wit,not eaſily and ordinirily. The impreſſions made in childiſh years will remain, as kath bezn oblerved by all forts of learned : Wricers, Bat this, as many Proverbs of like 2ature, are not to ve | undecf.090 as if this were univerſally and neceſſarily true, which Experi:nce confi:tes, bunt becauſe ir is ſo for tae moſt part, except ; tome extraordiniry cauſe hinder ir.
7 * The rich ruleth over th2 poor s, and the borrow- Jm.2:6- ex is ſervanc | to the lender x. fH3- 9 5 To wit, with rigor and Tyranny, taking advantage of his ne- 2 m7 cefſiries. t Is ar his mercy, and theretore forced ro compſy with his
chearfully and confidently truſt in him,which i h Hr pangens þ aa y 1m,which is the only way Ws y
in counſels and knowledge f:
q'” lena- pleaſure, The deſign of rhe Proverb is partly to correCt his miſca- 6P, rizge of the rich, and partly to oblige all men ro diligence, where- by they may deliver themſtlves from this ſervitude.
4b 4: 8: 8 * He that ſoweth iniquity # ſhall reapvanity x: ||and
þſ10:13- the rod of his anger ſhall fail y.
10;, 474 # Or unrigiteouſneſs whoſe common Prattice it is to wrong Or Op-
ich he preſs orhers, x Or 1rouble or miſery, as this word is commonly uſed, { ef bis and as divers hererender it. The Miſchief which he hath done to | wer be others, ſhal be returned to him by God's righteous ſentence. y That
jllbe power which he uicd with fury and cruelty ſhall be taken away
muned. from him.
«Cor:9-6- 9g * + He that hath a bountiful eye z, ſhall be bleſſed fb, 94 ,; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. q tf z Heb. 4 good eys, He who looks upon the wants and miſeries of others with compaſſion and kin@neſs, as this Phraſe is uſed, Ma:ith. 20; 15. as an evil eye, js put for on? that beholds others with envy and unmercifulnels, Deus: 15: 9. Prov: 23: 6. & 28. 22, @ Both by God and Mzn. :
10 * Caſt out b the ſcorner c, and contention ſhal go
out ; yea, {trife add reproach d ſhall ceaſe: : b Our of your Sociery, avoid converſation with him. c Who ne1- ther fears God, nor reverences Man,but ſcorns all admonitions, and minds only the pleaſing of himſelf, and the gratifying of his own Luſts, which is the chief cauſe of moſt contentions. d Wherewith he loads thoſe that either oppoſe or admonith him. I1 * He that lovech pureneſs of heartee,
(£16.13: Of his lips f, the king shall be his friend g.
10r, axd e Who is plain hearred or ſincere,and abhors diſſimulation- FFor uh grace thoſe gracious ſpeeches which naturally and commonly flow from a i bis lips, pure heart. Or, and ( underſtand, /overb, out of the former clauſe) grace of his lips, Whoſe diſcourſe is gracious and fincere, g The greateſt men will, or ſhould deſire, and highly prize the acquain= rance and advice of ſuch perſons,rather than of Diſſemblers and Flat- terers, wherewith they are moſt commonly peſtered.
12 The eyes of the LORD preſerve bþ knowledge 7
107, :&4 and he overtrhoweth || the words & of the tranſgreflor.
4 ntcrs, h God by the watchful Eye of his Providence maintains and de- fends. i To wit,men of knowledge 3 the abſtraft being put for the concrete,as Pride is put for a proud man, Pſal: 36: 11- Deceit for the | deceitful, as Prov: \2- 17. So here Knowledge for knowing and good men, ſuch as the laſt verſe ſpok- of, whoſe hearts are pure, an ſpeeches gracious, not only the King ſhal be their friend, ashe ſaid there, bur God alſo, which he adds h:re. & Their falſe and flatrer- ing ſpeeches, whereby they deſigned and expeCtcd to gain tbe fa- vour and friendſhip of great men, which are oppoſedto the ſincere and gracious ſpeeches of good men, implied inthe firſt clauſe ofthis verſe, and expreſſed in the foregoing verſe, or, as others render 1t, and the word is very commonly uſed, rhe matzers, all his Counſels, Hopes, Enrerprizes, and Concerns. PASS
wa 33.7 The flothful man ſaith /, rhere is a lion without u2623* ,z: Iſhall be ſlain in the ſtreets o.
I Alledgeth as his excuſe to them who upbraid him with idlenefs, or perſwade him to diligence. m There are extream dangers and in- vincible difficulties in my way. » By that lion, or ſome other way. o Which is add2d ro ſhew the ridiculouſnels of his excuſe ; for Lions abide in the woods or fields, not in the ſtreers of Towns or Cities. : 2:16, 14 * The mouth p of ſtrange women 3s a deep pit 9: k3&. he that is abhorred of che LORD r {ball fall therein. . kh3.27. . p Her fair and flattering ſpeechzs wherewith ſh: enticerh him to
groſs filthineſs as it is nored. Prov; 7. 21. q Inco which it 1s eaſle to fall, but hard,if not impoſlible,io get out of it. Ir is a rare thing for any perſon, once entred into the courſe of W horedom, ſincerely to repear of it, and turn from it. See Prov: 2; 19. r To wit,in an high and ſingular manner; who by his former impieties, and con- tempt of God and of his Grace, hath provoked God to leave and loath ' bim, and to puniſh one ſin with another: for otherwiſe all ſinners, as ſuch, are abhorred by Go3J. r5 Fooliſhneſs 5s bound s in the heart of a child ; bur * the rod of correction ſhal drive it far from him 7. kg. ig, * Is fixed and ſetled there, as being born with him, and rooted ky: 14, in his very natvre, and not plucked up withour great difficulty and kg 1s, Giligence. # The ſmart ofpuniſhmenr makes him weary of kis ſin, 1, * and watchful agaiaſt ir. :
i6 He that oppreſſeth the poor to encreaſe his riches, and he that givech to the rich «, ball ſurely come to want.
u That vainly and prodigally caſts away his eſtate upon thoſe who
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may affiſt him. in oppreſling the poor, or ar leaſt hinder him in it. 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the
wiſe x, and apply thine heart y untomy knowledge z. * Of wiſe and holy men of God, y Thirſt after it, and give up thy ſelf to the diligent ſtudy of ic. z The knowledge of God, and of thy ſeveral duties, which I am here delivering to thee, 18 For 3t is a pleaſant thing if thou keep them at
5.35. Wichin thee 6; they ſhal withal be fitted c in thy lips.
I; 18, _ © The words of the wife, b Heb. in thy belly, i, e. in thine heart, Which implies receiving them in love, and retaining them in mind and memory, c Bz ficly exoprefled : or, be diſpojed or ordered: The ' enſe is, when thou haſt got them intothine hearr,thou wilt be able
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