324 Chap.,. a4ìs Expojtion :spot the Bookof J p B. Verf. 24, down andworshipme.Though the devil be a very beggar,and had not a fhoe- latchet of his own to give, yet for fuch fervices and homages he gives out Iarge poifdlionsofthe World (com- mon providence fo ordering it ) to wicked men, his yaf- fats. Hence- thefe words are interpreted, as a reafon of that confu- lion before fpoken of. No wonder ifinnocent men are under the Siflrgellarur fcourge, for the earth is given into' the handof the wicked.- When tn""e"cumr#iz they have mof2power, who have leaff honefy, things mull needs be murdi j;dire, turned up- l..ïdedow,n, and all put into diforder. What can be ecrrupr¿Q'rù expelled from filch a tyrannous Prince as Satan from fuch wicked >t' intlruments as rule under him,buf continual diftorbance amongft Yrrre porf11's the children of men : efpecia'lly that good men.fhould go by he. A 1` work. Godl men are like to have but little peace, while thefe arpirffpta de- Y . ' rnmti,rvtdea. have the preeminence. The devil clouds the underilandiangs, and tirroundire- vails the eyes of thofe Princes and Judges,whornhe(i n this fenfe) aor,ifeefft. advances: And»4-ice is equally woundedand difforted, when fudge,' tit, ut reges, cannot fie Things, as when they fee Per ons in judgement.- The -prinripes, ,a y f f v dices, quaffob. bounty of God to the wicked, is an occafon óf their injury to the velarosh be righteaus. sent 0.1,2,4 But rather take the words (which was hinted before) as an ar- rjrd erfìne ument whercb Job further proves,that therecan be no groaaaid di erisnine.de g i Y rebus ,,judicaia. ofjudgement upon any mans fpiritual eftate by the appearances 41gub. of his temporal ; for as righteous and innocent perfons are under the fcourge, and laid Iow'in the world, fo wicked men have the earth given them, and are' exalted.. I find fòme reading the text AS anexpoifulation, Wherefore is the earth given into the hand of the wicked? wherefore doth he-cover tbefaces cf the Judges ? ifjob did chide with Clod about this unequal carriage of things in the world,aad called him to give a reafon ,otit.: But.. e luv.e found lob(in others places) acquitting himfel1fronIthe fufpitions offuch a charge, 'and therefore I can - not joyn with thefe in laying it upon him here. ab doth not complain, but affirm, That the earth is given in'S the bands ofthe wicked. Whence obferve. frisked/an ntayabaundiìtearthly things - '1hcy may have the earth_and.the fulnefs ofit ; 'the earth, and all that is earthiy, their bellies are filled by Gad hirtiCelfwith:hid- den treadtere (Pfàl. 57. r4.) Precious things are ufually hidden,and ail that's named. treafure. (though it be but earthly).hath a preci-- oufhefs
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