.__., C1}}pa4. in BxpoJitioto upm theB`oo(Zof JOB. Verf. 5:. where this word is ufed to lignifie food, there is fomewhat in the circumfianceofthe Texr,which leaves a touch ofrap'ne and vio. fence upon it. And therefore it is not applicable to the earnings of honell labourers, but to the cruel( gettings of theeves and op, preff)rs. The mountainsof prey, fpokenof (Pf. 76.4.)were ey- ther thole places where conquering Armyes devided the fpoy,e; after a victory obtained ; or where robbers preyed upon paffen. gers. And therefore I Thall take the fubjeet of this verte to be the oppreffors of thepoor, not the poor oppreffed. Babald, as. wilde jet fis in the defert theygoo fortis. lJ'trT,1 S The particle of likeneffe ad, is not in the Hebrew nor yet the word Ales, expreffely.And thereforeMr Broughton reads flriá- ly ro the Original, Behold the wilds in the wildernef goeforth ta their worke. Theword lignifies wildeat large; but becaufe'wilds afes are extreamly wilde, therefore the word is fpecially applyed" itïlt ,H`1D to them. Thus the Angel Paid of Iflnmaed (Gen. 16. 12 ) ecana Fells fj "" he will he a Wilde man. Behold as wild: alles in the defert. Thedefert is the dwelling placeofwilde afees : Tame arks or ail-es brought to hand, are about the houfe,or in theenclofed pa- flutes, but wilde off s inhabit the defert.Theword that we render defert,comes from a roote that lignifies to fpeak; and the defert 1ß'a1 i is fo called by the figure ofContrary (peaking, becaufe there is lit- f:oc4"; eft per tie or no fpeaking in deferts ; many words are heard onely in :nrttbrafer. - Cities or places where many people frequent. It lignifies alto to locos a lay wat,becaufedeferts are waftand barren places,incomparifon rnone remous, ofdrat and Enclofcd grounds ; fuch is the place whether thert fpoylers goe forth as wilde afttes Ta their worke. But wild alles worke not, onely tame affes are labouring afees; So thatthe fimilitude runs not upon that point ; yet we may fay, Wilde affes have a worke, and 'cis touch like that which wicked 17V D im men doe in thedeferts; they worke there, but 'tis wilde worke, a C opt jHÚ,,; fuch as wild of es are buledabout; thegettingof prey. Theygos ael altem undeforth to their worke ; and that word i gnifies not onely a worke, £.ttvïs gttxrent, but anart, or a Craft. Theft fpoylers were their Craft'.mofters, mere, and
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