Chap. 39. dfln Expolition. upon the Book,of B. Verf.la. 373 __._---- - -- thy labour to him ? Labouris taken inScripture two ways ; Fuit, For the verya& of labour. Jacob faid (glen. 3r 42. ) God bath feen mine afflilíion, and the labour of my hands. God knows ( laid-he CO Laban ) what pains I have taken, what :laid work I have been at in thy fervice and howhard he had beenat, work, he told Laban (v,r. 4.0.) Thur 1 was in the day , the drought confirmed me, and'the fro/1 by night, and my fleep depart- ed fromme. To fuch hard work in fpirituals the Apottle exhorts; Be fledfafl; and unmveable, always abounding in the work of the )r ;, Labor,d Lord, for as much as you know that your labour is not in vain in rodicc ya, tc;' the Lords Cori ç.58.) The wordi n the Text which we render baravtr>'ej labour,fignifeth a fabouring towearinefs,or a labourwhich caufeth "Satz"' fiut' wearinefs. Strong labour, diligent labour wearieth a ft: ong man ; and though an indulltious perfon is not weary of his labour, yet he may be wearied withhis labour; yea, the more induFtrious he is in labouring, the fooner he may be wearied with his labour. Secondly, Labour is taken fometimes for the fruit of labour, or for that which is got by labour ; the reward, and wages given and received for work and fervice done, is called labour (Pbai. 128. 2.,) Thou ¡halt eat the labour of thy bands. Noman can eat the atisof his labour, but every man fhould eat the fruit of his labour ; labour brings in bread, and that bread is fweeteftwhich comes in by labour. The Lord threareneth his people ('Jeut,z -8. 3 3.)Orangers fad rat thy laboter,that is,the encreafe that cernes in or bath been gottenby thy labour,even that which thou had la- boured for. And it was a mercy beftowed by the Lord upon his ¡Pad (Pfal, I S. 44. ) that they inherited the labour of the peo- plc,,that is, they dwelt in the houles, which they had built ; and enjoyed the gardens,which they had planted;& reaped the fields, which they, the Heathen, had fowed ; In a word, they had the fruit of all their labours. Some underhand the word here in this latter fence, Wilt, thou leave thy labour unto him ? that is, wilt Frrges tu c la thou allow him any of the fruit of thy ground,,feeing he refufeth bore tuo par- t°work in thy ground ? fureiy, thou wilt not. Labouringcartel tes, Pifc. have fomewhat for their labour, they (hare in thcfe Brod things which are the produ& of their labour (1 Cor. 9, q.) TLou (hait not nuz,zel the Oxe that treadeth out the corn. But though it i a truth, that labouring cartel eat of, and are fed with the fruit of their labour ; yet here, by labour,;I:underhand the very a&of labour,
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