» bs. ſhed x it to break om vel ws Lips 430g haſt well weighed it, # Either * Longs , | A t. it Prayers directed to him. Or 2, in ſolemn Vows and Promiſes *y ano. lbs abgs.. | WWorago- tang rote — Twi. m_—_— made in Gods preſence;which were very much in uſe inthoſe times, 6. 3 q |
contemptible, both for his Age, and for his Poverty. m Venerable c—— moat baryon Us borh for his Age and Gravity, and for his Royal Dignity. So that caution us in making them. & Is a God of infaite Majeſty, not to the Compariſon is made with the greateſt Dif:dvanrage that may þp. q efpiſed or abuſed;of infinite Holineſs, nor to be polluted or of. be. » Who hath neither Wiſdomto govern himlclf, nor to receive tended ; of infinite Khowledge; obſerving all cur words. and carri- the Counſels or Admonitions of wiſer men, bur is fooliſh, and wil- ages not to be deceived. 7 Thou art -a poor Earth-worm, infi« ful and incorrigible. ; I OL Eros L | nirely below him, and therefors ſhouldeſt ſtand. in + awe of him. 14 For out of priſon ohe p cometh to teignt q;where- |,,4 fear ro offend him, m Either 1. in . Prayer. - Uſe- not vein. —_ alto ge 3has is born in his kingdom r þecomerth poor. | repetitions nor multitude of words in Prayer, as if they were
5L 3 neceſſary
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ap. V.
* Prov; Io. 19.
*Deut;
23:21 22. Pſ:50:14.
* Pſ.66, I 3» 14
ceſſary to inform God of thy ſtate,, or to prevail with God to re hy requeſts, or as. if thou ſhouldeſt certainly be heard up- on thar very account, as Chriſt alſo cautions us Mat: 6. 7. For otherwiſe it is not unlawful, nay ſometimes it is a duty, to uſe Jong Prayers and conſequently many words, and to repeat the ſame words in Prayer, as is manifeſt from Nehem. 9. 3- Dax: 9. 18, 19t Mot. 26: 44: Loke 6. 12, and many other places. Or 2. in vow- inge Be nor too prodigal in' making more Vows and Promules than thou apt either able oxwilling and reſolved to perform, remem- bring that God-looks down from_Heaven,and heareth all rhy Vows, and expetts a punQual accompliſhment of them. Compare the
Notes on v. 3. -F Rk ? | For a dream cometh .tkrough the multitude ofbu-
ſineſs.n, and a * fools. voice is known 0 by multitude of
words p. | » When Mens minds arediſtrated and oppreſſed with too much buſineſs in the Day; ' they dream of it in the Night. 0 Ir diſcovers the-Manto be a fooliſh and rath,and inconſiderate Man. p Either 1. in Prayer. Or, 2-in Vowing,s. e. by making many rafh Vows, of which he ſpeaks in'v: 4, 5, 6. and then returnsto the mention of multitude of dreams and many words, v. 7ewhich Verſe may bea Com= ment upon this, and which makes it probable that both that and this Verſe are to be underſtood of Vows rather than of Prayers. 4 * When thou voweſt avow q unto God, defer not to pay it » : for be hathno pleaſure in fools s ; * pay
that which thou haſt vowed. q Which is a ſolemn Promiſe whereby a Man binds himſelf to do ſomething which is in his power to do.r Perform it whilſt the ſenſe of thine Obligation is freſh and ſtrong vpon thee, leſt either thou ſcem to repent of thy Promiſes, or leſt d<laysend in denials and re- ſolutions of Non-performance, See Numb. 30. 2. Dent: 23. 21-Pſal. 66.13, 14. & 76. 21. 5 In hypocritical and perfidious Perſons,who wheti they are in diſtreſs, make liberal Vows, and when the danger ispaſt, negle& and break them : whom he calis fo1s,partly becauſe it 15t1e higbeſt folly to deſpiſe and provoke, to think to mock and deceive the All-ſeeing and Almighty God; and partly in oppoſiti- 20 ti the contrary Opinion of ſuch Perſons, who think they deal Wy 2nd cunningly-in ſerving themſelves of God, by getting the rantage or! deliverance which they defire by making ſuch Vows Mojdivg the inconvenience and charge of payment, when ce. the work is.done, whereas nothing is more impious or ridicu- lous than ſuch an imagination.
-»i- Better is it that thou ſhouldſt not vow s, than chat thou, ſhouldſt vow and not pay-
..s.For-this was no.ſin ; becauſe men are free to make ſuch Vows, or.notto-make them, as they think fir. See Numb. 3o. 3, O'c.Deut. 2H 23. A#s 5: 4. But having vowed we cannot forbear payment of chem:without ſin.
--6 Suffer not thy mouth 7 to cauſe thy fleſh « to ſin ; ore the angel x, that it was an er-
either ſay thou Tor:y;;. wherefore ſhould God be angry x at thy voice s, and deftroy the work of thine hands 6 ?
* By uttering any raſh or fooliſh Vow. « z, e. Thy ſelf,the word Fleſb being oft put for the whole Man,as Gen: 6: 12, {ſa: 4o: 5-Rom. 3: 20, &c.And it ſeems to have ſome Emphaſis here,and to intimate either 1:that ſuch Vows were made upon flethly or carnal], and not upon ſpiritual and religious Motives. Or rather 2.that the Fleſh or corrupt Nature of Man, which is oft called Fleſh, was excteding prone to ſet it ſelf at eate & liberty from ſuch Bonds and ro neglett the chargeable Duties of Religion, « Either 1. The bleſſed Angels, the SingularNumber being put forthe Plural,who are preſent in the publickAfſemblies,in which theſeVows were generally paid, Pſal.66, 13.where they obſerve both the marter & manner of mens religious pereformances,as appears from 1 Cer: I1: 109. whoas they rejoyce in the converſion of a ſinner, Luke 15: 10. So are diſpleaſed with the ſins of men,and eſpecially ſuch as are committed in or againſt the Wore ſhipof God, Or 2: Chriſt, who in rhe Old Teſtament is frequently called an Angel, as bath been oft noted before, and the Angel of the Covenant, Mal: 3. 1. becauſe even then be aQted as Gods Meſſenger
> 10k & ſpeaking to the Parriarchs and Prophets 1n his Fathers |.