pi I pi 2a2 Chap 5, 442 ExpofSion upon the Book of J'O-B, ry,cender in this point, providing, that they that till and low the Land,.fhall al Co enjoy the crop. But this wicked man (hall not reap what he Cowed. The labour fltall be his,and the benefit ano- ther mans. The hungry ¡hall come and.eat up his harv;jt. Whence obfcrvc in general. It is a great evil when we cannot enjoy the thing we labourfor. What greaterd-ifäppointment to the husband man, than to de- prive hire of his harveil. Poets have fung.this in mournful vale. Ìmpiur line And we find this threatned in the Law, as the very fling of thole em cuha no evils,which fhould come upon a difobed lent people. Deut. 28.33, tiami!et ha Thefruit. of tby land and all thy labours, fjiall a Nation which thou bebit? Barba knowef{not, eat up ; all thy labours, that is, The fruits for which us bar fegetes' thou hail- laboured, ¡hall be eaten up .by .ftrangers. And (Levitz 26. vimur grot ? 6..) Ye fhallfawyourfeed to vain,foryour enemies hall eat it. The 'vas Egi. L floatbful. man roof{eth not that- which be took, in hunting, fo we txanflate, Prov. a.2. 26. But it feemsnot toproper to the fenfe of this proverb. A floathful man is not ufually a hunter, That (port requires an aéiive fpirit. And ufualby men that are flowat work, are quick at meat, and will not lofe their venison for the wailing. Thereforemore properly (j conceiyc with others) to the origt nal, and fully to. the point in hand, it may be tranflated thus, Deceit or the deceitful man(hall not roaj{ his bunting, or that which ?vow adùret In bath taken in heating, That is, he than. not take pleafure fraudulentia, in that which he bath got by extream pains (ft-evirdolo (as all hunters do) ¡ua) tienotior:é or by craft and,flealth, as Tome hunters do. Somewhat comes be- fuam. Arias tweeu.his mouth and his morfel, bis cup and lip,.eitherhe can - dáant,Pang. not get his meat to his table, or he riles hungry from it. There- fore Salomon puts a great blcfling in this, when a man enjoyeth his labour, Ecclef. 2, 10.. My heart rejoyced in all mylabour, and this. . was my. portion of all my .labour, namely, the fruit and bene- fit which God gave me by. my labour ; I enjoyed it, and this was my portion. Again (Ecclef. 3. 13. ) And alfo that ezery, onan fhould eat and drink, and en,py_thegood of all his labour; it is the gift of God; He puts the emphafis upon this, when a man bath taken pains to lay in provifions for a comfortable fubfiliance, that then he may fit down quietly and enjoy it, It is thegift of God. Therefore on=the other-hand, not to eat and drink, and en- joy the ood ofour labours,but to have all violently fnatcht from cur moíithes, It is the judgment of God. This judgment the 11 rophet aIfo :threatens, (if,, I, 6..) Tour landgrangers /hall dew VOW' Vere 5,.
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