636 Chap. 24. As Expofitienupon theBook of JO B. Verf:2z. prromifes containe affirmative promises (Pfal. S i .17.)Tkefacri- fiset of Codarea brokenfpirit, a broken anda contrite heart O god ;hau w:lr not despise, that is, thouO God wilt highly efteem,ac- cept of, and delight in a broken heart ; and as negative concluft- oes imply the affirmative (Prov.i 7.zi.) Thefather ofafuellsath ssaToy; that is, heItsth much forrowr,ndgrief (Prop. 28.21.) To.accept pertons in judgment iff notgcoi ; that is to accept perlons in judgement is verybad ; fo negative pra&ices of fin containe the affirmative, as elfewhere fo here in the Text, he dodo not good to the widow, that is, hewrongeth and troubleththe widow, the widdow who is helpleffe, is hurt byhim. ß`7:2 ah The word which we render widow, signifies in the verbe both lnL? t todinde, and to befler,t Doth which fig.,ificatioasare compli- figni ical co..i Egre try x5 17:1 sated in the widows Condition. For firft the widow is bound, lefcerr, though the be loofe from her husband , she is bound, and that two waye ; firft, with troubles, that's her affli&ion ; fecondly, flue is bound to be or flay muchat horne,that''s her duty ;fecond- ly, as ti6,e widow is home bound, fo she is tongue-bound too,the widows eloquence is filence, (he (peaks moll to her owne com- mendation when she fpeakes little. The Apofle Tanlreproves widowsabout two things, which difcover two faylings in them, oppofie to both thefe latter bindings(t Tim.S, i 3.)And withal they learne to be idle, wandringfrom hoofs to houfe As if hehad laid, it is not comely for the widow towander abroad,fhe should fay at home; the widow should be a fixed ftarre, not a planner, Not that the widow is to be a prifoner in her houfe, . but she should be fomuch there,that she may deferve thename ofa houle keeper, not ofa wanderer from houle to houfe.The Apoftle pro- ceeds in his charge against the faulty widow, Andnot only idle,but (which is the futond vice) Tattlers alfa and bufse bodyes, fpeaking things which they ought not Tattlersare fuck as use their tongues overmuch, and ufually much more then their hands; whereas the widow should be imach in bufineffe, little in difcourfe, al;wayes doing, feldome fpeaking.We lee the wifdom ofGod in teaching proper duties in common names; in which thing the Hebrew law guage ismolt exaet & fruitful.But T (hal return from this digref- lion (if it may be fo called) about the werd, when. I have onely added, thatthe fence given from this Etgmologie of the word, loth not onely thew the widow much of her duty, but aggra- vates
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