Chap. S. Expofition upon the Bookof J OB. Ver!. 1 9. :17. dwelling of there profperous trees. For he follows the fimilitude ofa tree; when, or where one is pulled up, another is planted and grows up in it's room. Or others fhall poffefs what he bath gotten. In which fence job (peaks (Chap. 27.16, 17.) Though he heap upfilver as theduJi,and prepare raiment as the clay, he maypre- Aii,quï alien[ pare it,but the jufifhallput it one,and the innocentfhalldivide thefl- erunr ab eo,/9' ver. Which words may be a comment upon thefe, Out of the quf éterraa- carthfhall others grow ; that is, others fhall rife up, God will li germina- bring a new generation to enjoy his ill-gotten fubfiance, and eat bunt,inbona the fweet of all his Labours. Solomon ( Ecclef. a. a 8. )was much ñer i xta alided, becaufe he knew not who [hould grow up after .aim. iilud,°y afr_ I-hated ( faith he) all my labour which I have taken under the Sun, Lefunt jufloo- beca7é Alan leave it to a man,and I know not what hefhall be,whe- ,PuPareatorit.. ther a wifi roan er`afool.It is a part of the vanity which lyes upon Druf tnan-k-ind.e,khat after all a mans labour and paines,hemuff leave all untoTome' body, he knows not certainly who. But there is a greater and Corer vanityupon the hypocrite ; he feldo e ilayes to take his part, Hefhall not roft that which he loath taken in hunting, (Pro.12.)that is, he [hall not have the benefit himfelfofwhat he hath,but others ( unthought of)fhall come out ofthe ground and grow inhis place.This is the upfhot orfom ofall his mifery,he bath labouredfor others in temporali things, and he hathgot nothingfor himfel, finfpiritual things. Further, the words may carry this fen fe. That When wickedmen are taken away , the righteous fhall grow in their roame. Pull up the bryarsand thorns, and then vines and fig- trees, li- liesand roles will grow the better. When wicked men are remo- ved, good men will profiler. Again, Out of the earthPall others grow; they were not worth the ground they went upon, though they were worth a great deal of ground, therefore out of the ground [hall others grow. God will raife up a generation which (hall be more faithful! and ferviceable unto him. There is a fourth fenfe of thisexpreon, Out Of the earth (hall othersgrow; that is,out ofthe meane[l andlowefl conditionethers [hall grow : and fo it carries an oppofition between the condition ofan hypocrite, and ofa godlyman. The hypocrite in his flou xifhing greennefs fhall be cut down to the ground, but they whore hearts are fincereand upright, though they are low as the ground,
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