Chap. 39. 1,/fn Expofstion upon the Book of J O B. Verf. 9, 3'6; adds alto, be will not abide by thyCrib. As he will do thee no fervice, lobe will put thee to no charge ; that's a:piece of inge- nuity in the Unicorn, as he does no work for man, fo he looks for no wages nor reward from man which may be a reproof to thole men, who are very unwilling to ferve others, yet are very willing to abide by their Crib ; they like it well to eat and drink upon you, as long as you will, and poflibly whether you will or no, but will not do a firoke of work ; Such a One we call proverbially a Lurdane, from the lazy Danes, who long lince Lording it to this Kingdom, would eat and drink in a good well- fiored houle, but refuted all labour. TheUnicorn is to be com- mended above loch idle drones, who ufe their teeth more than their hands, as if they were born only to feed their bellies, dr to live upon the fweat of other mens brows ; for he hath a kind of honcfiy in him, as he doth you no work, fo he will not trouble your Crib. Hence note ; Some creatures will rather run the adventure offlarving, than work for their living. They will rather indure hunger and thirfi, than be put upon labour.There is much ofthis allo in Tome mensfpirirs;'iis fo with all thole whom Solomon calls fluggards ; they prefer hunger and cafe ( which fome calls a dogslife) before plenty with indufiry, and a thred-bare back before a fweating brow. Secondly, From the connexion, in that the Text faith, will he ferve thee ? will be abideby thy Crib z Note ; Whomfoever we call to our fervice, we f%ould provide a Crib for him. We ought to feed thole that do our work. If the Unicorn would labour,he fhould not want aCrib,nor fhould any labouring man want a Table ; It were a moil unrighteous thing in the fight of Godand Man if he fhould. As the Apofile gives the rule (2Theft, 3. to.) He that will not work, let hiss not eat ; fo on the contrary,he chatlothwork, all the reafon iiithe world he should eat; therefore the Apofile James (Chap. 5. ) denounceth a wo againfi rich men, for detaining or keeping back, either in whole or in part, the hire of the labourers who had cut down their harvel. Hire kept back, crieth ; for what ? for wrath-and A aa 2 vet-
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