Chap. 2o. AnE-rpofition upon the Booke of J OB. Verf. to. 477 tofavour, to comply with, to pleafe, or to be ',leafedwith,it is often ck t : proprtd ufed in reference to the facrifices which were offered toGodwhen hgnïfrcatgrarut; he either did, or did not accept ofthem ( fal. 51. t 9. ) Then habeáepb f pi, jhalt thou be pleated with the facrifaces ofrighteoufnef e : and in the negative ( Mal. 1.8.) Off¿r them toyour Gßvernour, will he accept them, will he he ?leafed Meade Levit. 19.7. Levit.22.25. The word is ufed in the fame fenfe (/ob 33. 26.) He flail pray to God, and he will befavourable to him; he will thew him favour by deliverance from his affliction. The old. counnfellers fpake this language to Reheboam (aChron. to. 7. ) when he asked their advice how he fhould anfwer the people thatcame to have the burden of their taxes lightned and their grievances re- dreffed ; they tell him, If than fpeake(tfavourably to tbidpeople ( if thou be kinde and pleafe them as becomes a noble and gra- cious Prince )then they will be thyfervants forever ;That Prince who bath got the love ofhis people, (ball not want their fer; vice. They will a& obediently and ferviceably unto thee, if thou doe(( but fpeake foyourablyunto them. If thou doeft but pleafe them with good wordQ, thoumayft have thy pleafure of them ;So hero, His children¡hall feeke topleafe thepoore;1 that is, they (hall ambitioufly,as it were,defire the favour & friendlhip, the goodwill, andgoodword ofthepooreft ; Bnt how comes it to paffe, that there delire to pleafe the poorer andtohave their favour ? I anfwer, We are to take it as if this fprung, from their charitie and goodnature, from the opene(%of their.. hearts, or compaffïón to the poore. Thus to pleafe the.poore is . an atofGrace, at leaft a very commendable worke in us (as. was intimated before) as well as it is in mercyto them. But; when he faith, His children /hall feels to pleafe thepore,- his.- meaning is, they (ball beforced whether they will or no : they, !hallbe neceffitated to fubmit to thofe who are molt necífïtous.. The word ; which werenderpore, fignifies thofe, .ghat are (pent and drawne dry and it is fometimes referred ..to, the OlLrt au;141, weakning,of áman in his ftrength, fömewhat:to the w.eakning, haAu exhaii ofhis eftate, when his purfe isdrawne dry. Poore perlons are fhofait, viri eihaufted perlons, fuch whofe veffelsare run down to the very ,b facet - lean: his children Chafffeekto pleafe fuch poore, themeaneft of thepoore. Filij (jut atte= TheVulgar reads the*words thus, bid childrenfhall be wafted 'chair egefta.e,.. with .Vulg. .
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