54S Chap.29. An. Expofition span the Book ofJo B. Vcrf. 17 frame and temper, and according 'to this tranflation of the text, Eve have him here fully and direly expreffing it;I was afather to the poor, and the caste of bimwhom 1 knew not Ifearcbedoat. 1pnce Obiervc ; 1ffagiorates fhould be as ready to do right to him they know not, or who is a meer oranger to them, as to him who is their moll! ,confidentfamiliar and nears(' acersaintance. lc is the fir and flame of Magifiraces to he led by relations; a Brother, or a' Coutin,or a neighbour,or an acquaintance, fhould be no more in a caufe,'then the man whofe face they Stever jaw be- fore, and probably fhall never fee again. Ml perlons fhould be known alike in judgement, that ¡is, they fhorld not be known at all (as was taucht before) only caufes and matters, not perfons and faces fhouldbe known there. Every Judge (as Levi once did, Dual. 3 3 9.) fhexldfay to bis Father and tobis Mother, .I have not known him, neither fhoteldbe acknowledge his brethren,nor know his own children. He that is faithful!, will fetich his caute whole perfon he doth nor fo much as know, as much as his whofe perfon he doth more Ellen know. Vt rf. i7. eAnd 1 brake the 7áws of the wicked, and ?lacked the fpoyl oat ofhis teeth. Here's the fecond part of the Magifhraces duty, he encourageth thegood, and iubdues the bad ; He delivers the poor, and be breakcs; the oppreffor. The whole work and bufinefs of Magi- Rracy Ives between there two,reward andpunifhmrnt, or between beinga terrorto evil works, that,is, to evil workers, and a praife to them that do lood,and thole whole caule is good.. In the two former verfes, befides many more before, we have confidered Ad !performing the fires parr of his Magifiratical Of- fice, here we have him at work upon the fecond. I brake the jaws of the wicked. Thar is, I put forth my helpful! power toabate their hurtful! r1otáresdentet Porter', l' drake their Jawtçetb,,or rbcir grinders, thofe teeth dtnotantomnia wherewith they were wont to grind the faces of the poor, or of Stflrumenta 'any over whom they were able to prevail. By their Jaw-teeth or nocerdi grinders-of The wicked, we are to underftand wharfoever is the inffit;-
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=