48 Chap. t8. An Expofstion upon the Book,_of J OB.. -Verf 8. that God leaves many worldly wife men and Polititians too, that when they have plotted x great while to pull the bode upon the headsof others, it falls upon their own heads and when they have prepared fnares, fet their nets , and are waiting CO catch their prey, they are enfnared, and their ow feetecaft them= fclves into the net. .ZZ?1 pgnifi éílnd he walketh upen a fnare. tot quicquid in modum refit That's the fecond Branch; Mr. Broughton renders, He walketh perplexum upon the plattedgrin. The fence is acere the fame with the firft, rmpl:catum eft. and therefore I íhall but touch t, The former word noteda more violent and`fuddaineaction, He:ts caft; here, He walketh :. Walks ing is an ordinary pace, arid implyes an ordinary courfe of life. Nowwhen it laid, He walkes upon afnare, it fhewes that as (in the formerclaufe) a wicked ratan oftenfalls fuddainlyand violent- ly intodanger; fo his whole life is a life of danger ; the wicked Ejl provetbiale _man lives but he livesmiferably, lives in themidfl: ofa fnare. pertculi , frcut y' ambulare Iurer Some interpretthis as a proverbial} 'peach ; To walkeupon afnare, &rungs. Druf: is like that ofwalkingupon burningcoales, or upon fire , both are ,proverbiall, for extremitie ofdanger. Hence obferve; That an ung'odyman is ofttimesfecure, but neverfafe. Ishe fafe that walkes on fnares ? whofc ordinary courfe is upon the bordersofdeath ? Such is the walke, and the way of anun- godlyman; while he would avoyd, he falls into the pit ; when he thinkes himfelfe molt lure, then is he neereft confufion; He walk, eth upon afnare. Indeed, every thing that a wicked manhath, or that he fets himfelfeabout, is a fnare unto him. f iriI,his Table is a fnare ; whenhe comes to his Table,and there finds comfortable provifion,the fat and the fweet upon it, then he xejoyceth in his portion, and faith , foule take thine cafe, Bate, drinke, and bemerry ; yet thecurie overtakeshim there, His Ta- ble is made afnare, and that which 'bottle be for hisgood ü tohint en occafäon offalling, ( PIal. 69 22. It is a fore evil! when there is no bread upon the Table, but when a Table full of bread is a fnare and a famine to us, that is fnare-worfe. Secondly, His riches are a fnare to him; That which a rich man counts his throng Tower, becomes his ftrong prifon. (aTim.6 9.)They that will be rich fall into temptation and It f his
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