.P Chap. 36. 4nExpoJtion upon the Book of j o a. Verf,r y. e75 Verte i 5. He delivereth the poor in his afjl'Elion,or he pulls the yLirt Tnixit, extra - poor out ofaffliction ; _ xti, detr talc, That is the fenfe of the wo:d, and the work of God. We find rnpiet cxtraxit the word ufed to fignifie the pulling or drawing off of the fhoo, ,x,erumu ,rni (beat, 25. ig,) As the fhoo is tied o: buckled to the foot, Pia, erirulo. aidmutt be tooled before is can with any ease be drawn off; fo Ìhalal mo aí11 `tions are Eyed to us, rill the Lord unlooiéth and draweth coatrarées,fave them off from us, or us from them. To draw out Of trouble, o ad to draw us out of trouble, is deliverance. David expreflvthhim- are fine rty feti by that word ( Pfeil. 6. 4. ) Return, O Lord, deliver (or ufed y Glihu draw) my foul (that is me) out of the enemies hand, or out of in this vetfc, the trouble which compafleth me abour, and is ready, like deep Brough. waters, to fwallowme up. He delivereth Thepoor inhis ofiltion, Who are meant by ate poor, hath been (hewedbefore, T (hall not flay upon it here,only confider, there are poor as to their out-. ward flare, and poor as to their inward flare, that is, fir(l, poor in fpirit, which is a bleffed poverty ; and fecondly, poor in fpirituel.r, which is amiterable poverty. The two former forts of poor efpe cially,when joyned in one,arehere intended ; He delivereth the poor in his of iElion, or, in his poverty. r,3vn Eit vox conpu. There is a great elegancy in the Hebrew texr'tis a word of the gars,pauperu+n fame root which fignrfieth the poor who are delivered, and the a paupertate, affl aion in which or out of which he or theyare delivered. We miferumami- may trantlate the texr thus ; he delivereth the poor in his poverty ; terra. tined. that is, whenhe is in his poverty or affliaion, the Lord deliver- eth him outof his poverty, or afTdtion ; if poverty be his afflidi- Hit MyedditLy on,or whatfoever affiilion comes under thename ofpoverty, the ß.2 de, ex. Lord dclivereth him our of ic. "I have upon ocher paffages of this book fpokenof this deliverance, yet (hall touch inhere again, be caul we ought always to remember it ; weare often in affliaion, often in trouble, and therefore we have need of:en tobe put in mind, and continually i o bear in mind, that God is a deliverer, the deliverer of his people from, or out of áftïiecions; He deli- vereth the poor in his affliElion. Nn e Hence
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