M-:n, whereby God is denied in truth, and in Works, even when " he is owned in wordsand in ſhew, c Thay I ſhould obey or ſerve him. I donotneed him. I can live of my own without him, Leſt by degrees I ſhould arrive at downright Atheiſm or Infidelity,which is molt incident to rich and great m2n, as is manifeſt from Experi- ence. 4d Uſe falſe Oaths either to vindicate my ſelf when I am, ſuſpe&ed or accuſeÞof Theft,aad my Oath is required according to the Law, Exod; 22; 8, 11: or to gratifie others for filthy lucre as poor men frequently do.
10 f Accuſe note a ſervantfunto his Maſter, leſt he curſe thee g, and thou be found guilty þ.
e To wit,maliciouſly,raſhly,or without juit and ſufficient Cauſe : for otherwiſe, in ſome caſes this may be nor only Jawful,bur a Duty as when a Servant lives wickedly, or robs his Maſter, or the like, f Whoſe condirion is in it ſe]f. mean and miſerable, and therefore thou ſhould'it not make it worle without great and apparent neceſ- ſity- g D:fire God rocurſe and puniſh thee, which,though it may be ſinful in him, yet being deſerved by thee,thou haſt reaſonro fear and expet. h By God, who 1s ready to plead the Cauſe of the Afflited, and upon ftrift ſearch ſhall find thee guilty, and puniſh thze accordingly. : :
11 There is a generation # that curſeth their father k&,
and doth not bleſs their mother.
+ Heb: hurt nor with thy HNgue.
. neither her Body,
their manner : Or, as others render, the ravens of che brooks, becauſe, they are of an hot and dry remper, and therefore delight in places adjacent to the brooks of Water. y Which alſo preyeth upon dead Carcaſes,and eſpecially upon their eyes, as the Ravens do, the rea- ſon being the ſamein both, whether it be the ſoftneſs of that part jr makes it more caſie to them to take,or from the pleaſant taſte OT It | : 13 There be three things whichare too wonderful for me y, yea, four which I know not : y The way whereof I cannot trace or find our. ; I9 Ihe way z of an eagle in the air, the way of ſerpent upon a rock 4,the way of a ſhip in the + midſt own of the ſea b, and the way of aman with a maid c. | 2 Either r- The manner of her Flight, which is exceeding high, and ſwift, and ſtrong. Or rather 2, The way or part of the Air ' through which ſhe paſſeth, without leaving any print or ſign in it, which though it be trueof all Birds, yet is here attributed co the Eagle,of whom this is more true, becauſe ſhe flies out of ſighr, where nor any ſign of it, can be diſcerned. # Where ſhe leaves no impreſſion, nar Slime, nor Token where ſhe was, as the doth in ſofcer Bodies, and as Birds leave their Feathers there. 6 Which thoughat preſent it makea Furrow, yet is ſpeedily cloſed agains c Either r. The various methods and Artifices which Young menuſe to intice or perſwade young Virgins,either to honeſt Love , and Marriage, or to unlawful Luſt and Uncleanneſs. Or rather, , 2. The impure Converſation of a Man with one who gocth under the name of a Maid, but is not ſo in truth, which is managed with ; fo much Secrecy and Cunning, that it can very hardly be diſcove- ; red, Which Expoſition agrees beſt with the foregoing Similitudes referredto ir, and with the following Verſe. 20 Such & is the way of an adulterous woman e ; ſhe
eateth f, and wipeth her mouth g,and fſaith,I have done
i A ſort of Men, abominable both to God and Men ; which is im- plied concerning theſe and the following kinds of Sinners, v. 12: »3,
12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not waſhed from their filthinels 1. | IW ho not only pretend to others, but conceit within themſelves that they are truely Religious Pertons, when they live in a courſe of Wickedneſs. : 13 There is a generation, O how * lofty are their his; 197 Yes! andtheireyelids are lifred up&. ; k Who are proud and inſolenr, advancing themſelves,and deſpi- ſing all others in compariſon of therſelves, and ſhewing the pride of their Hearts in their Countenances and Carriages. bb » 14 Thereis a generation whole teeth ares as ſwords, x + * and their jaw-teeth «s knives,ro devour the poor / from xc. 52: 24 offtheearth, and the needy from among men. & 57: 4: I Extortioners, and cruel Opprefſors,who grind the Faces of the Cl: 12: 18: Poor, . 15 The horſe-leach » hath two daughters », cying, Give, give 0:There are three things p that are never ſa- tisfied q, 'yes, four things ſay not r, Þ It 3s enough. .
m An inſatiable Creature, ſucking blood till it be ready to burſt. Which are either 1, The two Forks into which her Tongue is di- vided, and wherewith ſhe ſucks. Bur thoſe who have more accu- rately obſerved and deicribed the frame of that Crearuregtel] us that they have no Tongue, and that they ſuck either by three little teeth, or ſeveral parts of the Mouth gathered and compreſſed toge- ther, Or rather >. The following things, which reſemble the Horſe- Jeach in its unſatiableneſs; nothing being more ordinary than to call thoſe Perſons or Things the Sons or Daughters of thoſe whoſe Exam- ples they intimate. And whereas ir is obje&ted, tart they are not only two, but three, yea, four, as is {aid in the next Clauſe.the An- {wer is eafie, That though he begin with two,yet he proceeds from thence to three, and four, all which are faid ro be the Daughters of the Horſe-leachyif the words be rendred commodiouſly,and as they zre in the Hebrew, as we ſhall preſently ſte; o Never filled, and always craving, and ready to receive more and more. p Or, yea, ( which may be underſtosd in this, as it is in our Tranſlation of the next Clauſe) they( to wit, the Daughters of the Horſe-leach)are three,g Which is added partly to explain the former Claule,give,give andto ſhew the cauſe of that exceſſive Deſire of more, becauſe they were not contented with whar they had,and partly to give the reaſon why he calls them che Dawghters of the Horſe leach. r Or, yea, they ( the * Gonna forementione4) are four, which Jaz 20,
t Heb:hey 216 F The grave, and the barren womb 5,the earth ? U27: 20; thatis not filled with water; and the fire « that fſaich
5253 not, It is enough. | |