Chap. 24. An Exp Rion upon the Book of J O B. \rf f 5 r t and could doe mi chiefe cunningly,as having been brought up as apprentices to it, or ftndied it like Schollers, they bad well lear- ned and 'were verfi in their worke, and what their work was we may learnt in the next words. Itif,g betimesfir aprey. Like rrerke risen, like worke. To take apurfe, or fgoy le paffem gets, that's their worke ; And they get up and areout betimes about this worke ; For a prey, they rife betimes. The Hebrew is `<R They morning it; that is, they rife early in the morning ; todo a JO-11.T , e thing in the morning, is in Scripture language, to doe a thing q.,, urt diligentlyand with greateft Intention offpirit, becaufe diligentfur, rr:o Jis.ria, a divemen are up early ; fo that to rife in the morning is not or. ek ly an Expreflionof the time of their rifing,but oftheir fpirit and diligence at their worke when they were rifen, whenfoever they role. I he whorifh woman faith to the young man,(Pro. 7. 15.) Therefore came Iforth to 'mete theediligently, to feeke thy face. The Hebrew is, To feeke thee in the morning, or, to morning thee, Vahan he- andyet it was in the twilight in the evening,when fhe came out to 6,atcu,r delarate mette him, as is expreft at the 9. verle of the fame Chapter.Hereff4r;.rid. indeed in the text, To morning it, notes that they tooke the firft puo 1ud,ó I Af Ofthe morning for their worke; rifingbetimesfora prey.And that ctra 4Ggnid not without fucceffe, as the laft claule of the verfe fheweth. start, The wildernefeyieldethfoodfor them andfor their Children. Where have they their prey ? The text anfwers, they have it in the wilderneffe.In the former part of the verle he fpake of the de- fort,and in this ls: tter of tire wildernes,in both he means the fame place,both import barrennes,wiidncs and waftnes,Mr Broughton r in`It, tranflates ; The vali Groundgiveth him breedfor hta.yr-urg, We do rde,7 q+rd fay, the wildernefs y. eldetb foodfor them &c. It may feem ftrange de,er- that a wild widerneffe, a wildernefîe untilled, unplanted, uninha- bited, fhould yeeld them food. bid O,e,e,ra I anfwer; Firft,The Scripture (peaks ofmany wilderneffes that wereplanted & inhabited. john the Baptift preached in the tvil. dernes of7udea(Mat.3. t .)& the wí.lderneffe had many bcufes if not towns in it,fuch wilderneffes yeeld food in plenty. Secondly, thewildernes maybe laid to yeeld tL food,not becaule they did live
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