þ Is as terrible asif many Meſſengers were ſent to denunce the ſentence of death, and to execute tt. # Will uſe a!l prudent and lawful means to pacifie it. |
5 Inthe lighc of che kings countenance #s life &, and and * his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain /.
& His favour and ſmiling Countenance is moſt ſweet and refre- ſhing, eſpecially ro himthat was under a ſentence of death, wv. 14 As acceptable as thoſe Clouds which bring the latter Rain, where- by the Fruits are filled and ripened a little before rhe Harveſt : of which ſee Deur: 11: 14. Job 29: 23. Jam; 5: 7. | 16 * How much better » is it to get Wiſdom than *Chap, gold » ? and to get unberſtanding, rather to be choſen 1» 95 than ſilver? |
m Ir is inexpreſlibly and unconceivably better, as this Phraſe im*
plies, P/al: 31; 19. & 36: 7. & 92: 5, &c. » Becauſe it brings a man
more certain, and compleat, and laſting comfort and advantage.
17 The high-way of the upright o is to depart ' 40
evil p; he that keepeth his way q preſeriveth his
{oul r. o Their common Road, in which they conſtantly purpoſe and de- ſire, and cuſtomarily uſe to walk, although ſomerimes through frail- ty or temptation they ſlip into the by-paths of ſin. p From the &- vil of fin, and conſequently from the evil of puniſhment. 9q That takes heed to walk in that high-way. r From that miſchiet which befalls thoſe that walk in the crooked paths of wickedneſs. | 18 * Pride goeth before deftrucion 5s, and an haugh- *Ch. rr.3 ty ſpirit before a fall. & 18. 12 s It is commonly a Forerunner and cauſe of mens Ruine,- be= cauſe it highly provokes both God and men.
19 Better jt 55 ro be of an humble ſpirit withthe lows ly, than to divide the ſpoil with the proud 7. £ 5 Who will ſpoil and rob others to maintain their own pomp and | UxXury. | 20 || Hethat handleth a matrer wiſely «, ſhall find good ||Or,h- tha x ; and wholo * truſteth in the LORD y happy 3s.he z. _ ns” u He who orders his affairs with diſcretion. Or, as others, both ge *" = ancient and Jater Interpreters take it, He that underifandeth, or at- .p- " tendeth to the Word, to wit, the word of God, which is called abſo- & . " W% lutely the Word, Prov; 13: 13: and elſewhere, making that the Rule 34. Bs
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of his Aftions. x Shall obrain happy fucceſs. y Who doth not x M 5. truſt ro his own prudence or diligence, but to God's providence er 37s bY
and bleflings. Or, who mixeth God's Word with Faith, as the phraſe is, Heb; 4: 2. & He ſhall not only find ſome good, bur ſhall cer- tainly attain to true happineſs. -
21 The wiſe in heart ſhall be called prudent a, and the ſweetneſs of che lips b increaſeth learningc.
a The ſenſe 1s either, 8. He who hath Wiſdom or found knows lege in his Heart, will ſhew ir by his prudence in orderiag his Actions. Or rather, 2- He who is truely wiſe, or prudent,or intel- ligent ( all which words moſt commonly ſignifie one and the fame thing, both inthis and in other Books of Scripture) ſhall be ſo called or accounted by others. 6 Eloquence added co Wiſdom; the facul- ty of exprefliing a Man's mind fitly, and freely, and acceprably. c Bothin himiclf ; For whilſt a Man teacheth others, he impioverh © himſelf; and eſpecially ia ofhers, who by this means are induced'to ;
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b A great Honour and Ornament as it is a ſingular Bleſſing of _ ———_— among Friends. This Phraſe we had before, Chap; 16: 28,
more inſtrumental to do good to others. 22* Underſtanding is a well-ſpring of life 4 to hi that hath ite ; butthe inſtruction of fools is folly fe
F Theirmoſt grave and ſerious counſels are fooliſh.
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to the ſoul,and health to che bones &.
; The Diſcourſes of the wiſe, laſt mentioned. v: 23. which yie1d both profit and delight;their wholeſome counſels and refreſh- ing cemforts. k To the body, Synecdochically expreſſed by the Bones the ſtrongeſt and greateſt parts of it, and the ſupporters of
the reſt.
but the end thereof is the ways of death.
I This whole Verſe was delivered from Ch. 14. 12. and is here
repeated partly for its great importance and ulefulneſs ro prevent that ſelf deceit, which is ſo common and dangerous;and partly to keep men from leaning too much to their own underſtanding, and
£0 oblige them to ſeck and receive the good counſels of wite and
holy men.
26 * + He that laboureth, laboureth for himſelf »»,
idleneſs. » Heb. bowerhto him, as a ſuppliaar; beggeth him to la- bour that it may have ſomething to pur inco it for its own comfort and for the nouriſhment of the whole Body, _ —_ 27 + An ungodly man diggeth up evil o, and 1n his lips there is as a burning fire p. | oInventeth or deſigneth miſchief to others, and proſecuteth his evil deſigns with great and conſtant induſtry. p. As his thoughts ſo alſo his words are very vexatious and pernicious 3 his Tongue is ſet on fire of Hell,and ſets himſelfand others on fue by lyes and flanders, and other provoking ſpeeches. : 28 * Afroward q man t ſoweth ſtrife 7,and * a whi-
: ſperer « ſeparateth chief friends 7. 9 Or, perverſe, who perverteth his words and ways; who pleas
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's Theff; 2: 15. r By whiſpering ſuch chings as may provoke one a- gainſt another. s Who ſecretly carry Tales from one to another, publiſhing thoſe evil words and ations which they ſhould conceal, anddetratting from their good aQtions, and perverting ſuch as are Innocent with their falſe conſtructions. £ Heb, @ chief Friend, the Singular number put for the Plural, as is fiequent in the Hebrew
Text. E : 29 A violent man « enticeth his neighbour x, and
leadeth him into the way that is not good y. |
u Heb. A Man of violence, i: e. devoted to violent and injurious courſes. xInto confelracy with him in his wicked praCtices, as it follows. y 5. e. That is very ſinfu), as this Phraieis uſed, Prov:17, 26. and 18. 5.and oft elſewhere.