612 Chap. 24. An Expofation upon the BookofJOB. Verf. 22 which concerns him. But there are forge men whole lives hang in doubt before them, and they have no affurance of their lives, became of outward reali dangers, or at leaft becaufe oftheir ¡ea- fouiiand fufpitionof thole dangers which they fancy to them- ft; Ives. He , i/etkup, and no man it furs sichie life.Thefe two parts of the verle being thus laid together, The whole may beexpoun. ded. Fira, Ofanother man rifingup, and the wicked man fearing his life, ifany man rifeth up, he is notforeofIii lift ; that is ifa man oppofe and let himfelfe againft this tyrannous oppreffor, he ( namely, the tyrant, or the oppreffór) will not be in any rural/ Tan rimidur et ofhis life. For,As tyrants arc very Cruell,fo they are very feare- vecor:off ran' full, and when they fee themfelves oppof'd, their feares are en- r,ur gaam fæva, creafed. They feare all men, ofwhom all men are afraid. ry crudelir ; eni,n quifpiam Secondly, Others expound it as an exprefìion of the wicked widen,efigere, mans ferret feare, even when no man oppofeth or purfaeth him. Aaa`rn dñ v'taAnd thus he is afraid in the ftrength ofhis Rate, or when'tis heft mira dernat.with him. Whenhe rifeth up ingreaten power and glory, be 4e s;mpli.i rmrr, notfwreof his life that is, he is afraid ofhis life ; his evil I Con- e renfu, ur u- fcience troubles him, and darts in continual! feares upon his foul : :rap par, de He feareth falling as Toone as rifen up, and death whenhe is(as to derrlurfcon humane proviiion andappearance) fafeft and furtheft from clan- ger. Themarginal! reading ofour EngtifhBibles gives this fence & met, quernof the text ; He troflethnet bra own lofe ; that is, He Both not tram,owfneatia trait that his own life is fafe; He doubts his neereft friends will j cít a Cunt be his enemies, and that theywho areofhis blood leek his blood, erecut vitæ and are ready tomine him hebath evil! thoughtsofothers,and fua. mere: he thinkes the thoughts of all others are evi!lconcerning him. It can never be wel with him whore conlcience is eviil,How trouble. fome is that mans life to him, who either is alwayes in danger, or fufpefts alwayes that he is ? How unfure is that mans life to him, when he feeth himfelfe ready to fall, who rifeth or ftandeth up, and yet is not fare ofhis life ? Thirdly, There words are expounded to let forth the danger Ruî re(lirir rye of that particular man, or ofthofe men, howmany foeverthey rani Jfa;irrr deare, who oppofe the wicked oppreffor, He done riferb rip is me vitaAI ono; fore ofhis life ; As if he had Paid, if any man rife up to ftop this tam. tyrantin the waves of his opprefliion, he null but ruine and undo himfelfeby it. Many an honeft ¡sift man bath facrificed leis
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