| he that exalterh his + gate x, ſeeketh deſtrucion y. fOr houſes « Becauſc contention is initſelf a fin, and is commonly accomp1” 680;28:17 nied or followed with many fins, as detrattion, malice, hatred, pride, &c. x Eicher 1. his mouth, 7. e who ſpeakerh loftily : for we read ofthe gate or doors of ones Mouth in Michs 7:_5. and elſewhere : but then the word Mouth or Tongue is added ro determine the enſs : . but the mouth is no where calle.i the gate, ſimply or abſolutely. Or 2. the Gare of his Houſe, that makerh ic, and conſequently his Houle, lofty and Magnificent,beyond what befits his quality, which bzing anevidence? and <ffeR of pride and haughtineſs of Spirit is here me::rioned for all the ret. So the ſenſe is, He who carries him- ſ:IFof.ily and ſcornfully. y He ſeeksrhoſe things which will ex- p1ſe nin to deſtruftion, becauſe he maketh himſelf odi-us bot) ro G-d an?! Men, Or fndeth deftruFion; ſeeking being pur for fiadiog
or Procyring, as above v: 9.
2: + 'He chart hath a froward heart z, findeth no go00d 2; and he that hath a perverſe congue b, fallerh
me into miſchief. | | bearts
z Whoſe heart is not plain ang upright, but falſe towards God oz men. # Shall not get thar advantage by his diſſmulation which he incends and expeCts, but ſha'l fall into miſchief, as is imp!i-d from the oppoſire Clauſe. b That ſpeaks deceitfully or wicked!y. So here isa compariſon between anevil heart and anevil Tongue, and the ill effes of both of them. ;
21* He that bepetteth a fool c, doth it to his ſorrow ;
Ul . Chi:1o:ni and the father d of a fool hath no joy e. c Not a Natural, but a wilful foo), or a wicked Son, 4 And con-
ſequently the Mother alſo. e Which Parents uſually have in the Birth of a Child, and eſpecially of a Son, but have great cauſe of Sorrow, the contrary being implied inthis and ſuch likeexpreſſions, as in Scripture. as Prgv:10: 2. &c. ſo alſo in Profane Authors, whoſe words ſee in my Latin Synopſis.
"Thignz, 22 * A merry heart f doth good g || I;ke a medicine ;
&12: 25, but a broken þ ſpirit drieth the bones z.
[| Or, 70 « f Chearfulneſs of Soul, eſpecially that which is ſ6lid,and ariſeth
maicine, from the witneſs of a good Conſcience. z Even to the Body 3; it '
contributes very much to the reſtauration or preſervation of bodily Health and vigor, as Phyſicians obſerve,and Experience ſheweth. þ Sad and deje&ed. £ Waſteth the marrow of the Bones, and the - moiſture and ſtrength of rhe Body.
23 A wicked man k taketh a gift out of the boſom / to pervert the ways of judgment .
k Whether Judge or Witneſs. 4 In feret, as this Phraſe is ex-
P ROY TREES
pounded, Prov: 21. 14. being Privily conveyed from the boſom of
the giver into his own boſom. m To give or procure an unjuſt age
ing ; but che eyes of a fool are in the ends of the 14-&#:3 earth o.
n Or, in ( as the particle beth. is uſed, Deut: 2. 7, and is hers rendred by divers Interpreters ) the face or countenance. The ſenſe is either 1. His Wiſdom appears even in his geſtures and looks, Wah are modeſt, and compoſed, and grave. Or 2. Wiſdom is _ before him, or in his ſight, as the mark at which he a»ms, or as the rule by which he conſtanrly walketh, 2414 ordererh all is ſteps from e1me to time minding his preſent dury and buſineſs. o The ſenſe of this clauſe alſo is either 1, His fo'ly appears in his light, and unſteddy, and diſorderly carriage and !ooks Or 2. His mind is wavering and unſettled; he neither propoſe:h a right and cer- cain end to himſelf, nor is he conſtant in the uſe of fit means to at= tain 1t; he negleQs his preſent buſineſs, and true inters{t,and wan-. ders hither and thither in the purſuit of earthly vanities, minding
_ thoſe things which are remoteſt from him, and leaft concern
neſs to her that bare him Pp. 'F. 20,
repeats it as a point of great moment and conſtant nſe, and as a powerful motive to oblige both Chi!dren to carry themſelves wiſely and dutifully to their Parents, as they would net be thought to be unnatural or inhumane, and Parents to educate their Children pru-
dently and religiouſly, at leaſt thcir own comfort, if nor for the publick good.
trike princes for equity t.
9 This particle ſeems to have a relation to the next foregoing Pro- verb to imply that it isa very evil ching for Children to cauſe grief? * o their Parents,asit is alſo todo whar here follows. r For Parents, or Princes,or rulers, to whomalone this Power belones to puniſh ins ' nocent and good men. 5 Is highly evil and abominable, as is im» plied. See above, wer: 20: and Prov, 16: 29. and 17; 10. &c. # Not to ſmite M xgiſtrats,cither with the Hand or Tongue,for the execu« tion of Juſtice, as condemned perſons are apt to do- Or, as ſome learned interpreters render it, Nor for Princes to ſfirike any man for equity, or for doing his dury, or what is juſt. So this clauſe beſt agrees with the former. Bcſides it belongs to Princesor Magiſtrates ro puniſh or ſtrike. :
27 * He that hath knowledge ſpareth « his words; and *Jam:i:19 a man of underſtanding is of ſ an excellent ſpiritx. |} Or,s cl
# Heb: refraineth, as at other times, ſo eſpecially when he ispro-,/£75*. voked to paſſion, in which caſe fools utter all their mind. x Which he ſhewerth by commanding his p-fſions, and bridling himſelffrem haſty and unadviſed ſpeeches. . Or, as others render it,is of a cool Spi« rt, calm and moderate, not cafily provoked, humble as the Chaldee renders it, patient or long-ſuffering, as the LXX- and Aravick Inter-= Preters render the words, Or, as others, ſparing ( Heb: procrour, which is pur for rave or ſcarce, 1 Sam: 3, 1. Prov: 25. 17. Iſs: 13: 12.) of his breath, i: e: of his ſpe:ch, as this very word is uſed, Prov: 29+ It, 1a: 11: 4. corrpared with 27h ff: 2: 8.
mul or ©
red wiſc y: and he that ſhutteth his lips is eſteemed a man of underſtanding.
y Becaule he is ſenſible of his own folly, and therefore forbears ro ſpeak leſt he ſhould diſcoveritz which is a great point of true
Wildom, CH AP. XVIII. |
[| Hrough deſire a man having ſeparated himſelf