m Or rather,are advanced, becauſe this is oppoſed to their faling =p. —_ in the next Clauſe; and fo this Hebrew word is taken above,verſe 2« g 58.10: n Sin and Sinners aboundand grow impudenc by Impunity, and the g, g,.g, Example and Encouragement of ſuch Rulers. « The DeſtruQtion of ſuch Tranſgreſlors, in due time.
17 * Correet thy ſon, and he ſbal give thee reſt p ; «cp.13:34 yea, heſhal give delight unto thy ſoul. 22.15: p Satisfa&ion ro thy Mind, and Comfort in his Amendment. +: & 23: 13; 18 Where there is no vilionq,the people || periſh r,but 14 _ he that keepeth the law s, happy zs he. | Or, #-_ q i:e» No Prophecy, for the Prophets were anciently «al:d Seers, ——_ 1 Sam 9. 9. i. e, no publick Preaching of Gods Law or Word ( as ade appears by the oppoſite Clauſe ) which is called Prophecy, Rom: 12. 6. 1 Cor. 14. 1, ©. Where the people are deſtitute of the means of InſtruQtion. r Becauſe they want the only means of Salvation. Or, is made naked, ſtripped of their beſt Ornaments, Gods Favour and ProteCtion, as this Word is taken, Exod: 32. 25. 5s This he faith ra- ther than, he that hath viſion, which the Laws of Oppoſition might ſeem to requirezto teach us, that aithough the want of Gods Word be ſufficieat for Mens Deſtrution, yet tne having,and hearing,or rea« ding of it, is not ſufficient for their Salvation, except they alſokeep or obey it. 19 Aſervant # willnot be corre&ed by words « : for though he underſtand x he will not anſwer y.
m His fin will bring him to dreadful horrors and certain ruine: x Becauſe he: hath ſweet peace jn his own Conlcicnce, and afſurance Job 202 of preſent ſafety and eternal happineſs, 6 7 * The righteous o conſidereth the cauſe of the oor p: z2ut the wicked regardeth notto know 2t 9. o Whether Magiſtrate or any private Perſun concerned to know
it, -and capable of helpinghim in it. p His poveriry neitver hin«,
ders him from taking pains to examine it, nor from a riguteous De=
termination of it. q Will not pur himſelf to the rrouvic of fearch- | Ing it out} either becauſe it yields him no profic, or becaute he rc» ſolves to give away his right. : $ Scornfulmen || bring a city jnto a ſnare r ; but wiſe
#5e7.5 turn away Wrath 7.
Nor, fer a City on fire?
j without Blows. Compare Prov: 19: 29. x Though he know thy
£ Who is fo nor only in Condition, but alſo in the temper of his ; Mind, diſingenuous, perverſe, and ſtubborn. » By meer Words
Mind, and Words, and his own Duty. y Either by Words,expre(- ſing his Readineſs; or by Deeds,ſCeedily and chearfully performing thy Commands ; but will negle& his Duty, pretending that he did not hear or underſtand thee.
20 Seeſt thou a man hat is haſty || in his words z2there 10s. 5
is more hope of a fools, thanofhimb. | Hd te z Orrather, in his Buſmeſs ; who is raſh and heady in the manage- | m-nt of his Affairs. #s Who is ſenſible of his Folly,and willing to hearken to the Advice of others,as this Word is uſed Chap;, 26; 12, though commenly it be meant of a - and wicked Fool. 6b Bt= 5 Rh 2 cue
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cauſe he is ſelf. confident, and neither conſiders things ſeriouſly with; ceſſity of Inſtruction from Gods Word. and of Illumination from in himfelf, nor ſeeks Counſel from the wiſe. | his Spirit, without which they can never underſtand theſe matters, 21 He that delicately bringeth up his ſervant c from vo oemyes a modeſt & humble apprehenſion of his own Ignorance,
a child ſhal have him become 4zs ſon 4d at the length. | YHich. hath extorred ſvch like Expreſſions eyen from Heathen F I, him 6 k Pc 3 Familiarit s 2-6. Philoſophers; whence Pythagrras rejected the Title of a Wiſe Man
_c Allowing him too much Freedom» and Familiarity. and Gel urn yas aſcribed to him;and Socrates, though reputed the wi.
cious Fare, d Will find him art laſt grow infolent and preſumptuous | cr. ax, of his Age, profeſſed that he ag 6 4 fo ; - Hg wiſ:
Ch: 15.- and forgerfal ofhis ſervile Condition. knew nothing. ; C Ys
8: & 26, 22 * An angry man ſtirreth up ſtrife : and a furious "26 TI" , 2 Is tan aboundeth in tranſgreflion e. ledge of the holy = YT ing Ge —_
T Heb.
e Is by his Paſſion eafily tranſported into grievous and manifold . R know, : Sins a inſt God, and others, NS himſelf, as Swearing,and Curling, | ,F —obr waa as. _— = = _ = "_ 7 and lolence, yea ſometimes even to Murder. R the Prophet Ames was, ms 7: 14, 15, Or, I have not "aaar" 't 15. Job 2zz 23,* A mans pride ſhal bring him low f: butho- | neither by my own Underſtanding and $tcdy, 069-Fopr he arm Ys wr 9. __nour ſhal uphold the humble in ſpiric ' : ther Men. f Either 1. of the Holy Angels, who are called Holy t He S:15'33- FfBecauſe both God and Man conſpire againſt him and abhor him. by way ofEminency, as Deut. 33: 2 Job 15; 15. Dan: 4: 13, ent he th
© 1$:12+ . . - . { h and 3. - . . ..g Or, as othersrender it, without any difterence 1n the Senſe, the 13: 13. But :t was vain to deny that Angelical Knowled ut: 23. humble * ni ſhal holg their honour, ſhal be honoured by God and be in him, which no man imagined to be in him, and —_ = . Mzn, Thus Honour, like a ſhadow, flees from them that purſue it, | Not in Ada in the ſtate of Innocency.Or 2. Of the Holy Prophets | y E gh and follows them who flee from it. l : So the Sznſe is, I have not ſuch Divine Inſpirations as Prophets 19 4: 24 Whoſoispartner witha thief b, hateth his own | ſtrictly focalled have received, whereby I fhould be enabled to know 6. ro: foul: he heareth curſing &, and bewrayeth #t not /. Sea _— great Myſteries wherein you deſire Information 1Pet:5:5; b By receiving a ſhare of the ſtollen Goods upon condition of his me. Or 3. Of holy things, of the Mind and Will of God - 4 . Js *Fhe | <ONcerning Mans Salvation, and the way which leads to it, N concealmenr of the Thefr. # He carrierh himſelf towards it as1theſ 4, , 9's " ; s toit, Not hated it ; he woundeth and deſtroyeth it- k He hearerh the woice of | © 11 gue wi _ wg ON - theſe —, bur only , . . . ® ad 1 .
- ſwearing, as is ſaid, Levit. 5: 1. the Oath given to him by a Judge ſuppoſed to wk wg nd pertect Knowlege, which they falſly