Chap.12. An Expofitionupon the Boo(ofJoB. Verf. i 8. 273 only Paid, ye are Gods ; Then Godmakes them leffe then men. ( Ate. ra.) When Herod made an Oration, the people cryed, The voice of Godand not of man. Though Judges fhould give glory to God,as Ileroddid not, and fo was conliìmed ofworms, yet., God may fend a worm into the counfels and refolutions of the Judges, and eat them out, becaufe of fuch cries among the people. Lafìly, It is matter of comfort to confider, that the Lord can makeJudges fools : That as Mr Broughton tranflates this verfe ) He brings Counfellours to badnefs, and judges toliarktnadnefs. We need not fear what wife men a& againft LIS, while the only wìfa God a&`feth for us. yob goes on, and gives an higher inftance then in fudgesand Counlellours. [ Verfe a& He loofeth thebondofKings,andgirdeth their loins with agirdle. Fie loofeth. TheHebrew is, he openeth or untieth the boud ofKings. The bond. The word fignifies, any thing that knitteth or holdeth toge- ther. Sometimes itis put for difcipline and correiion; The 1D10 grad. Greek expreffeth initiation and correaion, both the parts of e elf" coa- difcipline,by one word. We may take t-his bond two waies. Firff,Pafiively,and fecond - -lgaa vi ato ly, Aetively. Firff, Paííively,and then by thebonds ofKings,are underftood ftr vatting; thofe bonds 'wherewith Kings are bound. ttntione aut So the Chaldee pa- pu a,rqu mjci" raphraft tranflates: Hebringeth Kingsfrom bonds to the Throne, Greed obd'edr that is, Kings who have been bound, captivated, and brought vacant. very low, he raifeth up again : The Septuagint runs upon that fence, placing 'Kings in their thrones; as (peaking ofchofe Kings had been put out, or put off their thrones ; chafe the xrw ?8%H áCt.Ì?p. Lord re-inthrones, or lets up again. MS. And then in correlpondency to that underltanding of the folviit,(1 word [ bond J the latter claufe of the verle [ and girdetb their envincutis e®, bit loins with agirdle] is to be underltood in a good fence. He nus,. Taharev. veth them itrengc7 andhonour, he fetlech their affairs and N n crowns,
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