548 . Chap. 6. An ExpofitiDn Upon theBookof J O B. VerG ir traps and pits,in which the innocents are entangled.And Job fup_ poles, his friends intended tocall him down into the pit of de- fpair by charging himwith hypocrifie and rottennefs of hearths his profefïìon. --i-ri There is a further apprehenfion concerning this word, You hazte signttirat foiere diggeda pit. Some of the Hebrew Doc` ours tranllate thus, You conviviuse make aflaguponyour friend. The word lignifies not only to dig IIin/1 amini er/o- Bpu- a p it ' but to feaft & banquet& it notesTome fumptuous exquifite c(,m ve}1ru.. banquet,2 King.6.23,Andheprepar'dgreatprovifionforthemdu this book Chap.4r.6.The word is ufed in that fence, where Leviathan is dofcribed too big for abanquet,Shall thy companions mahea ban- quet of him ? that is,are the fithermen able to catch and eat Levia- than?As ifLeviathan fcorned the fifher-mens engines, their nets and hooks. Taking the word fo,the meaningofthe claufe may be thus' con.. ceived, You overwhelm the fatherlefs, yea you are not content- ed with that,butyoufeaft uponyourpoorfriend,that is,you rejoyce in his mifery,and makeyour felves merrywith his forrowes;as the Phyliffines dealt with Sampfon, when theyhad put out his eyes, Come let us bring himout, and make (port with him ;. So faith lob, you deal with me, you opprefs me, and then make your felves merry with my forrowes. The tears of anopprelîed poor man, areas wine to the oppreffour, he drinks them down ; the groans of a poor man are as mufick to a wicked oppreffour, and his flefh is as meat to him. Hence obferve ; Firft, To befather lefiis to be in a fad condition. They who are fa therlefs, are friendlefs, and fo much fubje6 to opprcflion. They who have leaf} help in themfelves,have ulually leaf} help from others, and often receive molt hurt fromothers. Hence we find (Pf.. o,i 8.)theopprcffed and the fatherlefs put together;as if the faaherlefs were toexped oppreflion for their portion,& they who needed molt protedion,fhould be Pure to3find molt vexation. We ufe to fay, where the hedge is loweft,there men goe over; it is fo in every dayes experience. The mighty Nimrod: ride over the backs ofthe poor. And where the hedge is low, they makelow.. er gaps, to pats over moreeafìlytó their own defigiies. This fpi- rit ofoppreflion is defcribed raging againfl thofe, whoare under heavieft preffures, Pfál, 69.26. Theyperfecute him whom thou haftfmitten, and they talk to the grief of thofe whom thou .haff. wónreded;. when wickedmen fee aman afflicted by the hand of God,, .
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