Chap. 4 E In xp igtiox apox fie BOO( cf j OB. Vert. 18 6t high. And he expounds the fence of his owne tratflation; He Ad not ret*rne to his farmerfare, as maters die which ebbe and Pro ; brit as waters which fallfront a high place cannot got backe, . foAsti be resneinecal dews;for ever. Water being a heavy body mull have a deieent, k cannot afcend naturally, therefore thewa- ter that falls from a high place is gone, and comet!) not again. Thewicked man perifbeth, as waters thatflow from a high place and returne no more., Another following that divifion ofthe word,renders the claufe loon voipi.it thus ; He doth root loota ro (or pr Videfor) bit way or kiegoing, ineefjem fret de ofthe high ones ; that is, he thall never goe in that pompeor excellerurn, i e, . equipage in which they goe who are above others in power and ntn cnrabir in- dignity. As if he had fail, he (halt ever live in a low, mean and cedere es ",'N1'91 miferable condition rlejhad nomore beheld the way ofthe high drref tirtQu>tre while be lives ; nor ( which the fame Author cleaves to as the digniiate ve! moft genuineinterpretation) (hall lie take care or provide to potenria aliix be buryed according to the way, cuftome, or ts.aaner of the high Præf °nt Boldi ones when he dyeth. But, I Chef! not infift upon either of there rendrings, though they all fall into one common channel with the former which is to let forth that the wicked man is under a curie, or that his por- tion is curled in the eartb,yea,tbata cutt is his portion. Nor (hall l( havingoftenob.ferved fromother texts of this book the woful end of wicked men, for this reafon, I fay, I (hall not) flay togive any further obfervations from this claufe, according to any ofthe rendringsofit : ofall which I moft embrace that of our owns tranflaters, He jhallnot beheld'the war of the vineyards, not onely becaufe moft ofthe learned Hebricians render it fo, but firft, be- caufe it makesno divifion of, nor puts any ftraine at all upon any oftheOriginal! words in the text; And fecondly, becaufe it car- ryes (tomy thoughts ) fo faire acorrefpoadence with thewords, which follow in the two next verfes. JO
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