3o z Chap. 5. An Expo/ition urn the Book of ] O B. Vere i 5 gate,and the other flood at the Kings elbow,and had his ear.yea and hisfignet(upon the matter) at his command e yet this Ha- man mutt needs opprefs L7 ordeeai, becaufe be would not bow : Hamanhad? jealous eye upon him , he was a fufpeffed perfon; Though he could not reach Haman, yet Haman teír'd he might vndrmine him. Again,there is a continual Antipathy between the two feeds and antipathy is incurable; To oppofe the godly , is not fo much the difeafe, as the nature of wicked men : And weknow, antipathies are againff the whole kind, revenge againif this or that individual is no cafe to it ; Antipathy is not fpcnt, but in the confumption of the whole kind. It is not this or that Cheep which the wolf hates, but every Cheep, fat or lean thorn, or unfhorn, that's all one to the wolf; he will fuck the blood of a fheep that hash not a locket. wool upon his back, as greedily as if that fheep had agolden fleece. Let a godly man be poor or rich, low or high, their fw©rd !hall be uttfhcath'd, and their mouth open'd againff him; the old hatred and quarrel is againft all. Haman thoujbt fcorn to lay bands on Mordecai alene,whercfore Haman fought to deftroy dfl the Jews, Heft. 3. 6. He hated thofe whom he never law, thole who hadnever wròng'd him, haply hadbowed unto him; yet, becaufePros dye they muff. Sixthly obferve ( But he favetb the poor. ) God delights to help the poor; Ile loves to take part with the belt, though the weakefl fide. Contrary to theconk of moff , who when a controverfie arifes, ufes to ffand in a kind of indiferer,cy or neutrality, till they fee which part is ffrongeff, not which is juftefl. Now if there Fta.i®.1408. be any confideration (befides the caufe ) that draws or engages Hof. 14.3. Cod, it is the weaknefs of the fide. He joyns with many , be- caufe they are weak, not with any, becaufe they are ffrong; therefore he iscalled,tbe helper of thefrienelleft,and with hi,n the fa- tberlefs ( the orphans) findmercy. By fatherlcfs ,we are not to underhand fuch only wholeparents are dead, but any one that is in ditfrcfs; as Chritf promifeth his Difciples , John t 4. t S 1will not leaveyou orphan', that is, helplefs, and as we tranflate ) comfortlefs; though ye areas children without a farher , yet I will be a father to you. Men arc often fike thofe clouds,which ditfolve into the lea, they fend prefenrs to the rich ,and affift the thong ; but God fends his rain upon the d_y land, and lends his Ptal,346. ftrength to thofewho are weak. Tbie poor man cored, and the
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