g Heb. 4 man of Friends; either 1, Who deſires the friendſhip of others. Or 2. Who profezſſeth friendſhip to others. hTo him that deſires and needs his help:Who is more hearty in the perfor mance of all friendly Officese
CH A P. XIX. | _— is the poor that walketh in hisintegrity a,than he that is perverſe in bis lips b,and is a fool c.
a Who is upright in his words and actions. b Thatuſeth toſpeak wickedly,which proceeds from a wicked heart,andis uſually atren- ded witn an evil Life, c is an Hypocrite, or a wicked man, for this is oppoſed rothe vpright man fn the fornerclauſe, yea,though he be rich, which is implied from the ſame clauſe.
2 Alſo that the foul 4 be without knowledge e,zt is not good f'; and he that haſteth with his feer g, finneth.
d Which is the principal cauſe and director of 31] mens actions. e Without Wiſdom or prudence to diſcern his way,and what,and how, he ought to act in his ſeveral caſes and concernments. flr is very evi) and pernicious. g That rafhly and headily "ruſheth in« to actions without ſerious conſideration. So two vices are here cenſured, the want of knowledge, and neglect or diſuſe of know- ledge in a mans actions. 3 The fooliſhneſs of man perverteth his way h&, and his heart fretteth againft the LORD 5z.
hþ Either 1. enticeth him to fin. Or, rather 2. Crofſeth and blaſ- teth his deſigns and enterpriſes, and brings loſſes and miſeries up- on him. # He aſcribes his unhappineſs not to his own fin and fol- ly,which is the true cauſe of it, but to God and his providence, as gainſt which he unjuſtly murmures: .
4 * Wealth maketh many friends ; but the poor 1s
ſeparated from his neighbour &.
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FCh 28, 6;
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bl Ver. 9, k Is diſowned and forſaken by thoſe who are moſt obliged to help Þy, 23, 1. him: : Deu. 19:16, 5*A falſe witneſs ſhall not be + unpuniſhed /, and he 1g. Ch.6, 21-28
that ſpeaketh lies m2 ſhall not eſcape.
19- p ! Though he eſcape the obſervation and puniſhment of men yet + Heb.hola he ;nnocent,
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Heb. F Heb. man of gifts,
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he ſhal not avoid the judgment of God. m 'That accuſtometh him- ſelf ro lying, either in judgment, or in common converſation. #Heb.face, 6 Many will encreat theF favour ofthe prince »,and # Heb. ® every man 5s a friend oto | him that giveth gifts. man 0 » Or, as others, of the liberal and bountiful man. which comes to gifts, the ſame thing : for Kings were antiently called Benefa#ors, Luke 22. 25, 0 Notlincerely, as daily experience ſhews, but in ſhew or profeſſion, or in the outward expreſſions of it, whereby they may
oblige hime 7 * Allthe brethren p of the poor do hate him q, how
much more do his friends r go far from him? he pur-
{ueth them with words 5s, yet they are wanting to him e,
p His neareſt and deareſt Relations, who are oft called Brethren in Scripture, by a common Synecdoche. 9 z. e. Deſpiſe and ſhun him, as men do any thing which they hate, and as the following words explain it» r His former companions, who 1n his proſperity profeſſed friendſhip to him. 5 Earneſtly imploring their pity, Or, he urgeth ( Heb. purſueth) their words, 1. e. alledgeth their former promiſes, and profeſſions of Friendſhip. Or without any ſupple- ment, he ſeeketh words, as the Preacher ſought #0 find ous acceptable words, Eccleſ, 12: 10. wherewith he might prevail or move them eo pity. # Heb. they are not, either 1. His friends are not, to wit, what they pretended to be, friends to him. Or, 2. Their words are vain, and without effe& ; there is no reality in them.
8 He that getteth | wiſdom, loveth his own ſoul & ;
he that keepeth underſtanding x ſhal find good y.
# Or leveth himſelf,becauſe he procures great good to his Soul, or to himſelf, as it follows, as ſinners on the contrary are ſaid to hete their Souls, Prov. 29. 24+ becauſe they bring miſchief upon them, x Thar obſerveth and carefully practiſeth its precepts, as that Phraſe is commonly uſed, y Sha) have great benefit by it, both for his conduct in this Life, and for his happineſs in the next.
9 A falſe witneſs [bal not be unpuniſhed, and be that
ſpeakethlies ſhal periſh z.
z This was ſaid before, v. 5- and ſeems to be here repeated, ei- ther for its great uſe and weight in humane ſociery, and to ſhew how much God abhors ſuch practices 3 or to ſhew the pernicious effects of this ſin, and conſequently of all other ſins, one eminent kind being pur for all the reſt, and this in oppoſition to the good et- fecrs of Wiſdom or Piety, which he declared in the foregoing verlſc
10 * Delight is not ſeemly for a fool b ; much leſs
FFcl1o6- ; *Ch.z0.22 * fora ſervant c to have rule over princes 4.
Ecclio,7. # To livein Pleaſure, and Plenty, and outward Glory. 6 It doth -- not become him, nor ſuit with him 3 partly becauſe Proſperity cor- rupts even wiſe men, and makes fools mad ; and partly becauſe it ives him more opportuninty to diſcover his folly, and to do miſ- chief both to himſelf and others. He implies thata rod or puniſhe ment is fitter for him than pleaſure, as is noted, Prov. 10. 13. & 26. 3. c Who is of a ſervile condition and diſooſition, not much dif- fering from a Fool; who is a ſervant to his Luſts, and wholly unfir to rule other men. 4 7. e. Over men of better quality than himſelf: for ſervants are commonly ignorant, and when they are advanced
they grow inſolent, and preſumpruous, and intolerable: | *Chi4.29, ix * The ||diſcretion of a man deferreth'his anger,
lOr, 2r%- and it is his glory to paſs over a tranſgreflion e.
dence, e This is oppoſed to the perverſe judgment of wordly men who account it folly and ſtupidity, not quickly to reſent a provocation,
n and a diſhonour and reproach not to revenge it. _
Ch.16.14 T2 * The King's wrath is as | the roaring ofa lion,
o——_p 6 but his favour 5s as | dew upon the grals. | flrribe 13 A fooliſh ſon is thecalamity of his father, * and «. the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping f.
f Accepta= F Are like rain continually dropping upon.an houſe which by ble © com- degrees marreth the Houſe and Huſhold tuff, and driveththe inha- firtable 47, bitants out of it. He compareth her to a continual dropping, becaule Ch.10- 1. of that inſeparable Union and neceſſary cohabitation of Husband &15.20.8 and Wife to rether, notwithſtanding ſuch contentions.
*Ch. 14.20
{Heb, an heart,
«(2225 14 Houle and riches are the inheritance of fathers, 0 &:512 and * « prudent wife is from the LORD g.