Chap. 5. An Expofctiex upon the Book of J OB. Verfe. 6. 213 quifite for the keeping and retaining of them, (Prov. z r. i 6.) Strongmen retain riches : as if he timid fay, though a man have aboundarace of riches, yet it he have not ftrength, he ¡hall hardly hold them, they will be wretled out of his hands. Once more, Riches are thus exprefl, becaufe men, ufually account their riches to be their firength,a mannaturally puts confidence in his riches; Prev. 13. is. The rich mans wealth is his ftrong City; Riches are call'd ftrength, from that corrupt opinion which the world bath of them, making them Idols, and trailing to them,as they (hould unto God alone. Though yet, there is a truth in it, that riches have much flrength in them, a rich man, and a powerful man, are tiriffotelet di- mutually put for each other. zitiat appal.): Thirdly, The word lignifies an Army of men, PJ 1, 16. wet rerun,, Y g Y 3 3 qura per ipfb There is no King Paved by the multitude of an hoft : We may take Dania pofu- it either way, this hungry man, this robber,fhall come and fwaI- mug. Lb. r low up his fubflance, his riches, his flrength, or he (hail come and poll¡, cap. 8. fwallow up his veryArmy,by whichhe thought to defend his fub- tlance ; All fhall_be loft, neither the estate, nor the means ufed to protect the eilate, ¡hall (land before this hungry, thirfly, ,hairy robber. In this defcriptionof a total defolation brought upon the tilate and familyof the foolifh man, together with thecharacter of the perlons, who (hail make himdefolate, queftionlefs Elzphaz would reprefent to job, the defolation brought uponhis eftate and children, by thole troops of hungry, hairy, thirfly rci.)b_rs, the Chaldean: and the 3abeau:, who fwallciw,d all his fubflnce at one morfel, foopt up his eflate at one draught. Whence ob- ferve It is a great point ofwifdome,to(hew a manhis condition,in a- nothers, and to fecmonly relating the Hiflory of our forreign ob- fervations, when we mean theperfón to whomwe fpeak ; what is propofed as feen in others, works the heart to fee it fell ; and doth at once mittigate the fharpnefs of the reproof; and open the ¡pint, to let it in. As we fee in the intlance of Nathan: Parable to David, z Sam. 12. Eliphaz faid only, Z havefeen thefoolijh tak- ing root, &c. He dothnot lay it boytleroufly and direEtly upon job; ¡fay thee taping root, &c. Thus we have opened thecontext of there five vcrt s,wherein- Elipbaz argues lobof wickednefs and inlncerity, becaufe God had dealt with him,as he ufually loth with thewicked and inün- cere,whofe habitations arecoifed, their childrencrulhccl, their rub 'el ai:ee
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