Cnap. 20 8n Expofetion upon the Bock of J o B. Verf. 16. 517 concludes, it little that the rir;1,teous m;zobath , is better then the great riche{ of the u:Kgodly ; This betterneffe arifeth two wages. First, From the excellency of the convayance, and that in threerefpeets ; First, the little which the righteous man bath, comes to him by the pu.chafe ofChrift. Secondly, He hath it by the prorni!. Thirdly, by the fpeciali providence andfa- therlygoo.dneffe of.God to him. A little thus convei:ghed to the righteous man is better then the greaceil riches ofmany un- godly. Secondly, It is better.in reference to the fureneffeof it ; there is a flaw in the title ofwicked men and therefore God will one timeor other quellion their poffeilìon. The righteous hold their temporalis as well as their fpiritualls (ín capile) by Chrift their head :and hence it is that they have a lure elate in, and hold of, both. This fhould admonilh all to confider what riches they fival- low downe ; He that hathgot much honeltiy, may fpoyle all by Mingling a little with it dithoneftly gotten. For as he that bath eaten divers wholefome meats, may yet loofe the comfort and no°urifhment ofthem, by feeding upon forceone unwholefome diíh ; And by this manes undergoes a double evil(; First, in eating that which is bad, and then in vomiting up good and bad together , fo 'cis in this cafe. Chrift ufethan argument ( warning men to take heed ofunjust gaine) much higher then this (Masai 6.z6.)what'hall it profit a man ifhegets the whole world, and loofethhit ownejoule. Put all unjuif gaine into the ballante withyour foule, and fee what you get by that while you loofe this. The argument in the Text is alto very preßìng, ., What (hall it profit a man to geta maffeofworldly riches un- juftly, and by that gaine loofe all that he bath juitiy gotten. If injurious dealing did indamage our citares onely, what advan.. tage is there in dealing inj urioufly ? ßut:Zopbarurgethyet fur. tiler in the next verfe. it52t`., Verf. 16. He Jhallfuck thepoyfon ofAf`fi .. cat tum rague tam Venenum Thefe words may be taken eyther as a diltinét fimilitude, or quna copiti au't as the conclufion of the former. There is a double reading, denGusfer- fome thus, He f& tll fucks the headofthe Afp. The fame word in Penis venentam the Hebrew lignifies the head and poyfon, becaufe the head in 71e%J. tholevenemous.Serpents,holds thepoyfon. We tranflate this Ìg tt aJ wins, word ..
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