70 Chap. 34. An Expefition opon the BookofJ o B. Verf,30. JOB. Chap. 34. Verf. 3o. That the hypocrite reigne not, deft thepeople be en- fnared. IHefe words are the conclufion of Elihu's difcourfe, about the. executions ofdivine Juflice, upon the fons of men ; And in them we have two things; Firfl, the power ; Secondly,the impar- tiality of divine Jullice. God is fo powerfull, that he can pull downe the Mighty, and he is fo impartial' that if there be caufe, he will not fpare to doe it. Or in the words we have to confider there three things. Firfl , Thecharacaer of the perfon uponwhom the Juflice of Cod is executed, Thehypocrite. Secondly , The Judgement it felfe , 'cis a flop to his great- netfe, that he reigne not. Thirdly, We have the grounds of thisJudgement , which are two -fold. Firfl, His wicked purpofe, again(l the people ; He,if fuffered, would lay fnares for the people. Secondly , Gods gracious proteólion of the people ; He will not have the people enfnared. That the hypocrite reigne not, left the people be enfnared. yan frgnificat What a hypocrite is, and what the importance of the original fenft, t n,pro- word is, here tran(lated hypocrite, hath been opened from forne fanü, pleruaeq; aurem vert:rut other paffages in this booke. I (hall only fay thus much further, ?typocrrra. that the word imports, Firfl, a filthy thing difguifed or cove- red ; For a hypocrite is a filthy prophane perfon, under the co- ver or difguife of holinefs. Our Englifh word knave is neere in found to this Hebrewword chanaph, and, force conceive-'tis de- rived or taken from it. And to be Pure, every hypocrite is a pro- phane perfon, though all prophane perfons are not hypocrites ; Some wicked and prophane ones care not who knoweth they are fo ; yet very many who are indeed prophane and wicked cover ir, what they can, and Phew that only whereof they have only a (hew, fomewhat of godlineffe or of goodneffe. Againe, There are hypocrites of two makes or flraines; Firfl,
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