Chap. 3. 4,2 Expofition upon the Boskof J p B. Verf. 59. 41 t he gives inftancein divers,almoft all ranks,degrees and conditions ofmen. Firf , In thofe who are great,rich,and wife in Kings and Coun- fellers of the Earth, which builddefolateplaces r themftives:And in Princes who hadgold, who filled their houfs with treafure; &c, With Kings and Counfellars ofthe Earth, With Kings.j The word here ufed, properly noteth fuch as rule by Law,fuch as are oppofed to Tyrants ,who rule according to the `' di&ates oftheir ownwill. With fuch Kings Counfellersare ufu- Kegrutvitcon. ally joyned i With Kings and Counfellersof the Earth. Great sir Cus C7LFgi Princes have their Conncels, and it is a happy conjuntion when good Kings and good Counfellers meet together. Yea many times bad men are good Kings,when they areattended with good Coun- fellers : Whereas evil Counfellers often make a good man a bad King,and by their poyfonous whifpers and inflillations at the ear, corrupt the hearts, and taint the fpirits of the belt Princes. In the multitude' cfCounfellers (faith Solomon, Prey. 55. 2I.) there is fafety.The fafetyofKings, and the fafety ofKingdomcs,doth con- lift in following this multitude. Where there are good Counfellers, and a multitude of them, we may expef,I good, and misch good, a multitude ofbleffings upon a Nation. Now when Job had named thefe eminent perlons, Kings and Caunfellers, he addeth fomewhat further by way oftheir deferip- tion, he giveth as it were a charaE er of them from their ltudies and employments, With Kings' and Counfellers of the Earth, which builddefolateplaces for themflves. It may feem very doubtful what is heremeant by thofe dfolate places, and the buildingof them.The word in the Hebrew is, de- folations, or deliruc7ions ; It comes from Charah, which fignifies rr lle to dry up, becaufe dryplaces are de folate places, as a defolate atones. wildernefs for the drynefsofit,being unfit to fuflain man or bean. Hence the name ofthe Mount Horeb, Exod. 3. r. called fo from drinefs, becaufe there was no water, Deut. S. 15. The fame word alto fignines, a(word ; becaufe the fword (as we fee by woad ex- perience)makes places delolatc.But what Job fhould mean by phis, That Kings and Counfellers ofthe Earth build folitary places fir themfelves,is quefiionablk. G g g2 lirti,
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=