Caryl - Houston-Packer Collection BS1415 .C37 v6

476 Chap. 20. AnExpofition upon the Books of JOB. Vert. ro. Hisplace /hallnotfee him. ; That is, he fhall not fee his place, or he /hall not be feene in his place; fecondly, by a Profopop'a, by which thofe ads which are proper to living creatures, or the perfon ofa man, arc ascribed to things without life. The loas and fence ofall returnes to that which hath been already obier- ved, the total! ruine andextirpatian ofthewicked.man,whether. hypocrite orprophane. J o EE, Chap, 20: VerC r o t s Hïá Childrenlhaffe kc to pleafe thepoor , and his hands fhallrefiere their goods. His bones are full of thé fin ofhisyo'ith, whichfb:dl tie downe withhim in the dttil. ÏN: the former words Zopbarexprefï'e.l the fleeting profperi- tie, the uncertaine happines ofhypocrites and wicked men; here he goeth on to enumerate fome of chofe evils which over- whelme wicked men, when once their worldly fiate beginsto totter, and the tide of their outward profperitie to turne ; The fisft evill which he reckoneth up falls upon the children of the wicked man. Verf io. His children /hallfeeke topleafe thepoorer Thefe words; in the faceand letter ofthem , fceme to fpeake the ingenuitie and piety of the wicked mans children , hit not avertue to be curteous, civili and charitable to the poore, efpecialiy.to befocurteous. and charitable, as not onely to re- lieve, but even to feeke to pleafe the pore ? :Indufirioufy_ applying themfelves to their fupport and.belpe, who were un- able tohelpe themfelves. This founds likea rare vert ueo; but if we examine thematter further, we Iball fee a very great curfe . *rapt upas the portion ofthe childrenof the wicked man, in that theyare here faid, Tofeke to pleafe tbepoore. They /hallfeeke to pleafe. rtr f4vh, It isbut one word is the Hebrew, and the roote ofit.fignifio. l+tcajt,çóropla to

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