Chap. 24. An Expyilion upon the B6ok of J O B. Verf. z r . 53 5 expounded of the wicked thernfelves who °pouffe the poore as jibehad laid, They cone f rth topleale themfelves,and take the aire, er tg Sit); themfelveJ :in-Jong the heayes of :I/ things which thelhave t.,kenfrom ethers by opprtfflJn. But I conceive this very umutable to that which is joyned with it in this verf. Theirtread. iing oft ,eir wine preffes and fufferiig thirff. And therefore I lay it by. Secondly, The words in this tranfLition are expounded of the poore, They abide till noneday, er till the /orate cfthe day amen the heapes; that is, among the fbeaves, or among the oylefats,or among the wine- prefies poor men labour there unto the very heate of the day, and then are turnedhome hungry and (hay, without mente or drinkor any thing to procure either. frolf2t.e; We tranflate, which make oile, and the fame word fl grin es, ge9ne day, licht, and eile, becaufe ofthe light,and fP:crididneffe rec tali oyle. The eye enformes us, that oyle is a cleare body which bath r !. much lighr, and purity in it; and therefore the word is applicable :Teo'.1::,,7, 411t0 either, which make oile (ph i, yucte cil,hzir iff:-)r_zice. Eft within their mat's. There is a twofold expolition of thele words.,wirhin their vats., that is, fay Come, within their own walls ; the poore make ., within their wallsiand tread their own wine preffeS,yet the,/ fuf cenrurn lucem fer thirft ; that is, the poor are foopprefl by the rich,that all the fedi meri- wine,and oyle they canmake for themlelves,will not fatisfie their ordinary thirft or net-ell-1:y, ce when the poore have made wine Ezra. and oyle within their own walls they fuffer thirft,that is, the rich corne, and take all from them. Thus we may enterpret it ofthe poore making wine,& oile for themfelves;For in thole Countries where Vines and 0,ive trees abound, the poore have their quan- tity, and portion ofwine and oyle, as here theyhave ofcorneor any other commodity, which is of the growth of this Country. But I rather expound the whole verle of the poore making oyle for, and treading the wine-preffes of the rich. The poor fa- boor for the rich, making oile withinthrir walls, or within their ranks, that is, among theirOlive. trees they grow in rankes, and tread their wine preffes,yet they (tiffe.r thirft that is,though they labour hard for them,yet they have nothing for their labour,t hey npke oile bat they have no vile to anoint themieives, they imike wirie3
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