30 Chap. ç. ein Expo/ition tern the Back of J O B. Verf, i 6. allufion to the qualities ofall DAltlah,,or in 1inuating lafcivious women,they drayne the fhrength,cxhault the pontes, dry up the credit, wall: the A[l,of the mightiefl SAmp/on,, whore hearts arc entangled by their flatreries,or enfnared by their beauties. The poor have hope.] The word bath been opened at the 6th verle of this Chapter,to note thongand carnal expeaacion;The poor mate obferving the wonders which God loth in the world, cannot be out of hope, though he be out of pofl'c flion ; and though his own tlrength begon,yet he lives upon the (lrength of Chriflshe hopes firongly (that's the ,force of the word) when he feeles no ftrength, when1 amweak ( faith the Apoflle Pau', a Ccr. 1 MO.) O. then am 1 flrong,that is, I am flrongcíl ( through hope ) i.n Chrifl,when I amweakefl through fenfe in my felt. More diflinc`lly,this hope may he taken two wayes. 1. For the objet}or thinghoped for. 2. For the of or grace of hope. - In the former notion of hope,the fenfe runs thus,God having taken'the wife in their own craftinefl, and difappointed the device of the crafty,having delivered the poor from the fword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty, now the poor hath the thinghe looked for,the thing he prayed for,the thing fcr which he hath been feeking and waiting upon God:So the p.or bath hope,that is,hebath the mercy he cxpeaed, falvationfrom the froord,C7c.he is made partaker of his hope, by thofe glorious ad- mini-flrations of the Jutlice and metcy of God. Hence observe, Firfl, God, poor, hope for pod in the wcrfi times. When deliverance comes, thefe poor have but that which they locked for they looked for lighr,when they were in the daikcfrcondit ion; when they were exhaufled, they knewGod was not .cxhaufled ; and when they were drawn dry,they knew the Lord was not;though their treafurs was /pent , yet they were Jared the treaInry of Heaven was full: When flrengch is gone,and moray is gone,and friends arc gone,yet God is not gone; and therefore they kuoW the good maycome,which they hope for. `T"urn ye to the Bong bolds pprifner, of bope, faith the prophet, Ziel .9. 12. The' peo- ple.of God (thoughprifoners) are the prifoners of bore, that is, they have hope of deliverance and enlargmenr,in their greatefl flreights:The power of God is never imprifon'd; and while his people can make this out,thetr [pirits arc not. Secondly obferve; It
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