508 Chap. 24. AnExpofítion upon the BookofJ OB. Verf 5, JOB, CHAP. 24. Verf. 5, 6, 7, 8. Behold adwilde ales in the defert, goe they forth to their rrorize,riPing betimesfor aprey:the avildernec yeildeth foodfor them andfor their Children. They reap every one his Corne in the field: and they garher the vintage ofthe wicked. They cattle the naked to lodge without Cloaihing:that they have no Covering in the Cold. They are wet with theehowers of the mountains, and embrace the rock,for want ofafl:elle . J B proceeds to enumerate-the wickednefíes of thofemen whom yet God fpared,and bare with ; he faad let downe many of their finfull wayes before ; they removed the land- marks,they violentlyCooke away fucks, they (pared not the effe of thefatherles, or the widdotns exe ; They turned the needy out ofthe way, fo that thepoore ofthe earth wereforced to hide tberufelves together. See now the further progreffe of their wickednes,even to admiration, for fo much the word, Behold, with which `lob leads on his difco- veryof their vexatious pra &ices, doth import; Vert, 5. Behold as wilde Ales inthe defer:, they goforth to their werke. There is a difference in opinionamong Interpreters about the fubjeet of this'verfe, whom we are to underhand under this de- fcripcion, As wilde afire' in the defers, goingforth to their werke, Ezegefis pray- Some of Note conceive that the poore are the fub:e&of thefe aenris euTh, de words,or the perlons here intended.And then they hold forth the into[eranda im proborHin, jev- hard (hipandmifery towhich they were reduced by thole merci- sia in poeperes,'ease tyrants ; Behold as wilde aff:s in thedefert, they gee forth to quora yc open their whorke,Oppref ors did fo vex them and firip them out ofall, contra legem a. that they who heretofore had enough to live upon,were confirai- puran;u'r, bus,. ned to goe forth to day-labour and worke for their living, at the command, or under the cruel bondage of thole inhumane Task- Mi r . Yet
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