ed, viz, Mccy, as a manifeſtation of Repentance, Dan. 4 27 Luke 19. 18, Forthere are two parts of Juſtice, one to dono Man wrong, the other to do good ro all. Which rwo qught always to accom- pany each other, and cannot be parred, eſpecially in As of Hu« mil;iation; And as by thoſe evils mentioned he underitan«s all other evil whatſoever, that they are to be abſtained from as the conſe- quence of a day of Humiliation, ſo under theſe duties mentioned are compriſed all the duries that we are to {et upon as the effect of rrue Repentance; And he inſtagceth rather in thoſe of the {e= coad Table than thoſe of the firit, not that they are to be neglett- ed, but becauſe chearfu! performance cf externa} duties to our N-ighbour, is the cleareſt diſcovery and indication of our inwaid Picty towards God, 1 Johng. 20. 1 The word propeily ſignifies to divide, or bre.k into parts, for the n:ore equalandexpedit.ous doing whereof, they were wont of old ro bake their Loaves with currs cx Clefrs in them, more or fewer according to the bigneſs of the Loaf, nor much unlike that which we o:dinarily call Buns. Ir implies, that 25none is obliged to give away al, ſo none is exempred from giving ſome, but a diitribution to be made according to tne abili- ties of Rich and poor: Or, the meaning is, What thou ipareſt on thy ta-ting day from thine own Belly, thou givelt it to retreth the bowels of the Hungry : What thou takeſt for tiy ſelf give to ano- ther, that ti:y poor Neighbour's Body may be refreined by thar, from the ab.tinence whereof thine own is afflicted m2 Bread is ta« ken for all neceſlaries for the Support of humane Life, and here for all kind of Food ; And it is here limited by a term of propriery, Thy, Which may ſeem to have ſome Emphaſis in it; -Sce my Not< on Eccleſ. tr. 1. ſpeaking of their grinding and oppreſfling the poor, he would have them be ſure to give of their own, not that which of rigi1t is anothers,and thou haſt,ir may be, unju'tly gotten. For to refreſh ſome poor with that which thou haſt gortcn by the oppreſe ſing of others, and thereby poſſibly made them poor, wi 1 turn but to a bad account, it will bring a curſe xponthy houſe, or Family, Proverbs 15. 27. or will transfer thy Eſtate over to ſuch ſtrangers, that will manage it as thou ſhouldit have done, Proverbs 28. 8. 2% 1, e. Voluntarily, without preſſing. Invite, encourage, freely accommodate. o Yiz, That are not only necdy, and neceflitous, as to their preſent condition, bur helpleſs, and ſhiftleſs as ro the means of getring out of ir, p And thereby become wanderers; hiving no abiding place; Or rathe:, ſuffercd to abide no where, ſuch are mentioned, Heb. 11. 37, 38- Or, this word coming from a root that ſignifies roRebel,it may be applied to ſuch as rave been adjudged, whether wrongfully or no, Rebe!s, and therefore caſt out; viz. of favour and proteCtion, and ſo b-come as b:niſhed ones, or Pilgrims in anocher Country ; Or affi#ed, as in the margent, viz. grievouſly opprefled by the cruelty of great Men, whereby they are Calt out of their poſſeſſions, and 1o become wanderers, ſceking Relicfabroad. 9 That thou be hoſpitable, and make thy houſe a ſhelter to them that have none of their own left; Bur, as we uſus ally ſay, ca## out of houſe and home; See As 16. 34. - r i. e. Either that have no cloaths, or that are ſo meanly cloathed, that they have ſcarce enough to cover their nak.dneis, i Cur. 4. «1; where naked 1s to be taken as hunger and #hirſt is, not abſolutely ſtarved; ſo neither quite ſtripped: But either in a ragged and undecent con+ dition, as to others ſight, or ſo thinly and inſufficiently cloathed asnot to defend him from the injury of weather, as tohis own \ nſe of feeling, 5 1. e. That thou give him raiment ſuired to theſe wants,or that wherewith he may procure it, James 2. 15, 16. moſt of theſe circumſtances we find were the caſes of the Apoſtles, 1 Cor, 4-11. # That thou not only ſeck no occaſion to excule thy ſelf,cither by abſence,or diſcountenanring, and diſ-wning of him 5 Bur that our of compaſſion thou app'y thy ſelf heartily ro his ſpeedy Relicf; Thatthou beeſt not like that Prieft and Levite, Luke io 31, 32. but like the good Samaritan, Zuke 10. -3, 34, 35. not giving him occaſion to complain as David; Pſalm. 142. 4. u Some
confine this to our own kindred, and Re'ations, aad Families, and
this the LXX ſeem to favour, who render it, Thoſe of thine own Houſe, of thine ewn ſeed overlook not ; Agreeable to that of - - Tim, F. 8. where the Apoſtle uſerh the ſame word that the- LXX doth for Kindred: But this would confine our Charity. within too narrow a compaſs, in as much as often, nay moſt commonly, the necefiities of others are greater than our own; Neither is it congruous' that the other words ſhould be taken in the greateſt laritude, and. this alone confined within fo narrow a compaſs : *Tis true the Hebrews by their own fieſh do moſtly underſtand thoſe who are of the fame Stock, or Lineage, and Tribe, as Gen, 37. 27. and 2 Sam. 29. r2, 13. and thus many underſtand Paul's meaning, Rom.. 11. 14. -But here it isto be taken more generally, for every man, he being thine own nature; And in this latirude our Saviour iaterp-ets the Rela. tion of Neighbour to that Lawyer, Luke 10. 29 30, &c We can look on no Man, but there we conremp!ate our own fb, and therefore it is barbarous, not only to tear, but not to love and ſuc- cour our own fleſh, Nehem.5. 5. In which foever of theſe two ſenſes you take it, there 1s a note of fimilitude to be underffood; So that the ſenſe is this, Break thy Bread, &c. to them 4s unto thine bado Be not more ſevere to them than thou wouldeſt be to thy ſelf; and thus it agrees with that of our Saviour, Marth, 22. 39. ind with that
of the Apoſtle, Epheſe 5. 29. In ſhort, feed him as. thou ,vouldſt
feed thy ſelf, or Haye it fed; She'ter him as thou wouldeft ſhelter
thy ſelf, or have it ſheltered; Cloath him as thou wouldeft cloath
thy ſelf, or be cloathed ; If in any of theſe reſpe&s thou werr in
his circumſtances. | ;
8 Then ſhall thy * light x break forth as the morn- ing yz, andthine health x ſhall ſpring forrh ſpeedily : and
of the LORD + ſball be thy rereward 4.
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