C hap. 18. An E'à,jtofition upon the Book of JOB. Veri: 8. 43 In this 8th verfe Bildad carries on that firft branch of the manner how he is taken ; He is cafi downe by his own coùnfel, in the former verfe ; and here, He is cafi into a net 6yhis ownfate ; Some reade it, He isfeet into a net by his ownfeete, fo Mr.Brough. ton ; or, He bathfent hisfeete into the net, fo the Latine tranflati- ittrnifit ie rete on : which way foever wee reade it, the words are but an expli- pede, fuor, cation or amplification of 'the latter part of` the 7ch verfe; His V°lgc owncounfel /hall caft him downe. He is call intoa net by his ownfeete. The word in the Hebrew which we . translate net, is not farre Mtn rete, in found from the Latine Rete , and is derived from a roote quidara a w r which fignifies to poffeffe ; and the reafon is given, becaufe when °'q ódde_ once anet bath taken either birds or beaffs, it holds them fait, tines eq q t e as a man Both his land, or inheritance, as his poffellion; what- caphintur. foever comes into the net, is (as it were) pOffeft by it. But what is this net? There is a threefold interpretationofthat. Firf Some by the net underftand fin ; He is cafi into a net, that is, he is overcome by force temptation, or corruption, and fo is infnared'; fin is a net, and thewont of nets ; fin is a net to catch the (inner (Pro.5. 22. ) His own iniquities(hall take the wicked himfelfe, andhejhall be holden with the cords of his finnes. .( Prov. 29. 6.) In the trapgrefon ofan evill man there isa fnare, but the righteous ¡ballPingand rejoyce. The proverb may be taken twowayes either that there is a fnare in his tranfgreion, for others, a wicked man tranfgreflîng layes a fnare for his neigh- bour, or elk that in his tranfgreflion there is a fnare for him- feife.; I rather take the meaning of Solomon in this latter, fence ; Sinnes are foule-fnares, foule-dhackles, and the offers which Peccata;urt: finne makes are as the baite ofthe fnare ; forthat which drawes animalant re- men into the fnares offinne, is the pleafure, or the profit of fin, ayue ,:w12o 4, force advantage or fatisfaetion is held forth, to entice afferion. ter font of ay c2Jofes was invited by filch a baite, but he faw they were but the pleafures offinnefor afenfon, therefore he would not come into the net. Secondly , By this net, we may underftand thofè meanes or courfes which bring a wicked man into ftraits and undoe him; and then his feete are his actions and puttings on to execution, G a by
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