the ſpeedily out of it. 15 Avoid it, paſs
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y Keep at a great difance from it. Compare Job 22: 23: Prov: 5. 8. z Shun all occaſions of tins | |
16 For they {lecpnot « except they have done miſ- | 99 : and their ſleep is taken away unleſs they cauſe
ome to fall. ;
# They cannot compoſe themſelves to ſleep with quletneſs and ſfarisfattion ro their own minds. & Into their own Snares,ceither in- to fin, or into miſchief. ; ES
17 For they eat the bread of wickedneſs c, anddrink
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c The ſenſe iseither, r. Wickedneſs is as neceſſary and as pleaſant to them as their Bread. Which ſuirs well with the former Verie- Or, 2. They live whally upon what they ger by wicked courſes. Which gives the reaſon of what he laſt ſaid, why they could not
cep without prey. 4d 7. e. Gotten by violence. See on the for- mer Clauſe, | Fo WO Fe
18 Butthe path of the juſt js as the ſhining lighe e,
that ihineth more and more unto the perfe&t day fo
e The common courſe of their lives or a&ions is pure and ſpot= leſs, clear and certain, ſafe and comfortable, as light is... f juſt men.do daily more and more grow in knowledge, and_ grace. anc conſolation,until all be perfefted and ſwallowed up in glory. .
Ig The way of the wicked is as darkneis g : know not at what they ftumble ++ rey BES( bn
g Ful of groſs ignorance and errour,of uncertainty and confuſion; of wickedneſs, of danger and miſery : all- which come under the name of darkneſs in Scripture uſe, and ſuit well with the context. þ Heb. ſha tumble. Though they are always in danger, yet they are always ſecure, and donor diſcern their danger, nor, the cauſc, or manner, or time of their ruine,ti!] they be ; urprized with it, _
20 My Son, attend to my words: 1ncline thine ear. unto my ſayings.
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which are the more immediate and cffeQual cauſe of all mens afti- ons. 7From thence proceed all the aQions, as of the natural, ſo.. of the Spiritual life, which lead to Eternal life and happineſs ; .as on the contrary all evilactions tending to Death ſpring from thenge which is here implied. i] 24 Put away trom thee | a froward mouth
perverſe lips put far from thee. \ ++
m All ſorts of finful words, which proceed from. and diſcover an evil Heart.
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7 Direct all thine actions by a good intention to a rightend,and ' keep thy mind fixed upon that way which leads to-it, ard neither look r.0r turn aſide to-the right hand nor to the lefr, as it follows os "ID ; h | PFs 26 Ponder the path of thy feet o, and || let all thy ways be eſtabliſhed p. .
0 Conſider thine actions before thou doeſt them, and ſee that they agree with the Rule. p Let thine Actions be uniformly and con- ſtaatly good in ſpight of all remptations to the contraty. Or, Let thy ways be a:refied or diſpoſed aright, as this Hebrew word fignifies. Or, #hy ways ſhall beeftabliſhed. So this is a promiſe to confirm | the foregoing Precept. Ifthou doeſt ponder them, thou mayeſt expect Gods bleſſing and good ſucceſs in them. hatroaa/oopen
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q-Fly all extreams, and neither add to from them. |
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