Chap; 24. tin Expofition upen the Bookil JO B. Verf. was very tender in this point, he would not have the poor lodge without cloattiihg; but tome wicked men care not what the, poor fuffer, they 'neither regard whether they have any lodging, or whether they have any cloarhs to lodge in. Thty caufe the naked to lodge rinikor-ct Cloathing; fo That (as it followed' in the cesc) They have no Covering in the Cold. Theword fignifies to Cover as with-a vail or with a garmert.lt is app!ved to the pirdonofour fins, (Pfal. 32. I ) BlJredin the man whofefin uCovered.Thtir condition is matt fael,who have no covering for their foules, yet theirs alto is very fad who have no covering,for their bodyes in the Cold.To have no covering in the Cold whiter nights, is not onelyuncomfortable, but dangerous. Death is a great cold,and it endangers life to have no covering in the cold,,or in che froff,which is the extreamity of cold. The rilp GILL. word is Weed ro figni6e froft,(Gen. 3 1.40 )7,acob tels L.I.bc10;Th114 1 Trae, in the day the drought confirmed floe, and the froft by night: The Septuagint tranflate thus ; They take away the Covering . auvdat, of thetrfoul; what's that, you will fay ? in a fpirituall fence,Chriff 047 is the only covering ofthe foule, But ro tyrant can take away this. Therefore by the coveringof the foule here, we are to un- &pt. deriland that which is to a milt; his life, take away that and you take away his life. The foule is often put for the body, and then the Coveringhere meant is the Covering of the body,or that co- vering that is neerell the fOule, or neerelt life, fo that, there is a great elegancy and emphafis in it to fay, They ta.ke away tl9e Co- vering of their very foule; That is, they endanger their lives by it Some tranflate to that fence,Ttoey take away the coveringwhi:h is next their very skin,they would not leave them fo much as a !hire that's the Covering (in this fence) of the foule. And when we !peakof the utmoll rigour and cruelty ofman towards man, we fay (proverbially) He bath nor left him fo much as a fhirt tohis backe. Yet the Propket expreffeth the rigorous cruelty of man toman by taking away that which may much more be called the covering of their foule ( /Wit/9: 3. 3. ) They care thefirA of nly people, andfit, their skin from JTthetn. Skin and flefh are indeed the Covering of the foule. To drip the poore to their skin, is to takeèway the Covering of their foule; HOWmuch more to fitip off
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