564 Chap, 24. An Expofitiore :Ion the Bookof J OB. Verf. 14. malice to his perfon,they hate him deliberaeely,as Cain did Abel, and therefore they kill him. Others have noquarrel to the man, poflìbly theynever law him before,buc they covet his goods,and that they may rob him ofhis goods, they rob him of his life. They are fuck as live upon the fpoyl,and they will fpoyl,though they caufe the innocent to dye for ir, and themfelves too in the end. Ineither of thefe wayes, we may underhand the murtherer here.The former, becaufe'tis laid in the next words,He flares the Poore and needy, and there is littlegaine in thrir blood zu hen they got downe into thepit. The latter, becaufe'cis laid in the latter part ofthe verse, That in the night be ¡a a, a theife. But 74 firft flit s us that this murtherer is a diligent mar.. Rifrng with the light. That is, riling asearly,or as foon as the light rifeth.The mur- therer is no fluggard,the light doth not finde him in bed; he takes the prime ofthe morning, he will loofe no time. Men who love hunting rife early ; Sodothele hunters ofmen. When the morn- ing ie light they praaice it, faith the Prophet (Mich. 2. r.) Hc;. nett men early to goe about the workes oftheir Calling,and wicked menrile early to fulfill the lulls oftheir hearts. David faith, (Wfal. r 01.7.) 1 will earn defiroy all tke wickedof the Earth ; As if Davidhad laid, I will rife with the light to deftroy the wicked and here you fee how the wicked are defcribed riling Early to deftroy the righteous, to murther the Innocent. So the nest words expreffe the defigne ofhis early rifing;He rifeth with the light ; what to doe ? no good 'warrant you, 'cis To kill the poreandneedy. That'shis bufinefl'e; He begins his mornings worke with a worke ofcruelty;you hear ofkilling pre. fently. The murtherers heart is full of blood, and it will not be long ere his hand be full too, for therefeete arefwift to flied blood (Rom. 3. 15.) and they are skilful' to deftroy. But it may feerre that they are not verywife for themfelves, though they are very bloody againft others;. For lob doth not fay, they flay the fat and full ones, but Thepore andneedy. There are forme who diftinguifh between chele two,and tell us that inthefe twowords, two yea all forts ofPoore are'Included. The
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