542 Chap. 29. An Expofition upgn the Book. of J o u. Verf. 16. of,and often pirscht with their own wants, and, being fo,they cat.- not but with for enlargements. He that's hungry wifhes heartily for good fare,and he that's naked for cloarhing: They have many &fires who have but few enjoyments ; fuch are the poor. And to fuch poor Job was a father ; that is, he withed well to them, and provided well for them. The poor laid, 0 that we could be heard ! O that our petition might be read and anfwered ! O that our Governour would deliver us out of the hand of our oppref- fors, who are too farong for us ! O that we m ght have right done us! and O that it might be done fpeedily! Of fuchwifhes as there the poor are made up ; you (hall have a poor fuitor Band figh- t' and wifhing all the day Iong at a Great mans door, O what (hall I doe ? I amundone if he dothnot help me ; 0 that be would call for mi ; O thathe woulddifpatch me ; Iwouldfainbe at home with my wife andchildren. The little bufinefs which I have to do therefpoyles in my abfence : O thatImight return, and bring good news homewith me, that my.caufe bathbeen fully beard, that my greivances are redreffed according to Ju9ice. With fuch joyful hearts Job lent away the poor, clfe he could not have Paid in truth, Iwas a father to the poor. Again, Confider here, as before the indefinitenefs of the lan- guage; it was nor to this or that poor man that Job was a Father to, but the poor in general. Hence note, Firer, A righteous t'12'agiffrate knows no differenceof perfons as to bk doing them right. If there be any difference in caufes, 'cis his wifdome CO find it our,and his Jufiice to let them know he knows ir. As 'cis a profs peice of partiality to doe for the rich and nor for the poor, fo'tis as grofs partiality not to do alike in Judgment for all the poor, whole cafes are alike. Job did not pick and choofe out poor men to beflow his help upon ; he helpt them as they came, and as he law the matter did require. Iwas a father to the poor. Secondly, Note; vbfagifrates gould carry the afetlion of a father to all their faitbftelfubiettr, ebiefly to the poor and arRed. They fheuld love and pity them,they fhould take care and prom vide
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