Efi quartreyogis' end tutu fludio quam interrogati- tne out petition pod per 'NW .fignificatur, i.e. petere feu rogare etfi ,interirn con- fiandantur.lilercer. .ePttr,n;.inVoef. The Saints Hiding-place itrike again So he loth therefore threaten at the firti, that he may not alike at all : he promifes that he may fullfill , but he threatens that he may not fulfill. Having therefore denounced ,tylra: judgements in the fira Charyer, tie proceedeth by theProphet Zepha- niah to foft andTweet. Exhortations in the beginning ofthis fecond. And becaufe men are either godly or ungodly, he begins with the ungodly, and exhorteththem to gather themfelves, &c. Verfe the firft and fecond. And for thegodly, he exhorteth them for to feere the Lord, Verfe the third, SeekeyetheLord,46 c. Inwhich words, three thingsare molt confiderable. Fait, the Matter of the Exhortation, which is, To pekethe Lord, to feeke righteottAre , mod to-feeke meek- vefie. Secondly, theSubic&or Perfons upon whom this Exhortation falls; that is, Themeekeof the earth, fur- ther defcribed to have wrought judgement. Thirdly, the Motive prelling thereunto , it may be ye than be hid in the day of the Lordsanger. Por Explication. seekeye theLorolj That is, the Lord himfelf, his face, his favour, his honour. Theword [seeke] is ufed in Scripture, either more largely, for our whole fervice of God, and indeavours after him ; orelfemore arid- ly, for Prayer : Here it is taken in the largeft fence , be- caufe theword in the Hebrew is not litO which figni- fies rather verbo qmerere,Prov. 1 5.14. to leek byWord, or Petition. But u,p3 which fignifies rather comato quxrere, to leek by endeavour. The meekof the earth] The Hebrew word turned Wick
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