft elſewhere ) ſhame, ro wit, as his proper Portion or Inheritance; which is heie very fitly oppoſed to the Portion or In- heritance of the Juſt. And alchough rhe Verb be ſingular, yer ir agrees well enough with the Noun plural, becauſe this is taken dil- tciburtively,ſuch conſtrudtions being very uſualin theHebrew Text. | CH A P. IV. | So/omon ſheweth the excellencyof his Dofrine, 1———=4. His counſel to get IWiſaom, «6, 6. And Underffanding, 7. The Honour which cometh thereby, 8, 9, The good effa#s of it, 10 12. he dehorts from the paths of the Wicked, by the evil ron/equences thereof, 13——— 19. And exkorteth to keep. ſeveral precepts for the better government of himſelf, 20. Concerning Eyes, 21, 22- His Heart, 23. His Miuth, 24. Auld ht feet, 25— T7. Far, ye children, the inſtruction of a father «, and atrend to know underſtanding a Of me your Teacher, who have paternal authority over you and affeCtion to you.
2 Fer I give you good dodrine b ; forſake ye not my
Law c.
& Not vain or fo2liſh or falfe or pernicious counſels, but ſuch as are true and profitable, c Gods Law or Commands delivered to you by my mouth. See on Chap. 3: r.
2 For I was f my fathers ſon 4d, * tender e and only beleved f in the ſight of my mother,
d In a ſpecial manner, his beſt-beloved Son and deſigned to be his Succeſlor in the Throne. e Young and tender in years and cap- able of any impreflions, and tenderly educated. f Heb, only, or the enly Son : Or rather, becauſe Bathſhebs ſeems to have bad other Sons, 1 Chr. 5. 1. as an only Son, as dearly beloved as an only Son: in which ſenſe this Title is given to Iſaac, Gen: 22: 2, 12, 16. though he had another Son,and to others, And all theſe circumſtances are mentioned to ſhew the neceſſity and great benefit of wholeſome in- ſtruftion, which his Royal Parents would not negleR, no not in his tender years,and thereby to prepare & excite them by his example to receive inſtruftion, ©
4 *He taught me alſo, and ſaid unto me g, Let thine heart retain my words ; * keep my command- | ments and live þ,
. g The following Verſes,at leaſt as far as the Tenth Verſe,are pro- | pounded as the words of David, that the Name of ſo great a King and Holy a Prophet,might add the more Authority and Efficacy to his Counſels. hi. e. Thou ſhalt live. Ir is a promiſe in the form ofa command, as Chap. 3. 25. : : 5 Get wiſdom, get underſtanding : forget it not ; - neither declinefrom the words of my mouthz, ; From the beliefand praftice of my Word. 6 Forſake her not, and ſhe jhall preſerve thee: love her &, and ſhe ſhall keep thee. | k He intimates, that it is not enough to do whatis good, which may. ſometimes proceed from worldly or ſinfulMotives, but that we muſt have a ſincere and fervent love to it. |
7 Wiſdom #s the A thing | ; therefore get wiſ-
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I The moſt 'excellent &E all poſſeſſions. m Even with the price of all, though it coſt thee the loſs of all which thou haſt. Or,zor. among ad, Whilſt you labour for other things,do not neglett this.
8 Exalt hers, and ſhe ſhall promote thee : ſhe ſhall bring thee to honour 9, when thou doſtembrace her.
# Let her havethine higheſt eſteem and affeFtion. o Both with
*Ch: 1.9. God and men: which Solomon knew by experience. rſs 9 She ſhall give tothine head * an ornament of grace wthe Þ 2 || a crown Of glory ſball ſhe deliver to thee.
vitly s p 17. e. An acceptable or beautiful ornament, ſuchas they uſed ro
Coonof Put upon their heads. Hear, O my ſon, and receive my ſayings: and
Gley, IO the years of chy life ſhall be many. | 11 I have taught thee in the way of wiſdom q : I haveled theein right paths. q Either, 1. which procureth Wiſdom. Or 2. which Wiſdom x direQeth thee to walk in. h : \Hal.91: -x2 When thou goeſt, thy ſteps ſhall not be ftraitned Chex: 23:7 * and when thou runneſt, chou ſhalt not ſtumble s.
7 Thou ſhalt manage thine affairs, with great facility ſafety and "Chia: 1g. {uccels. | It is a Metaphor from thoſe who walk in a ſtrait and un- P18! cen path,where they are apt to ſtumbe and fall. - Not miſcarry. 12 * Take faſt hold of inſtruction, let her not go ;
p - keep her, for (he 5s thy life r.
t The conduQer, and preſerver, and comfort of thy life;
not x inthe way of evil mes. |
>. u Avoid their courſes and company. » Do not proceed further
If thou haſt unadviſedly entred unto ity do not perliſt in it,but get