Chap . 29. Expofition upo>: the Book. of Jo ac. Verf. "a 6. 541 Firff, He was a father to the poor in affc&ion, he loved them and was tender over them as a father is over his children ; job looked upon all the people char were under his government as his own children ; and he had the bowells of a father to them. Secondly, Job was a father to the poor, not only as to af- fec&ion, but as CO the care which he had of them, and the provifion which he made for them. He did not only fay to the hungry, be ye fed, and to the naked, be yecloathed , but he helped them to thofe things which were needful for the body (as theApoRIe James fpeakes, Chap. 2. 145.) eyther in a way of charity fupplying their wants, or in a way of Juhice fetling andmaintaining them in their rights. The Apoftlegives It as a common principle in Nature (2 Cor. 12. 14.) The children ought not to lay up for theparents, but the parentsfor the children. And as our natural Fathers a& mots like themfelves when they lay up for their children, foalto doe our civil fathers ; not that the Magifirate is bound to pro- vide portions for particular persons or familyes, but when they take care both by making general Laws, and by looking to the execution of them, that all under their Governmentmay bepro- tcted in what they have, or reRored to what is unduly taken a- way, or with-held from them, as an in all cafes of inevitable po- verty,relieved and kept from ftarving,tben they may well be Paid like careful parents to lay up for their children, or to be (as Yob here profeffeth himfelf tohave been in that capacity) Fathers to thepoor. Both theoriginal wardshere translated father, and poor,come from one and the fame root, though upon feveral and di(Rin& Etegans para- grounds. For whereas that root-word lignifies to wi(h,or delire ; nomafainvoce we know there are two forts of wi(hes or delires ; Fir(f,we wi(h á .t pauper well to, or delire the good and profperity of others.So the word eßutriufq; vo. renderedFather, springs from it, because fathers cannot but wish tit radixeadent well to their children, they cannot unlefs altogether unnatural, etfi diverfa ra- butdefireand pray for their well-doing,and well- being. Second- tione; 7tt 4 f Wewithwell to and delire fomewhat that is good for our nin pater,a y lumate et affo- felves;and thus the word rendered poor comes from ir,becau(e the flu paterno in poor are much inwant, and ufually much indefi *ing ì they have liberoe diius little or nothing,and therefore theydelire fomewhar ; Lome de- eiatr78 iinope fire more how much foever they have, and they whohave very velegont,quod qui tnultio ege- little are ufually much ` in delires.for more, The poor are fencible at,multayse it.. of mete,.
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