e This was ſaid, Chap, 16. 2, where it is hereexplained,and is here repeated, either for the grear importance and uſcfulneſs of it,cr be- Cauſe he perceived thit the I1ſ-aclites were very prone to ſelf-deceit.
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3 * Todo juſtice and judgment f, is more acceptable *:Samgt to the LORD than ſacrifice g. ny RANMIY: | | f The conſcientious performance of all our duties to men.g Than Chap.1e' yl; | | the moſt coſtly. outward ſervices offered to God, joyned with tie a:t1,O gf | i neglect of our Moral duties to God or men. The fame thiog is af- £29!: 6 6} firined, Tt Sam. "5: 22: Hoſ. 6.6. Mic: 6, 7, 8, &c. - Nl! 4 * + An high look b, and a -proud heart 3, and ||the —_ We || piowing & of the wicked, 3s ſin /. "ol þ One geſture or ſign of Pride pur for all the reſt: Prov. 6. 17: of eyes. | z Pride lurking and reigning in the Heart. though it do not diff | Or 246 cover it ſeif to men by outward aCions,but be diſguiſed with a ſhew ,;,», of : | of humility, as ir 1s frequently. & Either r. ſtritly and properly 4.4 | ſo called : cven their civil or natural Afftions, which in themieives are lawiu] and good, are made finful as they are managed by un« vodly men, without any regard to the ſervice and giory of God, which ought to be the great end of all our aQtions, 1 Cor. 10. 31.and with a deſign of ſerving their own wicked Juſts by it. Or 2. Meta- phorically, their deſigns and endeayours which are ſaid to be fin, ><cauſe they are wholly and fully ſet upon ſin, and they make fin their trade or buſineſs, which is called Plowing wickedneſs, Job 4. 8. Bur all the antient Interpreters, and divers other render the word the Lamp or Light, as this Hebrew word, even thus. pointed, is ren= dred, 1 Kings 11, 36. & t5.4. 2 Kings 8: 19; 2 Chren: 21, 7. and the Lamp of the wicked 18 a phraſe uied in this Book, Chap. 13. 9. & 24. 20. asalſo Jeb 21317. whereas the Plowing of the wicked is 2 Phrate not elſewhere uſed. And this ſeems beſt ro agr:e with the Context, for by their Lamp be ſeems to underſtand all their pomp ind glory. that worldlyGreatneſs and Proſperity,which is the Few-= I of their Pride. and therefore is moſt firly joyned with it. Ir is by them turned info fin, and made the occaſion of mvch wicked= neſs The whole Verſe may be thus rendred, 4» high look, and a proud Heart, which is the Light or Glory of the wicked, :: e: wherein they glory, eſteeming it magnanimiry or gallantry of Spirit ) is/# z: e: 1S a great and grievous ſim» And in this manner the learned Mercer tenders the Verſe, fave only that he tranſlates the Hebrew word. Nir, the Plowing. | 5 * The thoughts of the diligent »2 tend only to
plenteouſneſs ; but of every one hat is haſty », only to want 8,
» Who carefully and induftriouſly profecutes what he hath wiſe» ly contrived and reſolved. » Who manageth his affairs raſhly with- out due conſideration, # Is likely ro bring himſelf to poverty. | =
6 * The getting of treaſures by a lying tongue p is a *Ch:r1o: 2| vanity toffed too and fro qofthem that ſeekdeathr., & 23: 113
p By falle-witneſs-bearing. or by any other filie or deceitful | words or ations, whereby many men get riches, 9 Is like the Chaffor Smoke, driven away by the Wind ; ir is n«ither farisf &o= ry nor durable, but quickly vaniſherh away,as hath been frequent= ly obſerves of Eftates ill gotren. r Nor defignedly but eventually, that take thoſe courſes which will bring Death or Deſtru&:on upon them oc theirs. =
7 The robbery of the wicked ſhall | deſtroy theri1 /, #Heb. ſaw becauſe they refuſe to do judgment x. __—_—
s The injury which they do te others ſhal either by God or men be twelY HY returned upon their own heads. # They wilfully and obſtinatly give ——_ up themſelves to unrighteous prathices.
8 The way «of man x 1s froward and ſtrange y ; but as for the pure, his work is right z.
u The courſe of his Life: x Of everyMan; of Man by Nature and im his corrupt eſtate; of a wicked or impure man, to whom the pure1s oppoſed 1a the next clauſe. y Eftranged from God and from Man's primative Integrity, and from the rule of his attions,Reaſrn and Scripture ; in which reſpeC&ts wicked men are called ffrangers, Pſal: 54. 3. Exek: 44. 7. and elſewhere. z But he whoſe Hzart is pure and upright, his converſation is agreeable to ir. Die |
9 * Itis better to dwell z ina corner ofthe houſe, top * Verſitg: b, than with + a brawling woman in a + wide houſe c, Chi19-13-
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d His Heart is fully and ezrneſtly ſer in him, as it is expreſſed f Heb. is Eecleſ: $. 11; to doevil, to work wick:dnefs, ro domiſchief to ortiers, net favou- ro fatishe his own 'ufts, though ir be with injury of others. eIfhe red either diſſuade him from his wickedneſs,. or itand in the way of his Luſts. He ſpares neicher friend nor fee.
It * When the {corner is puniſhed, the fimple f is x made wiſe : and when the wiſe is inſtructed g, he re- ceiveth knowledge.
f The honeſt or plainhearted man, as chap. 19: 25. where this whole verſe for the ſub{Fance of it is contained ard expliined. g Or, proſper, as this word is uſed, Prov; 17. 8. and elſewhere. So the ſenſe of the verſe is, the limple learn Wildom, borh from the pa- niſhmenr of wicked men, and from the proſpericy of good men. --
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