Chap. 5. An Expofttion upon the Book of JOB, Verf. t 3. z83 OB Chap. 5. Verf. 14, 15, 16. He taketb thewife in their own cràftineft ;and the nounfil of the froward is carriedheadlong. They meet with darknefs in the day time ; andgrope in the noon day as in the nitbt. tit befaveth thepoor from the Sword, frem their mouth, and from the hand ofthe mighty. So the poor bath hope, andiniquity floppetb her mouth. N rhefe four verfes Eliphar, proceeds in, and fìnifhes the for- mer argument,by a further and fuller clearing of the power and wifdom ofGod, in catching and overmatching crafty ones, in their ways and counfels.Having (hewed before (in the r z h verf.) that their devices are difappointed, he fheweth now, that they are intangled in their devices. There,we fay we could not perform their enterprifes ; and here we (hall fee them ruined in their enterprifes.lt tr afore trouble toungodly men,wben they cannot do the mifobie f , which they intend to others ; but it is afar forer trouble, when their counfels rocoy!, and when their own projet<irpromote their own ruing : when their own anions 'pa ri that , which they had rather die, then fee done, when that n,ifchief falletb upon their own beads, which they intendedothers; That's their calamity in this text. He taketb the wife in their own craftinefs. Thefe wifemen,areno better then the crafty,before mentioned, for we fee their wifdom is but crafttnefs. We bad the Crafty in the former verfe;and herewe have their craft or crafting. The Apof le in t Cor. 3. r9. quotes this text of Elipbax. The wifdom oreolyia of thisworld is foolifhnefs with God, For it is written, He taketb the nnPpya- wife in their own craftineft, The Greek word there ufed bath guaßdicae,ad fomwhat more in ír,then the Hebrew word,opened at the 12.v. einodlibet opus For it notes a 6tnefs for all purpofes,a dexterity to ferveany turn deartepru 9ui be it never fo finitler or evii.Such a man can be en any fide,and genii valet ad is for any purpofe you will turn him to. A godly man bath but quodlibet at- one work,and he can do but one work, that is, one work in geNdum.1 kind.Every workhe doth (as a godly,man) bath a (lamp of goodne(s,or godlinefs,of holinefs,or2u(3ice upon ir. Bat rhefe crafty
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