546 Chap. 6. .¢tn Expofition upon the BookofJ O B. Verf. tranflated thus, You threwyour felves upon the fatherlefs and fo it is an allufion tohunters, either to men, when they hunt wild beafis ; or to wild beafis, when theyhunt their prey; as faon as thehunter can reach the game, he overwhelms it, he calls him- fclf down, or layes all his firength upon it. A dog having caught the hue, falls upon it, and keeps it under. Some conceive that expreflion, Gen. 4.9.9. concerning Judah compared to a lion, reaches this fente, Judah as a Lions whelp ; from the prey my fon, thou art gone up; be (looped down, be couched as a lion, and as aneld Lion, whoPall reufe him up ? As if that crouching and lying down, were when he hath takenhis prey;whodares to flit apa Lion, when he hath his prey under him,ifanydare,the Lion will make them a prey too. We fee indaily experience, how an- gry a dog will be, ifyou flit him up, when he hath but a bone under him, Such a violence is noted in this expreffiion, you throw your felves down upon a poor fatherlefs one, a man in a low condition, as ifyou would tear him to peices, and eat him up at a morsel. Our tranfation comes neer this lignification of the Word, Te overwhelm thefatherlefs. The word lignifes to run upon one with violence; and hence Giants are called Nephilirn in the Hebrew, which is as much as &uir, irruír, to fay,OOpreffinerr,becaufe theyoverwhelm the weaker with force and violence. Mr/Broughton tranflates the word to another fence, as noting, not an open violent way ofopprtfíing, but a fecret fubtil way of circumventing, Te lay afnare for the Orphan : the word may bear that fence, namely, tofit a trap or to lay a flare : And he para- 2zavdbx' P' lets it, with that word ufed often in the new Tellament To [can- .mtedalwn elf dalime or offend a brother,which properly lignifies to laya trap or ímpedimencum in via,utqua a fnare,to let fomewhat whereby to entangle or catch a man,that ' it col1obaur he may be flops and hindered in his way.Thus Job of his friends, 5' ruat,velab you let a trap to eufnare,and make a pit for me to fall into,or you psdiatur.pu lay a llumbliug block to caufe me to flumbl, in,or turnout of,the ways ofholinefs,while youwould perfwademe,that he who walks .. uprightly in that way,fhall never meet with any rub ofoutward trouble.What is this but todifcourage me in the way I walk,be- caufe therein I have met fo many troubles. Thus you lay a Cnare for, Thefatherlefs. ] The word firialy taken, notes a child, whole patents are dead, Some of the ancients fay, the word Pupil, with
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