RE © % & Chap.” XX1It-Y
19 That thy truſt may be in the LORD d, T have t Them. [ 1180 macie + known to thee this day, || even to thee. LOr, rruft [8
4 That knowing God, and his word, and Promiſes, thou mai alla,
: | + Heb. 20 Have not I written unto thee+ excellent things et#inzr of, i command or |\\\
e Orprincely things, as they are called, Prov: 8. 6. the great things FRE:
Gods Law, as Hof: 8; 12, f Conſiſting of Counſels to dire& thy prac» rice, and Kowleage to inform and enrich thy mind, Or by that known Figure Henaradie, in counſels of knowledge, i: e: in good coun- {cls which proczed from found knowledge, and make a man know- ing and wiſe, which are oppoſed to the counſels of the wicked, Prov: 12. 5. which are without knowledge, 5 WE + |." co 21 Thar I may make thee know the certainty of the || Or, | words.of truthg; that thou mighteſt anſwer the wordsof ihe #h## jr [ro them that ſend unto thee z ? |. "+ & 1hat I may teach thee, not falſe, or vain, or uncertain things ” the Teachers of che Heathen nations do,bur the true and infallible 9 racles of God. h Thar being inſtruQed by me, thou maiſt be a- ” to give true, and ſolid, and ſatisfatory anſwers. . 5 To wit, for , ine advice in great and diſficule matters. Or, to thoſe that ſend Yee, 4, e. thatemploy thee in any buſineſs of moment, whereof they expeCt an account from theg, e-[ — 22 Rob nor the poor, becauſe he 7 poor &: *neichen* Zec:7:is il opprels the afflicted in the gate /. | k This may be mentioned, either 1. As a,motive to this Rob- bery, becauſe he was unable to reſiſt him, or to revenge himſelf upon him: Do not take advantage of his Poverty. Or, 2. As an Ar- gument againſt it, becauſe he is a fitter obje& for thy pity and, Charity, than for thy Injuſtice or Cruelty, Ir is baſe and inhumane co cruſh ſuch aPerſon, !In the place of Judgwent,or under pretence po ' cog and much leſs in ether ways where there is no colour © itice. 23 * For the LORD will plead their cauſe », and *Ch:23al. ſpoil the ſoul » of thoſe that ſpoiled them. £e wm Which hehath ina peculiar manner undertaken to do. n Tak away not only their goods but their lives x00. So fully will he re- compence their wickedneſs to them. | | 24 Make no friendſhip with an angry man, and with a —_ mat thou ſhail not go 0: o Into his company : not co il RO py pi _ nverſe frequently and familiarly with 25 Leſt thou learn his ways P, thy ſoul.
p Leſt thou be infe&ed by his example,or provoked by his paſſion to return the liketo him. q Either 1. A milchief, which is oft the effe&t of unbridled rage. Or 2. An occaſion of ſin,cither by draw= ing thee to an imitation or requiral ofhis rage; or by tempring thee to unfaithfulneſs in performing the great office of a Friend, t0 wit, Admonition or reprcof, which, by revſon of his furioas temper, chou either canſt nor, or wilrſt nor do.
26 * Be not thou one of them that ſtrike hands, or of them that are ſureties for debts 7. r To Wit, raſhly, or unneceſſarily. - A 27 Ii thou haſt nothing co pay, why ſhould he * take Ch:29/16 away thy bed from under thee s.
s Why wilcſt chou put thy ſelf into the hands of ſuch a man,who will exat the debt from thee without any compaſſion ? For though ger not allow this praftice,covetous Creditors would frequent-
28 * Remove not theantient ||land-mark t which thy ,— . . fathers have ſet. Mary. ;
< t Whereby the Lands of ſeveral poſſeſſors were diſtinguiſhed and 17s
vided. Do not enrich thy ſelf with the injury of other men; Ch,21: jos Do not invade the rights of othc rs. Or bound. -- 29 Seeſt thou a man diligent « in his buſineſs? he ſhal © *
ſtand before kings x, he ſhall not ſtand before | mean-y 14.4; , mens |
u Or, expeditious, as the word properly ſignifies, one'of quickdiſ- patch, vigorous and qo in executing what hath been well and wiſely contrived. x He is fit to be employed in the affairs cf the
greateſt princes. CHAP, XXIILI
v T Hen thou fitteſt to eat with a ruler «, conſider diligently what zs before thee b. | a When thou art invited to a Feaſt with a great man. 6 Either 1. Whar perſon or Perſons. Or rather 2. What things, whatplenty and variety of Meats and Drinks, by which thou maiſt eaſily be tempted to exceſs, and by that means induced ro uſe ſuch ſpeech-
es Or Carriages, as may be unfit for thee, or many ways hurtful to thee, |
2 And puta knife to thy throat c, if thou be a man given to appetite «.
c Reſtrain and moderate thine appetite, as if a knife, or ſome o« ther thing ſtuck in thy Throar, and hindered thee from ſwallowing what thou diſt deſire 3 er, asif a man ſtood with a knife ar thy Throat ready to kill thee, if thou didſtiranſgreſs; or, though it be as irkſome to thee to do ſo, as ifrhou hadſt a knifpur to thy Throat. So this is to be underſtood metaphorically, as that Phraſe of cutting
off the right hand, &c. Matth. 5: 29, 3o. Or, For thou dofſ®s ( or, leff
thou ſbouldft, 2s the Syriack Interpreter renders it ; or otherwiſe rhou
wileſ# or ſhouldff) put # knife to thy throat. So the ſenſe is, when thou
goeſt to their Feaſts, thou doſt expoſe thy ſelf to great and manifeſt hazards, co thy own 1ntemperance, ard to all its:dangerous conſe»
quences, and to the 11 effeCs of other mens intemperance- 4d Prone
21/472 E. A g > _— - Inner IR cnn TER
and get a ſnareq to
"Ch: 6. r, & 11, 15.
AE OO TIO LN ata ain
ſeure men.
3 Be not deſirous of his dainties: for they are deceit=
5 T1
QJ Do]
e Either
=
ap. XXL P R O Y
4g « Either becauſe they do not yield th2e that ſatis fection which thou didſt expect from them, but rarher load thee with 11! bumors and the ſezds of divers diſeaſes: or becauſe they are not provide for thee with fſincerityand good Will, but with ſome evil deſign u- pon thee, either to diſcover and betray thee, or to enſlave thee. See below wv: 6, 7. : * Labour not f to be rich: ceaſe from thine own h:28:20' wi{dom g: 111:6:9, f Heb.Do not weary thy ſelf with immoderzte cares and labcurs, 23 25 many covetous men do. g From that carnal Wiſdom which 1s na- tural ro man in his corrupt eſtare, which perſwades men to believe that it is their intereſt to uſe all poſſible means to get Riches, and thar the happineſs of their Lives conſiſts in the abundance of their Poſſeſſions, directly contrary to the aſſertion of our bleſſed Lord ; Lute 12: 15. NED 5 + Wile thou ſet thine eyes upon that 5 which is not
5? for riches certainly make themſelves wings, they fly
away as an eagle & towards heaven. |