Capi7. grce,that any man fhould have the hearinganddetermining of uir eii? ma. this butinefs, whom thou (halt appoint. nuimsd plau- We put the Interrogation after the whole fentence, Who dauur jun. e a it he that willffrike hands with me? And then the fence a.p- f ú orme pears thus, IfGod onceput ina Surety to undertake for me,who wm.at pa is he that will contendwith me; or engage in thisgliarrelagaing cijcatur mc. cum. me ? In en,onibus To ftrike hands, is a phrafe offpeech grounded upon that an rnañúsfvicem cleat form ofmaking bargains or entring contracts, by joya- complodebanr, ing,or ftriking hands : and thefe contrasts may be taken two hinc mamma wayes, or under a double notion. camploderepro Fir[t, as they concerned Sure ty(hip for money, in which pafiofM i u- fenfe Solomon (peaks of i t more then once, Prov 6.1. My Son ifthou hefeeretyfor thyfriend : Ifthou haveftricken bands with a ftranger; that is, if thou haftentred into Bond for him, and haft teftified it by firiking hands, then, &c. Prov. 22. 26. Be Hay e/lfpon- not thou one of them that ffrike hands ; that is, Be not too for- fioqus proprie ward to engage thy felf , or to undertake for others ; as it is adnummorum. expounded in the next words, or of them that are furetiesfor negnrium fpe. debts ; fuch ha[ty engagements may bring thee into moreProvn Ear. trouble, then thou wilt be able to get off in haft : There are n many who have [truck, yea wounded their own hearts incu- rably, by firiking hands for their friends. Go to the Courts ofJuftice, and there is nothing more frequently heard of, then the fighes ofSureties: He difaffures his own Elate, who at. lures for others. Secondly, As Contraes and Suretiihip for money were confirmed by ftriking hands ; fo it is very probable that thole. Suretifhipswhich were given about Tryals, and for appearing to the aótion of the Plantiff in Judgment, were alto confirm- ed by that Ceremony ; in which fence we are to underftand it here. Further, The word which we tranflate to ftrike, fignifiesal. fo to fallen, which (hews another part of the Ceremony; for as ftriking, fo joyning and ciafping ofhands was ufed. Once more, the word fignifies, and oft is applyed to the . founding ofa Trumpet, or the given of any found : This tlsngeroruós, all() carries on the fame allufion, becaufe when two men ftrike Complofs mo. nióusfoaru ast. hands, they make a found, the interpretation of which is, dirur. that the Bargain is made r or it fpeaks the Parties agreed ; and, An ExpofLion upon the Book of J OB, Verf.3. 42 t
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