198 Citap. i 2. An E.xpofit3cn npon the Boar'Z,àf JOB. Verf.6. The Tabernacles of Robbersprofpèr. Taberoacula That is, the dwellings and families, the affairs & undertakings à. e. quæ ndúlca ofrobbers, they and all that belong unto them profper. pgrth;r,t ufi- Robbers are of two forts, there areopen and, violent robbers -rL; Prado who wall, fpoil and deftroy all that-comes neer them, and care ne,,vaffatrres. not who fees : fuch are warlike robbers ; who bring power to doe, what they cannot do by ¡office. Such were thofe warlike bands (and at them Job aims in this argument ) ofCaldeañi and Sabeans, who fpoiled.Jobs eftate and Cattel. The ufual effect of warre is waft and fpoil it is faid of the Turkith warrs, That where thegrand Seignours homefees hisfoot, no more grafs will grow, he makes bavoke of all By Robbershere we may under= ftand firft thefe.boyfterous fons ofMars, men ofblood and vio- lence, who make their will their law, and think they maydo whatfoever they have power todo. God himfelf is called El- the mighty God, he is mighty to fave and mighty to de- itroy, he is able to lay all the world waft when hepleafeth,as he once did when the world dìfpleafed him, God candeftroy as much as he will, but he will not cteftroy asmuch as he can.Thefe Robbers have their name from the fame root , becaufe they ufe all their power to deítroy.; They have a will to deftroy as much as they can, but they cannot deftroy as much as they will If they could, the whole worldmuff fall before them, if it will not fall down unto them. Secondly, There are fecret Robbers ; deceit and fraud con'- 'toil Robbery, aswell as power and force. Some Rob while thiy pretend to feek for right they fue at law , hoping to pervert juítice. Some are Rob'd, others are murthered by the law; The law.is a Iliadow tomany lawlefs actions. He is a Robber that takes his neighbours right from himby pretence oflaw, asweil as he that takes his purfe in the high way. Again others Rob fe- tretlywhile they Teemonly to fell, they fteal,while they tell you you ihail have a pennyworth for your'peny. Ephraim faid,fufe_ ly I am become rich, I have foundme out f ubffance ; in all cry la- bour they(hall find none iniejtilty inme, that were fin , Hof. 12, 8. I have got a great eítate and I hope there is rione in the world can tanme that I have done themwrong , in all my labour they faallfind none inigrzit : Who ? I wrong !ISteal orRob,-! noti ; i
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