Chap.12. AnEacpofhionupon the Boob, ofJOB. Vert'. 6. I97 finful then is theirs who defpife theaffiic"ted ? There is another readingofthis verfe, which I (hall only name; L.ucerna eon- He that is fit to guide thefeet ofothers, is as a defpifèd lamp in the tempi, i7 indict() thought of the rich whoare at cafe.. As ifJob had (aid; they wh&fe ri, yur tduleus holinefs is moll eminent andexemplary, even leading roen in ho- ell er ofì't:o d:- unefs,areciefpifed riger:dis, ryg. Job having thus crofl'edZophars fi affertion,reprefentmg the righteous as a defpifed lamp, whom his friend, hadcompared to the morning light, or noon -day fun : he now proceeds to refute his fecond affertion, reprefentin_g the wicked in fulleft profperi- ty,and higheft. fecurity,whcf ejes, his friend had laid, ()kindfisil, and whole hope he had compared to thegiving up oftheshort. Verfe 6. The tabernacles of robbers profiler, and they that provoke God are fecure, into whole handGod brin«eth abun- dantly. As if he had laid, Friend Zophar thou haft affirmed that the. righteoau man is as the finning light ; I fay , he is but a defprfd lamp ? thouafñrmeíf, that the eyes of the wickedpallfail, ckc, but I have feen the tabernaclesof robbersprofiler, and they that provoke, God f cure. He defcribes a wicked man, by fins againft both tables. Firfl, He fins against his neighbour by injuf ice ; 'he is a robber, the ta- barnacles ofrobbers profper : Robbery is a fin againil the fecond table.; and robbery is here mentioned by a fynechdoche fo' all tins againft the fecond Table. Secondly, He fins againfl God , he provokethGod, which is the breach ofthe firft Table : and provocation of God is here mentioned by a fynechdoche for all tins against the firft Table. They,that provoke God are (care. Though every fin againft our Brotherbe alloa fin againft God , and we may provoke God when the fin is immediatlyor nextly against our Brother , yet God in the fins of the firft Table is chiefly provoked; and thofe fins are immediatlÿ againft God.; therefore he putteth both infiances. Take a man that breaks the firft Table , or the fecond , take a man that cares not how he wrongs his neighbour, or how he prophanes the name of God , the oneprofpers, and the other is fecure, therefore your pofiti- on is . falfe,that the eyes ofthe wicked(hallfail, and that their hope fha!l be as thegiving up of the ghofh, C c 3 `he
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