Chap. i9. An Expofition upon the Bookof J o a. Vert, 13. First , His kindred, or thofe of his blood ; He bath put my brethren farrefromme,in the 13th ver. and in the r 4th ; My kinf folke have failed. Secondly, He complaines of the unkindneffe of his owns familie, in the 15th r 6th and r 7th verfes which he lets downe. Firft, in general!, in the former part of the r 5thverle ; They that dwell in my houfe. Secondly, he meanes them diftinc`tly. Firft, his maidefervants, in the chofeof the r5 th verfe. Secondly, his men- fervants, in the 16th verle. Thirdly , his wife, in the r7th verfe; thus his owne houfe and familie had defected him, and proved un- dutiful) tohim. Thirdly , He was likewife grieved by the contempt which he received from children, the children of thofe who lived a- bout him ; in the 18'h verfe ; Young children defpifed me, I rofe and they fpake againfi me. Fourthly, He defcribeth the unkindneffe and unthankful - neffe of his intimate acquaintance, and higheft confidents, to whom he was wont to open his bofome, and wit&-whom he hadmaintained clofeft correfpondence, both by giving and re- ceiving curtefies inthe r 9th verfe ; All my inward friends abhor- redme,and they whom I loved are turned againfi me; Thefe are di- ftinguifhed from his kindred ; and may be intended allo in tholewords of the 13th verfe ; Myacquaintance ; and in chofe of the 14thverfe ; My familiar friends. Thus we fee all were turned againft him, his kindred, his family , his acquaintance and affo- ciates. This was an extreame aggravation of his afilicgion ; efpeciallyifwe confider two things. Firft , The nniverfality of this defertion ; it was not force one, or two of his relations ; all his relationsfailedhim, kindred, fervants, acquaintance, and, who is more then all there, his wife. Secondly, Notonely did all his common friends, but even theywho hadmade profeff'ìonferious profefiionof love to him ; there are force friends, of whom we make no great reckoning, if they fall off from us ; but when intimate friends fuch as know our hearts, and have been trufted with our fecrets, Inch as we love with much intirenefïe , and are endeared to us by long familiaritie , when there apoftatize from their profeffed friendfñip, and renounce the lawes of love, how heavie is this H h crof e ? ?33
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