Chap: 6. An Expefttios upon the. Book of J dB. Vert aq.. 5" take heed ofpurfuing them : We thouldnot do any thing, which may argue our hearts glued to them,when the Lord had loofen'd them out ofof our.hands.It is an honour to a poorChriftian,when in his greateft firaights he can approve himfclf to God and men, and can fay as the Apoftle(At=t.r2o.33.) Ihave coveted no mansfil- ver,or gold, or apparrel. It is asfcnful to covet in our wants, as it is in our abundance.And it is as bad (ifnot worfe) to be greedy of the creature,when we are empty, as when we are full. A poor man oppreffing the poor, Prov. 28. 3. and covetingfrom therich arefights of abomination. Verf. 24. Teach me, andI will hold my tongue : and caufe me to un- derffand wherein 1 have erred, &c. This and the next verfe contain the fourth branch of Jobs re- pl y; and the general fence ofthem,is,a fubmiffon of himfelf to his frien ds,if yet,they fhould fpeak reafon,or difcover his error.Teach me, and I will hold mypeace ; as if he had faid, Though I have to the heft ofmy underffanding,thus far acquittedmyfelf, and cleared mine own innocency; though I have as I think, with truthandjuftice, laid this charge ofuncharitablenefs and unfriendly dealingwithme upon you:yetyou fhallfee I am ready to bear you, I am teachable : if you., canyet teach me, I will keep f fence, and if you caufe me to under- 'ecir,projoel:, Rand wherein I have erred, I fhall dofo no more. per merapbo- leach me,] The Original word notesin drier fenfe, to cart a ram, 11ìZ rigevn qusndo thing forth, to throw a thing, as a dart or done is thrown, ei- iransfertnrad ther downward or upward, or in a dire& motion forward. pltviam.qua. Hence by a Metaphor, it lignifies Rain, becaufe rain is, (as it Japidum elo were) darted forth from them clouds, and call down upon the fogitarum in- o earth. And from hence (yet one remove further) the Metaphor cditin tterr m is carried to lignifie teaching, hence theholy Prophet is comman- eimque frire,ri. ded to drop his word, Ezek 20. 46, 2 i . 2. Sonof man, fet thy got d5- fcecun- face towards the South, and drop thy words towards the South. Son (lat. Hine per ofmanfit thyface towardsjerufalem, anddrop thy word toward T thcarretiam theholyplaces: And the reaCon is this, .becaufe Do.arines,Truths docere. ked and wholfome inniru ions, axe inflili d and cad down among delirino veluti thepeople, or dropt into their fpirits, as rain is call or dropp'd in/Hlteturoni from heaven upon the earth. And fò we may read the words Viii dicentium n minutotim out of the metaphor thus, rain down upon ma, do ye : O mÿ. ;ndacur, eojque friends like clouds full of water, diffolve and fhowre down in- imdtar. Xxxz ions 111 01 Il
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