Chap. 20- ..an Expofition span the Bookof 1 o s. Verf. 2t. 54. thing. Such Nimrods(as Chrift (peaksbttt in a quite other fence then Chrift fpake it, (Mat. 6. 34.) Takeno thought for the morrow ; Chrift would have us doe to with dependarce upon his provifton, they doe fo upon pefumption of their owne. Greedy L ons have no {tore bodes, but makeCenó e Toone as they can of what is gotten, and then out to get of his meat (hall be left. TheHebrew ftrialy thus ; Nothing .(ball be left to Bate. Though he may leave many eaters behinde him, yet nothing Pall be left to eate, or, none ofhis meat (hall be left. There is a threefold apprehenfion about thefe words. Firth; Some expound them as intimating the bafeneffe of Tarn this mans fpirit. He keeps fo poor ahod.: ( as we fay ) though in 'ewe quoti. he be a rich man, that when dinner is done, there's none ofhis dia diano,ut fain meat left, there's not a fcrap nor a cruít not a bit of broken mat, Watts re- bread left to give to a begger waiting and craving at his doore. maneant re;i= His provifton is but juít enough to ferve for himfelfe and his quiaCt i. family. Deferibitur a< Secondly, Others expound it not of thebate narrownef e Jr" impij ea- and niggardlinerfe of this mans fpirit, but of his luxury, and to abump1j a lavifiines.Heisprofufein his own expenses; He cares not what menfs(ua nwlli he layes out uponhis owne backe and belly, but as for the pereg e- podre, they may ifarve at his doore, he hath nothing left for them. The rich man ( Lair. 16 ) fared delicioufly every day, but had not acrum for Lazares4,all was wafted in gluttony and drunkeneneffe. When David in difirefTe (t Sam. 25. 11.) lent for fome reliefe to 2Qbal, The Text faith ; Nabal kept afeafi at his hasafe like a King, yet he hadnothing for David; Shall I takemy bread, and my water, andmy fie, which Ihave killed formy 'hearers, andfend it to men whom Ik now not whence they are ? Some fear( like Kings athome, and all their bounty keeps at home.'Tis truefy Paid ofthefe;None of theirmeat is left. But thirdly, I rather underftand this Text as a defcription, not of hisexpenfivenes, or penurioufnes to himfelfe,or others, but ofhis extreame poverty, lent upon him as a punifhment by thehand of God. None ofhis meat fballbe left. That is, he 1há1 fcarce have enough.
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