r By his corrupt Communication, whereby he endeavours ta draw him to error or wickedneſs. s To wit of God, and of his wo:d, which makes men wiſe, and diſcovers. and ſo prevents the frauds of Deceivers. # From the infection of the Hypocrites evil and crafty Counſel. | :
10 When it goeth well with the righteous «, The ci- ty rejoiceth x; and when the wicked periſb, zbere 3s ſhouting y.
u When ſuch men are encouraged and advanced into places of
Power and truſt, x The Citizens or ſubjects of that Government rejoice, becauſe they confidently expect Juſtice, and Tranquillity, and many other benefits, by their adminiſtration of publick affairs. y A common rejoicing, partly for the juſt vengeance of God upon them who have been the inſtruments of ſo much miſchief; and partly for their deliverance from ſuch publick grievances and bur- dens of the Land.
1x By the blefling of the upright z the city is exal- ted : butitis overthrown by the mouth of the wicked -:
z Wherewith they bleſs the City, to wit, by their ſincere Pray= ers, and wiſe and wholſom Counſels. # By their Curſes, and Oaths, and Blaſphemies, and wicked and pernicious Counſels, whereby they both provoke God, and miſlead men to their own ruins.]
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+ Heb. dats ſipure of þcart.
12 He that is + void of wiſdom deſpiſeth his neigh- | bour b : bur a man of underſtanding holdeth his peace c. þ Which contempt he ſheweth, eirher 1- by contewptuous or reproachtul expreſſions of him ; or 2. by nor asking, or not re- garding his. advice, but truſting wholly ro his own underſtanding c Either r. He forbeareth all ſuch expreſſions againſt his neighbour. Or 2.He ſilently and patiently bears theſeReproaches from his neigh- bour, 2nd doth not render one Reproach for another ; wherein he ſhewerh true Wiſdom. Or 3. He deſireth and hearkeneth to the Countels of others. Any of theſe ways the oppoſition is ſufficient- ly evident. | + Heb. fe ' 19 + A tale-bearer d revealeth ſecrets e : but he that tha walk 55 of a faithful Spirit f concealeth the matter go ' off, beg d Or, He that gooth about ( from one place or perſon to another, 4 tale-bere as the manner of ſuch is) zeVing tales, making it his buſineſs to ſcat- ter Reports. e This tatling humour isfo prevalent with him,that
re. he cannot forbear to publiſh, cither his neighbours ſecret faults, or ſuch things as were committed to his truſt with a charge of fecre- cy. f That hath a ſincere, and conſtant, and faithful mind, which
' both can and will govern his Tongue.g Sofar as he can lawfully do.
*; Kin.12: 13, * Where no counſel h 1s, the people fall ; but in,
$, \2. the multitude of counfellors z there is ſatety.
ow” Or, No wiſe counſel, as the word properly ſignifies,as Job: 37:12: Prov: 1: 5. # To wit, ofwiſe and good Counſellors, forſuch wall employ and unite their Counſels together for the publick good.
+ Heb/bal as He that is ſurety for a ſtranger & 7 thall ſmart for
hen. k Whoſe condition he doth nor tliroughly underſtand, and
qHeb.thoſe therefore knows not his own danger. 1 Of which ſee on Prov:
that frike 6: x.
Lands, 16 A gracious woman mretaineth honour # : and o ſtrong men retain riches. vY
» Heb. a Woman of grace and favour, i. e. one who by her meek-
neſs, and modeſty, and prudence, and other Virtues renders her
ſelf acc::ptable 2nd amiable ro God and to men. » Or, holteth fait
ſtrong men do Riches,as it here follows, o Or, as; for ſo this con- jua&tion is off uſed in this Book, of which we have ſcen ſome, and
may afterwards ſee morcinſtances. I - The merciful man doth good to his own ſoul p :
but he that 5s cruel q, troubleth his own fleſh 7.
? i, e. To himſelf, becauſe his liberality ſhall turn to his own infinite advantage both in this life, and in the next. q Hard heart- ed and uncharitable to others. r Either x. his own Children or Kindred, who are commonly expreſſed by this vety word, for whoſe ſakes he is thus coverous and uncharirable,that he may hoard | it up f:r them : but they, ſaith the wiſe Man, ſhall have nothing bur trouble «nd vexation, and Gods curſe with it. Or 2. himſelf
denominated here from his f-ſ/þ or Body as in the former Branch T from h« Soul. But he may ſcem to mention his fleſh rather than his Soul, to intimate that the miſchiefs of his covetouſneſsſhall not only fall upon his Soul, which he diſpiſeth, but upon his Fleſh or
Ny outward Man, which is the only thing that he feacech - | 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work s : but to
him that ſoweth ; righteouſneſs #, (hall be a ſure re-
ward. s A work which will deceive his expeQation of that good for
| which he worketh- # That worketh it with conſtancy, and dili- oy gence,and hope of recompenſe,zs they do who ſow in Seed-time. Good works, atts of Piety towards od, a.id Ciarity to men.
r9 As righteouſneſs zendeth ro life, ſo he that pur-
Jueth evil x, pur/aerh it to his own death.
x Who are not overtaken by ſin, as a good Man may be,Gal 6:1: but ſtediouſly deſign it, and follow after the occalions of it earneſt- Ty, and greedily and —_—
20 They that are of a froward heart y, are abomi-
nation tothe LORD = ; but ſ#c> as are upright in zheir
way &, are his delight.
+ y Hypocrites, as appears from the oppoſition of theſe to the up- | right in the next Clauſe : whoſe Hearrs are falfe to God, and con» trary to their own profeſſions. x Though by their cunning Artis fices they may deceive men, and gain their good oppinion and fa- vour, yet God ſees their naughty Hearts and haterh them. # In the courſe of their lives and ations. By which changing of the Phraſe, from Heart in the firſt Clauſe, to way here.he intimates that the ſincerity and hypocriſie of mens hearts are diſcovered, and to be judged by their converſations.
*Ch16: 52 214 Theugh hand join in hand 6b, the wicked ſhall not | beunpunithed c : but the ſeed of the righteous 4 ſhall
| be delivered e.
b Though they are fortified againſt Gods judgments by a nume- rous Iffue and Kindred,and Friends,and by mutual ſtrong combina- tions or confederacies. c They ſhall be puniſhed even in their own Perſons as well as in their poſterity. They fhall nor de able either totally to prevent Gods judgment, or to delay it from coming in