li 288 Chap. 22. An expoftion upon the TookofJ O B. Verf. 29. Where note; 7hat the Lord takes fpeciall careòfhumble ones. f The Lord Teems to take fo much care to fave the humble, as if there were none elfe that he tookcare to fave, or regarded what becameof them, whether laved or no. And the Lord fpeakes 6f proud perfons as if hecontemn'd none but under that nameand notion. ('am. 4. 6.) He refiffetb the proud ; he that is proud of his perfon, or parts, or eftate,or wit, or power,the Lord rcfifteth him. And he fpeaks ofthe humble as if none were faved but un. der that name andnotion, He laves the humbleperfon,or as that Text in awes hath it,Hegivetbgrace to the humble.What grace? There is a twofoldgrace ; and both are given to thehumble; Firft, hegives them the grace offavour or good will, he is kind toand refpedeth the humble, or (as this text in 766 bath it) He raves the humble perfon. Secondly, He gives much grace to the humble, as grace is takenfor that gracious worke of the Spirit in us, forming up faith, love, &c. in our foules.The Lord gives more of this grace alto to the humble,that is,he addeth unto the graces which they have, and makes them more humble, more gracious ; a man cannot be (in that fence) anhumble perfon without grace; humility it felfe is a great grace, and the greater our humility is, the greater accefïÿon we haveofother graces. Thus,I fay,we may underftand the text in 7smes bothwayes; Hegiverhgrace to the humble, that is, he favours and refpeas them, b caufe they are gracious, and headdeth to or increafeth their graces. We have a prornife very paralel to there of Eliphaz and an?ei(Plal.18.27.) Thou wiltfave thea, ff ifiedpeople, but wilt bring down high look!. The word which we tranflate ofliaed,fignifi s alto one humbled, and humble, and fo we might render the Pfalm ; Tku ¡halt fave the humbled or the humblepeople ; and that the humble are to be taken in to partakeof the priviledgeofthat promife,is plain from theoppofice Terme in the latter claufeofthe verfe ; High looks ; that is, high lookers God will bringdowne,but he willtime the hum- ble perfen.Men of low and mean eftates are ufually wrapt up with great ones in the fame judgement, as the Prophet fpeaks(Efay 5. 15.) Themean man'Mike brought down, and the mighty man (ball be bumbled, the eyes ofthe lofty (bail be bumbled ; there we have the meanman and the mighty man under the fame wrath - full
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