pect Rebukes and Puniſhments from God aud men. p Which he theweth by his fooliſh words. :
14 Wiſe men lay up qknowledge r : but the * mouth +,
of the fooliſh is near deſtruction s.
q To wit, in their minds and memories, to be brought forth thence upon fit occaſions. r Whereby they may be cnabled to ſpeak both what, and when it is ſeaſonable, for their own or others good.
s Fools are more froward to lay out thanto lay vp, and for want . of knowledge ſpeak much and Foolifhly, whereby they frequently bring deſtruction upon themſelves.
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deftruction s of the poor is their poverty. _
t Either, 1. really, as money zs called # defence, Eccl. 7. 12. becauſe it oft-times redeems a man from dangers a d calamities.Or, 2. in his own conceit, as tis explained ard fully expreffed,Ch. 18. un. It makes
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Juſt are not meavt actively of thoſe Bleſſings which they wiſh or give to others, but paſſively of thoſe Bleſlings which others with or giveto tiem, and conſequently this violence 15 not underſtood of that which they do to others, but of that which is done to them by . others-" , ſtiz.s, 7*The nizmory of the juſt js bleſſed i: but the name of the wicked ſhall rot «. :
: i.e, Honourable and acceptable ro thoſe who mention them. Compare Job 3+. 20. Fjal 62: 5- u Shall periſh, and Le curſed and detei{iable amongſt men, thall trinkabove ground.
tHe. , $ The wite in heart will receive commandments x 70 of lipe but a prating fool y || (ball fail z.
r, fhal ; tbeaten, and of Men, by wh:ch means he ſhall ſtand fat ans live. y One
him ſecure and confident. w Ir 1s the cauſe of their ruine. Or, the
contrition, or the terror, or confternation, as others, both ancient and
m-:dern, ren%er it. Their Poverty takes away their Spirit and Cou-
rage, and fills them with fear and deſpair. :
* 16 * The labcur of che righteous renderh to life x : Ch:u- 36 the fruir y of the wicked to ſin z.
x Either, 1+ the deſign of his labour is only>this, that he may
ww x Is ready to hear and obey the Countels and Precepts of God |
have wherewith to live honeſtly, withour fintul ſhifts Or 2, The fruit or effect of his labuur or induſtry (as this werd abou 15 mot commonly underſtood, and this beit anſwers ro the fo.!owing ciauſc, where jruiz is put in fad of this /abow) 1s the pretervatt- on, and proiongation of his life, and the obtaining of <rerma] jife, to which an honcft and confciercious Diligence un puns Ve orldly
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Pe Ko Callings doth in ſome manner contribute. y The Fruit of all their Labours and Endeavours. z Tendeth to fin, ſerves only for Fuel to mens pride and Luxury, and workdlineſs, and by that mcans oft cauſeth Temporal, and always, without Repentance, Eternal Death.
17 He zs in * the way of life @ that keepeth inſtru- ion b : but he that refuſeth reproof, || erreth c.
Which leadeth to life and Blefſedneſs. & That obſerveth and obeyeth the wholſom Counſels of God, and of good men. c To wit, from the way of life, or into the way of fin, and ſo of Death. Heb; leadeth into error, or ſeduce:h, to wit, himſelf, as appears by the oppoſition of this to the former Clauſe ; he wittingly and wil- lingly expoſeth himſelf to Temptation and Wickedneſs, becauſe he rejeCt:th that Admonition which 1s a proper , Preſervative from It.
18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips 4, and he e thar uttereth a ſlander, is a fool f.
d With flattering words and falſe pretences of Friendſhip. e Heb* he, i.e. both of them, one no leſs than the other. So he con- demneth two oppolite vices, ſecret hatred, and manifeſt ſlander. f Becauſe a ſinner ; and becauſe the miſchief of theſe things will fall upon himſe}f.
I9 In the multitude of words there wanteth not fin
8: but he that refraineth his lips & is wiſe. £ Men that love and commonly uſe much talking, do frequently run in many miſcarriages, becauſe ſuch perſons, for the moſt parc want Wiſdom'toorder their words aright, Eccleſ. 5. 3. and ſpeak haſtily without Care and Conſideration: þ That forbeareth to urter what cometh into his mind, before he hath weighed whether itbe true, and fit to be ſpoken or not. : 20 The tongue of the juſt zs as choice ſilver z : the
heart & of the wicked is little worth.
; Of great worth anduſe, bringing credit to himſelf, and mich ben-fit to others. & And conſequently the Tongue, which ſpeaketh out of the abundance of the Heart, Mat. 12. 34.
21 The lips of the righteous feed many 7; but fools Heb. «f die for want + of Wiſdom m.
I By their wiſe and pious Diſcourfes, Counſels and Comforts, 'which are ſo many evidences of their Wiſdom. m They have _ Wiſdcm to feed or preſerve themſelves, much leſs to feed 0- TRErsS.
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he addeth no ſorrow with it 0.
2 Riches are not got by Wiſdom or diligence, but only by God's Favour and Bleſſing. 0 z. e, With that Blefling which gives Riches, but gives them content and comfort in their Riches, which is a ſingular Giftand Bleſſing of God, of which ſee Eccleſ. 2. 24, 26+ & 3+ 33. & 5.17, 18. whereas the Riches which wicked men get, are
menting cares and fears, with horrours of Conſcience, and with the juſt dread of a ſad account to God for them. :
h.i4.9. 23 * It is asa ſport pto a fool to do miſchiefq:; but 15+ 21- a man of underſtanding hath wiſdom r.
p He doth it with eaſe and delight, and without any ſhame or remorſe, or fear. q Or, as others, to work Wickeaneſs; yea, great and premeditated wickedneſs, as the Hebrew word properly ſig- nifies- » Whereby he is kept from committing Wickedoeſs, and eſpecially from ſporting himſelf with it- But his Clauſe is by di- vers learned Interpreters render thus, and or ſo j\ Wiſdom to a man of Undertanding, itis a ſport or pleaſure to him ro praftiſe Wiſdom - Piety. Which Tranſlation makes the Oppoſition more evi-
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24 The fear s of the wicked it ſhall come upon him: but the deſire of the righteous ſhall be granted 7.
s The evils which he feareth, or hath cauſe to fear, as fear is oft taken, # God will not only prevent the miſchiefs which they fear, but grant them the good things which they deſire.
25 As the whirl-wind paſleth «, 1o is the wicked no