92 Chap. i 5. An Expofition upon tbe. Book of J O B. Verf.2o, ítopt him ; They that have much power in their hands , need muchholinefs in their hearts, that they may ufe it well ; much power is a temptation to domuch hurt. Pauei anni rev conlfitifunr The number of years is hidden to the. Oppreffors. violento.jun. l?fumerus anno The number ofyears, fay tome, is an Hebraifm for fe`w ïu>ar, i. c. fi_ years, or years that are eafily numerable ; a child may tell Bile numorabi- the years of an Oppreffor, they are fo few : Hence the words tf are alfò rendred thus, hewyears are laidup for the Oppreffor. Mailer Broughton tranflates plainly to the fenfe, Soon numbred years are ftored to the Tyrant. Hence obferve, Firft, That wicked Oppreffärs are oftenfpeedily cut off by the hand ofGod ( Pfal.55.23.) Blood - thirfty and deceitful menfhall not live out half theirdayr, IfGod fhould lengthenout the lives of men let upon mifchief, who could live : 'ris a comfort for us, as well as a curie on them, Char foon numbredyears are feared to the Tyrant, his treatúre is notgreat in days, who daily trea. ,lures up wrathagainfthimfelf. Another refutniug thefe words, He travelleth withpain; gut, of the former part of the Verle, reads it thus, e,/fnd in the whole number ofyears which are laid up for him, he travellet.h inpain ; that is, his whole life is miferable : as ifthat which is a truth of . all wicked men, were more fpecially applicable to Opprcffors; That they travel in pain. Hence we may note, firi vuit o They who love to trouble others, (hall be lure to meet with multirmenu, trouble themfelves ; He that delires to be feared, (hall be often ®ortee. ritrexr afraid. OPp reffors and Tyrants in all ages have experimented this truth ; which flows both from the nature of their unjult . a ions towards men, as alfo.from the ¡lift retaliation of God. Our reading leads us to a further confideration ; The num- ber ofyears is . hidden to the of+prefar That is (as Come ex- pound) they are determined, r - defined in the fecret counfel. ofGod: Ìt is under a hidden decree, how.long.his:opprefling power ,fhall continue, and when he (hall receive the reward of his oppreffions t Or rather thus, The number ofyears ofbís. own life isbidden to. the opere, ffo_ ; that is, he knows not h aw longhe (hall live. But is that any fpecial judgement upon the.Opprefor, that.
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