270 Chap. a 6. An Expofition upon the Bookof J O B. VerCao. dears this fente, 2 Cor. a 1.20. Tefuffer a man to bringyou into bondage, if a man devouryou, ifa man take ofyou ifa man exalt bimfelf, ifa man finite you on the face , that is, If he difgrace you : So the Apostle expounds it serf. 2 a. Ifpeak, concern- ing reproach. Paul, Chap. a2. had a rneffenger of Satan fait- lent tobuffet him, to cuff, or fmite himwith the:fi(t, fo the word 6g,nifies ; what that was , or lean in part , he explains Terf. ro. I will therefore take pleafure in reproaches. Thus the Prophet defcribes the di(honor which (hould be put upon the Judge, Micah 5. I. Now gather thyPelf inTroops, O daughter of Troops, he bath laidliege againft us; they fball finite the judg of Ifrael with a rod upon the cheek, that is , The enemy dull cemaIiquiJ pour contempt upon thy Kings and Princes; in which fade proptergravem they may be Paid to be (mitten upon the cheek , thoughno rod alrquarn igno- nor hand touch them. And fome interpret that, Mat.5.39 If miniant pude- any manfinite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the left alfe, f¢, Beet tarn, not of hand, but tongue fmitin or of fuWcrin reproach. nb abfiq El g gt g P iaga.verbera- As if Chrift had laid, if any one difgrace thee a little, bear it, ri dicitur in yea, though hefhoulddifgrace thee a great deal more yet bear it Smiting upon the right cheek , notes a leffer injury received. in tnic.c.5,v. When a man fmites anotheron theright cheek, he finites with his left hand ; the left hand (trikes the right check , and the left hand is the weaker in moft, and gives a weaker blow. If thou receive a blowon the right cheek with the left hand, turn the other., and let him Imite thee with the right hand, Met him,give thee a lmarter, a harder blow : that is, If a man difgrace thee a little, reward him not withdifgrace, but pre- pare to bear agreater, turn the left cheek. And the reafonof this was, becaufe /laves and condemned perlons were thus fmitten, as allo fuch as were fuppofed to (peak irreverently to the Magistrate. Hence it was that when Paul had fpoken freely to the Conn- ed, laying Men and brethren, Ihave lived in ail good confcience before God until this day : prefently Ananias the high Priett, commanded thole that flood by him to fmite him on the mouthA5is 23.1.2. In which cafe Chrift himfclf was (mitten by an Officer that flood by , John 18. 22. From all which Scripture teflimonies it is more than manifeft , that to Imite a man on thecheek, is to difgrace, becaufe they who fell un- der difgrace , were ufually fmitten on thecheek : and this I take
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