285 Chap Expofrtion upon &$ook of j B. Verf. 2, 2 The effect of labour, the thing wrought,or`thar which is the produû of tabour. When a man bath laboured; what he labour'd about is vifible, and that we call his work, as well as the ad of his labour. 3.The reward or the wages,which a man receives for his labour, Levit. 19. r 3. We read a plain text for it, The wages of him that it hired, pall not abide with thee all night , until the morning. 0;urelffeats:, The Hebrew is, 7 he ìvorkofhim that is hired!hall not abide with fearaercec ape thee. So Pfal. 109. 20. Let this be the reward of mine aciverfa- rH qu,epro to riesfrom the Lord ; The Hebrew is Let this be the work_ ofmine here d.nur, per adverfaries from theLord. And f er, 22. 13. we have the word metonymiam in the fame fence, work for wages. As it is ufual toput prayer for the thing prayed for,a petition for the thing petitioned, or for the thing obtained by petition, Ihe Lord bath given me my peti- tion ( faith Hannah, r Sam. I. 27. ) that is, the child for whom /did petition. It is ufuallalfo in Scripture toput lin for the pu- ni(hment or reward of lin, Gen 4. 15 My fin is greater, that is, shy punifhnrent is greater than I can bear. And the Matter is forbidden to dh taiti the fervants wages, leaft it be fin to him, Dent. 24. 15. that is,llealt he be punifhed for detaining it. Thus alto it is utual to put the work for the reward of the work. The hirelingexpel?" his work, that is, he earneftly looks that he (hall have wages in the evening for his work. Now(faith Job) as thefe wait, the fervant and thehireling, for the fhadow in the day, and for their wages at night ; So Iam made to pofefs months of va- nity, 8cc. I (hall note a point or two in palí'age from the words, as they contain a general truth, before I eScarnine them in this applicati. on. Take the words as theyare a direcapropofition, A fervant de- fires the fhaddow, and an hireling looks for the reward of kit work: Hence obferve, Firft, The condition ofafervant is a very laborious and a wea- rifome condition ; He longs for fome rat ; he carnally dehres the ihadow. Obferve Seoo'ndly, The fervant muff have a reward. There's all the rea- con in the world he Mould. Obferve, Thirdly, The hireling bath earneff thoughts upon bis reward ; His reward is in his eye. It is the reafongiven, why the wages of thehired fervant thotildnot be with-held Dew. 24. I5. TheLord the
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