Chap. 24. Expoftionupon the Bookof j OB. Ver, 78. 6o; Their portion is curfed in the earth. lob fpake in the fingular number before, but here in the plural, He ùfwift, &c. Their portion, &c. His meaning (I conceive) may be this ; That Tooke howmany (never they be of them that are thus fwilt to fin, there's not oneof them thall beable toout- run the curie. They are fwife as the water to doe evil, but the curfe will be as fwift as the winde to make them miferable. Theirportion is curfed. The word fignifeth any thing which fallsto a man ofright, ptri parspor-. or is bettowed upon him for his lot or (bare. r,o, pojJefo. First, that part or portion, which comes byway ofInheritance, is fo expreffed (. Gen. 3t. i4 Dent. 12. i2,) The Inheritance that a father gives his fon is his portion. Secondly, It lignifies that part, (hare, or lot offood, which is . given out to any man for his dayly provifion. (Dent. 18. 8,) Thirdly, It notes that which is given to the ponce by way of aimes (Eccl: I a. 2..) Give a portion to [even, and. alfo to eight ; (that is, give to many) for thou knowefi not what evill hallbe up- on the earth. It is tired allo for a (hare, or diftributionof the fpoyl toeach Souldier after a viftory (Gen. 14.24.) e./iner, Efhcol. andMature, let them take their portion, Paid Abraham to the King ofSodome, afterhe had refcued his brother Lot and the captiva- ted Kings. In this place the word is taken in the larget} fence, as comprehending whatfoever they could call theirs,or was any w,y belonging to them; So that when yob fai.h, their portion ù Cur- fed, his meaning is, all that they have is curbed. As they, have bin- ned in all theydid, fo they are curfed in all they have.The Grace ofGod in the Gofpel is compared to leven (cl1.attb.. 13. 3 3 .)' which.a womanCooke and hid in threepeck; of meals, till the whole was let,ened.As the Grace ofGod both in regenerating and com- forting runs through the whole man, fo the turfsófGod like le- Nob:oaan vets (ocures the wholelump:ofman, it runs through all that a roan ut4ta is or bath. iugatorkna Haar Levi; ej male- Tkeeir portiónu curfed: diNP xealem: There is anEiPgzr,t n para m ?/sa in sheHebrew between "dice '7-7P g' shore rrun.ur. two words in the text, 'miftor lrghr,and Cu 'e..l; They beir;g botti ra.io of r also. re prC. 11tiie.rintde:
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