p Why wilt thou deſtroy and damn thy ſelf for thoſe delights which thou maiſt enj-y without ſin or danger ?
LORD 9g, and he pondereth all his goings r. q God ſces all thy fiithy actions, though done with
grees, numders,and aggravations of all their unchaſt actions. .
and he ſhall be holden with the cords of his þ ſins s.
sIn vain doth he think to- diſentangle himſelf from his luſts by repenting when he grows in years, and to eſcape puniſhment ; for
E 1S in perfect bondage to his Lufts,and is neither able nor willing to ſet himſelf ar Liberty; and if he do eſcape the rage of a jealous Husband, and the ſentence of the Magiſtrate, yet he ſhall be in« fallibly overtaken by the righteous Judgment of God.
23 * He ſhall die without inſtruction *, and in the greatneſs of his folly « he ſhalFgo aſtray x.
8 Becauſe he neglected Inſtruction, Or, withour CorrefFion or Amendment. He ſhall die in his ſins, and not repent of them,as he deſigned and hopcd to do before his death. « Through his ſtupen= dious Folly, wherebyhe cheated himſelf with hopes of Repentance or Impunity, and expoſed himſelf to endlcſs.torments for the mo«
of Life, and from eternal Salvation.
HA P, VI.
4 Dehort ation againſt ſ::retyſhip, i. The danger of it, 2. Ana the way of delivery, 3 5. Sluggards reproved by a Simnulitude of the Ant, C———1 5. The carriage of the wicked deſcribed, 12 ==——= 14, And hu ſudden ruin, 15. Of ſeven things which are diſpleaſing to God, 16 — 19. The benefits of keeping the Commandments, 20——24, The Miſchief of Adultery, 2g, 16's evil conſequences, 26 3s.
M Y ſon, if thou be * ſurety 2 for thy friend ; if
thou haſt ſtricken thy hand 6b with a ſtranger e: « To wit, raſhly, without conſidering for whom, or how far thou doſt oblidge thy ſelf, or how thi ſhalt diſcharge the Debe, if
occaſion repuire it. Otherwiſe ſuretyſbip in ſome caſes may be not only lawfu), bur an A of Juſtice, and Prudence, and Charity, See Gen: 42: 37: & 43: 8. Philem:ve19, Or, to ( as this prefix moſt commonly ſignifies ) # fiend. b Obliged thy ſelf by giving thine Hand, or joining thine Hands with another mans, as the cuſtom then was in ſuch caſes, Of which ſee Job 19: 3: Prov: 117 8: and 22:26, £ With the Creditor, whom he calls a Stranger, becauſs the Uſurers in J7#el, who lent Money to others for their neceſſary occaſions upon condition of paying uſe for it, were either Heathens, or were reputed as bad as Heathens, becauſe this practice was for« bidden by Gods Law, Deut: 23: 19. Or,toor for a Stranger; for here is the ſame prefix which is rendred for in the former clauſe. And ſo he may imply, that whether a man be ſurety to, or for, a friend, or to, or for; a ſtranger, the caſe and courle to be uſed is much of the ſame kind.
. 2 Thou art ſnared d with the words of thy mouth 5
thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. rigs Freedom is loſt, and thou art now in Bondage to anov ther.
3 Do this now, my ſon, and deliver thy ſelf, when thouart come into the hand e of thy friend f, go bum- ble thy ſelf g, || and make ſure thy friend þ.
e Into the Power. f Either 1. of the Creditor,
whom, as being thy Friend, thou didſt become Surety ; whereby thou art not only in the Creditors Power, to exaQt payment, but alſo in the Debtors Power, by his neglect or unfaithfulneſs, to cxe poſe thee to the payment of the Debt. And this may ſeem beſt ra agree both with v. x. where Friend is taken in that ſenſe,and is di- ftinguiſhed from the Creditoywwho 1s called a ftranger, and with vhe words here following; for this humbling of himſelf was not likely to have much power with a Stranger, and a griping Uſerer 3 but it might probably prevail with his Friend, either to take effectu«
Obligation, or to ſecure him againſt it ſome other way. g Heb: Offer thy ſelf to be tredgen upm, or Throw thy Jelf down at his feet. As thou haſt made thy Self his Servant, bear the fruits of thine own Folly, and humbly and carneſtly implore his Patience and Cles mency. h Or, and prevail with thy Friend, ſtrive to win him by thine inceſſant and carneſt ſolicitations, Or, honour or magnifie
& Which thou didſk marry in her and thine own yourhtul days, | thy Friend,
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4 Give not ſleep to thine eyes, nor ſlumber to thine eye-lids þ,
bh To wit, untill thou haſt taken care for the diſcharge of this 0- bligation.Be nor ſecure,nor negligent,nor dilatory in this matter.
5 Deliver thy ſeif as a roe from the hand of ;he Hun- ter &, and asa bird from the hand of the fowler.
k With all poſſible expedition, as the Roe runs ſwiftly away.
6 Go to the ant 1, thou ſluggard ; conlider her ways ”, and be wile :