Chap. 29. An Expafition :span .the Book of ) O S. Verf. 2: e133 day.Ye,s(v. tt.)He'hall giv a his Angelis charge over tbeito keep thee in allthy ways ; they(hall bear theeup in their bands, left thou dafh thy root again/t a.(tone. The Lord keeps his people himfelf, and he charged) his Angels with their keeping and guardian(hip. None of the Princes of the earth (whoare not Saints) have fuch a gua d as Saints have. We read alío of another keeper which the godly carry about them, they have aguard within asweil as with- out (Pro 2. a i,i z.) Difcretion (hall preferve thee, underflanding (hall keep thee,to aeltver thee from the wayofthe evil man,from the man thatfpcaketh froward thine. It is good ro have a rule of boli- nefs without to keepus, but 'cis far better to have a principle of bofinefswishinto keep us ; which that Scripture promifeth. But what's this difcretion,whaía this undecfianding, that they fhould keepus?difcretion and underflanding are the gifr,or,grace,rather, of God planted in man for his preferverìon and keeping. Man, by common natural diicrecion, in ay keep himfelf much out of bannesway, but that fpecial and fpirirual difcretionwhich is the gift and grace of God,keepshim much more and much better out of ways which are harmfui,whether to himfelf or others. Yee the fame Solomon to us, that we arenor culled alone in the hand of that di(cretion sagnich is .Ihe gift of God ro us ; for God himfelf is the difc: erir-n and ut;écrfiaodìng than preferves his ; r his he makes the ground of our encouragement (Pro.;.25 . a6.) Be not afraid of hidden fear, nor of the de(olation of the wicked when it cometb ( that is, fear not that refolvionwhich cometh upon the wicked) For the Lord(hall be thy co, Pence, and 'hall keep thy foot frog/ ITM q'arbut deft- being taken ; that is, çheu (halt confide fully in him , and con6- perevideberis, ding in him thou (halt be fare ; for he (hall keep thy font f om dom,nus;:bí being taken, that is, f om being taken with any fare of evil, cr prefoerit. with the fnare of any evil, either o- fin or trouble. Th- Hebrew ttbcn Ezra, wojd in this tear of the (proverbs which are render conkdercr, F,5- nifies alto incon@ancy and folly. Ocae of the ) :with' Ex9ofi nor íncon- takes char fenfe h- e, and tranflares the text ° bus the Lod fl- I bí- 37 rv,ì7ì!t?- be wi' h nee in thy folly, rhar is, in rho`e things which rhau (1,1-f; hrnf7 ,con- fooli(hly, or wherein thou difcoveref+ much o1v, the L'.rd (hal ,!res, be with thee, and prefe ve thee from rhofe fna es with which confidentio. throuo_h chine own folly thou wall ready to be taken. For as the Lodi is above wi k°d men in 'he ,hin.gs wherein obey deal proudly {'Exod, 18. It ,) thinking by [heir oat-ts and policy to'carry all K k k before
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