'p 47$ Chap. 20. An Pxpof :tins(upon the Book of J 013. Vert s o. with poverty Prodigalitie wafteth the etlate, andpoverty waft. d'3S-I plod eft eth the perfon. The reafon of this reading is becaufe that tran. cowers, ccn fluor derives the word which we render to pleafe, from a roote fringe" gstatfa- which fignifles to breake, re fpoile, to dafh one vgair.R another; T e. So 'cisufed (Gen. 25. 22,) The childrenflrugled in the wombe, or Bathed one again[( another, as if they had been contending for place before they had a placein the open world. Thus here AW raifsmpro ;( faith he ) his children ¡hall be dafhed or wafted with poverty, concreto ; ege- or by the poore. When the poore rife and rage, the rich cannot /fate i. e. per ¡land before them. The poore fhali impovri(h his children. egenss. q. d. vilaimi in iltos The Septuagint renders it, The lef er :ones, the miners, perfons favienr d7 do. ofthe inferior & lower rank hall deflroy his children.This tranfla. anin:utttr. tion carrieth a clear fenfe as to the mindofZopñar, and the Pined. (cope ofthe place; it fheweth the mite,yofa. wicked man to Fitiot ej su dif the full, to fay, Thepoore ¡hall defiroy his children ;7-he needy, the pendant , SeC: hungry r alldevoure andBate them esb The i °e is a fp eciall finger of res. God in that, 'cis more then to fay his children (hall be deftroy. ed by the mightyand ftrong ; as when a poore word pulleth downe the flrength of fin, and Satan, this advanceth thename ofGod. And the Apoftle tells us, that the defigne ofGod, in fendingout his word in fo meane a dreffe, and by filch power leffe inftruments, is, that his own power may be the more feene, and magnified. Thus when poore men fubdue the mighty, the might and revenging power ofGod is in it. And as this fpeakes the ¡office and power ofGod,fo the tnifery ofthófe men. To be oppreffed by the poore is the forefl oppreffion ( Pro. 2. 3. ) A poore man that oppreffeth thepoore,is likea fweeping raine that lea- veth nofood, There is a fecond reading which differs fomewhat from ours ; rilij ejusptace whereas we tranflate, His children (hallPeek to pleafe the poore,; b#nregeni. this faith, His children being poore/ball pleu¡e; That is,allfisallbe plated tofee his childrenpoore ; this bath a cleare fenfe, . (hewing the portion and punifhment ofa wicked man every one fhall like it well to fee his children goe abegging. The evill which befalls themwill be a kind ofgood to the beholders, and they will fay, 'Tia wellbellowed. Yea,as forne give the intendment of this rendring;The poore¡hall thinkthemllves well paidfor all the wrong they have received, and the mefirie.t- they have undergone when theyfee his children in mifery; That curie is threatned (Pfal. 1090
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