ehap. 24. An Expftion upon the Book of J OB. Vért. 13 JOB, CHAP: 24. Verf. 13, 14. They are of thofe that rebell againf the light, tLey know not the wages thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. The m irtherer'riling with the light (illeth thepoore and needy, and in the night is as a Theefe. JOb having givenmany particular Irftances of thewicked pra- dices ofevil men, feems in this 130 verfe to give us a general Characgcr ofthem , Tbey are of chafe that rebell againfi the light As ifhe had laid, Wouldyon knowwhat thefe menare whocommit fuckhorrid evickednefes, who oppreffe thepoore, thefatherle, fe, the widdow ;whodetaine the hire of the labourer, and fend them away hungry and thirfly when they have done their worke ? wouldyou know whatfort or kinde ofmen theft are? I will tellyou, Theyare ifchafe that resell againfl the light; that's their genius, or their firain.This general fence of the words doth very well agree with, . and carry on the difcourfe which lobwas upon. Yet othersconceive, that in this 1311 verfe, and fo forward, yob is delcribing another fort ofwicked perlons then thole for- merly mentioned. As if he had Paid, I havebefore fpokenofthofe open (innersand Ions ofviolence,fuch as fin'd and cared not who law them, impudent finners but now I will fpeake ofa fort of dole fanners, or tons ofdeceit, who doe their work no whit more honeftly,, yet more modeftly then the former; They are of thofe who rebell agaírfl the light, they know not the wages thereof, nora- bide in the patheftbereof,The murthererrifingwith the light killeth the poore andneedy, &c.In which fence foever we take the context, the difference is not much, though I rather adhere unto the for- mer. They are ofthofe that rebell`aptinft the light. He doth not fay, they are of thofe who have not the light,or they are of thofe towhom the light bath not i ined,he faith not they are of thofe who fit indarknels,and in the valley of thejha. dow ofdeath, but they are of thole tharrebell againfi the light, ao implying the preferce ofthe light with them,ánd their contempt of it, T f 549
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