Chap. 20. An Expofstion upon the, Book of J o E. Verf. a$. 525., J o B, Chap. 20. \Teri tó, 19. That which he labouredfor ill he reJlore, wall allnot fwailoto it down, according tohitfishfiancepall the refrtutionbe and he fall not rejoyee therein. Becaufe he bathoppreffid,andhatbforfaken the poor,be. caul he bath violently takenaway a haut which he builded not. IN the former verfeZòphar affures 76b that the wicked man fhall not fee the rivers,tbe fí,ods andbrooks ofhomy 0. butters that is,he !hall not in}oy the golden abundance he dreamed of. Here Zophar tells him why or whence this comes topaffe. what he laboured be (hall reflore, c 'hadnot [wallow it down: TheHebrew is, He 'hall reffore his labour ; The original is Y 1 °' concife; What we render byeight words inour language; is R der t°bs' but two there. But how can. labour be re[tored ? We may . clear it three wayes, Firft, Taking labour for the miferyand trouble which the Dabit prna$ wicked man brought on others. Then torefore labour,is to be pro labor punithed and troubled in proportion to the trouble which he materrra quart put others to. Tremblers ofothers ¡hallnot want trouble them- alijo infl; ve, felves.Trouble (ball be reftored or payd backagaineinto their own bofomes.. Secondly, HeJhall refiore labour;That is,the profitand fruit of their labours, whom he had wickedly oppreffed or defrau- ded. Thirdly, By labour,we may underftand any fruit orprofit of his own labour as well right as wrong ; our Tranflation holds forth that fence;That whichhe labouredfor(or the profit ß, which carne in by his labour) Jhall he refiere. The word which lignifies labonr,is extendable toall kinde oflaboursbut proper. ly to that which bringeth in profit and advantage,fuch'as men take in trading and commerce. (Hof. u.. 8.,) where the Pro- phet fpeaks of Ephraim under the Titleof Merchant; And Ephraimfaid,jet .1 am become riche. hart f o dcot fubflance , i>
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