546 Chap. 20. e.--fn ExpoJitian upon Ike Bookof J o s. Verf 20. 1121 fummé word in the original' dignifies an earnefl delire,a thing earnett- dAi dveeriaeru. m . ly dtred oextreamly coveted. ( 7oJ. 7. 21.) Achan makes in this confeffion of fin ; when Ilan, among thefpoiles agoodly Ba. to nonfery bylonifhgarment, and two kindredfbeekels offilver and a wedge bit. q. d. non ofGold,offftie fbeckels weiPub,thes I covered :hem & took,theme f uetur optnis It is the word here tired ; He {hall notfaveof that which he der- asr ij :, qns, red:that is of that which he coveted to have with ßrong defire- in dzlicijr tram Druf. Acban got a goodly garment and a golden wedge, but he waa De deftderabi ì fa farre from Caving them that he loft his owne life. The Pro- f o non ferva phet Daniel is called a man afdefires (Chap. 9.. 23.) that is,, as bit A1erc, mangreatly defired,or beloved,God was (as it wcre)in love with him. So ( Cant. 2. 3:1) As theapple-trees among the trees ofthe wood,fo is mybeloved among thefons,Ifat dorenunder his fliadow withgreat delight. Oc delighteds and fat down, or I defired to lit down withgreat delight. Chrif is the defire ofNations, that is, he whom all Natioiis(to whom his beauty is revealed)greac- lÿ dire.Here is the punifhment of this wicked man, he that!, not fave that wherein his chiefe pleafure lay, his Benjamin, the fon of his right hand, the child ofhis delre; The delire ofhis eyes, fhall be taken,yea pulled from him._ Now, according to the twofold interpretationof the verb-before, given, we may here give adouble expofition of the whole fentence. Pirft thus, By that which he defiredbe(hall not befafe, or ef= cape, he (hallnot deliver hirrfelfe. So divers render it. And the Seventy allo expreff the former, claufe in the abflraci,rendring it thus ; He /hall not befaved in his delire ; that is, he fhall-not fave nor deliver himfelfeby it So Mr Brottghton,By that which he defired he 'ball not be fafe. Hence note; When a wickedman loath gctten what he would, be it never the nearer, or notthe nearer to fafety. He is not fafe by that which he defired. He faith, if I could get lush an eflate, and make fure fuch an interefl, and engage filch friends,I fhould be fafe.But by that which he molt defired. he (ball not be fare, be it riches or friends, or correfpondency with the belt and greateft in the world, none of there fhall be his fafety. There is fuch a threatning upon men of the. world 44.9) whey the metrea graven image are all of them vanitiea arî,rtaat2i:c auTt'i is aed ,3n9-srai_ S op C.uar,e drift je- rab fur non proripier fe. Jun.
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