Chap. 5. An Expofition upon the Book cf J O B. Vert. t 5. 299 for the mouth of a ¡harpSword, as killing as any infirument or engine of warre. Hence others who kcepe this fence ¡read is thus, Hefaveth the poor from the Sword of their mouth, or from t 4 aara e. llín !Iraq o their mouth in the O. arum vulg. k gfl f ; making the particle Meer, a16 occiy,e riginal,togovern thegenitivccafe, The Sword cf their mouth, orori,eoriae,, the Sword comingout of the mouth. There are twoSwords of the c hai.V:,nemt mouth , two coming oui of the mouth, or one double edged. nnivutgo i, Slander. 2. Falfe witnefs, by which often the reputation and ,C.1-1 1n fometime the perfon of a man is murchered. - Gladium ori, But I conceive that the cleareft meaning of the Original ell ipfa lingua ( though both are good)is, to read thefe as diftinft evils from male,. e. which, He faveth the poor, namely, t. From the Sword. And 2, nicfalta, qug bomo tan-,l From their mouth. 3. From the bandof the mighty; That &,From quamgtadio Nimrods, mighty bunters , oppreffours of the poor ì or from the neeatu,. Sed violent matt. /returned ( faith the Preacher, Eccief. 4 i.) and metiie,agt5- confdered all theopprefons that are done under the Sun, and behold the `te qui ox ore tears offilch as acre o reed, and they had no comforter and on the one :pferam,e, s Ìf PP y Ì , fitfii I'Bfl fsde oftheir opprekurs there was power , but they bad no comforter. niir.Druf Oppreffours are alwayes cloathed with power, and the oppref- fedfeldom find fo much pity frommen,as to be their comfor- ters, Therefore for the opprefon of thepoor, and the -cry of the nerdy, the Lord arife.r, and be Paves Imo poor flaying Sword. From the flandering Tongue. opprefling Hand. Thefe three ways crafty , powerful men feek to de1lroy the p'or. Fit fl, by the Sword co cut off their lives. Secondly,by flauder to blemtfh and blot out their good names. Thirdly,by firong hand, to captivate their perfons or opprefs their citrate, and liberti.! . ro be [avidfrom all theft deffrublions is compleat fal- vation. Let the wicked attempt as many wayes as they will or can, to deflroy,,he Lord both will and can find out as many ways ro fave. The malice of man (hall never out all or over-match tie mercy of God._ He faveth the poor from the f,rord,&c. I amid here more diflinUly open there three great evils, The Sword, the Mouth, and the handof themighty, with the goodnefs of god in Paving, his Par from them ; But tilde particulars occur again. v. 0,2 r .Where you may find a more diffina ex lication of them. From theft words thus far opened, Obferve, Firft,to what all the devices and crafty counfelsof ungodlyPo- Q,9 2 liticians
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