5 io Chap. 2ó. An Expofition upon the Book of J OB. Verf. Is J o B, Chap. 20. Verf. i 5, i 6, 17. 3e hathfn'allowed downe riches. andhefb tllvomit them t:p againe, God¡,hall cafi them cut ofhFS belly. He fhallfrier, thepaytonofAfpt, the vipers tongue ¡ball flay him. He_hall notfee the rivers, the floods, the broods of horsy and brttter. He fimilitude betweene finne in general], and pleafant, though poyfonous meate, which Zophar purfued in the three former verfes, is here contrafted to a particular finne, the unjuft obteining ofriches, the root:. ofwhich is covetouf- neffe, or the love of mony, and that the roote ofall evil] (a Tim.6. to,) 'Tis the routeof all moral1eevill orfinne, and fo the root ofall penal] evill or trouble,whether toourfelves or others, as appeares in this context, He bathfwalloweddowne riches. Theword implyeth, eating with infatiable appetite ; every man that eatethmtr{t alto fwallow, but a glutton is rather a fwallower then an eater He throws his meate whole downe his throate, andeats (as we fay) without chewing. The rod ofMofes (turned into a Serpent) fwallowed upthe rodsof the e'Egiptian forcerers. Theword is often applied to expr 'ffe op preffion (Pfal: 35. 25.) Let them notfay on-thheir hearts ;ah, fo wouldwe have it;let themnotfay roe have fwallowedhimup; That is,we have made clears riddance of'him, he is now a gcmman for ever. The ravenous rage of the adverfary is defcribed°'inthis lan- guage ( Pfal. 124. 3 )1fit had not been the Lordwho was on our fide, whenmen rofe upagainfl to (that is, ifwe had one leffe then God, though the greaten ofcreatures on our fide) Then they had(wallowed us up quick. The Church is comforted ( Ifa. 49. 19.)with an afTurance offreedome from Inch fwallowers ; They thatfwallowed thee up arefarre away ; thou hadfl Chafe by thee that view ready to devoure thee (as it is Paid Revel. 12.4. The Dragongoodbefore the ;romanfor to devoure her childe as ¡cone as
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