# Chap,27. n Axpoftrgn 41 _ :*4 J st a. uerf7 ortells us more clçarely what an - my is,or. o is anEnemy. Ile is on Enemy thatri f,4upaga n s ,. anEnemy rifeth up in his fpirit againa us, and he rifeth up in his adjoin againfi us.He rifeth up to tike usfall, he rifub up38.aipf us that homay rife above u. There are two fortsof Enemies. Pirfl, Some are fecretEnemies, thatlye, poffibly, in our very bofomes,cllas faluce useourtcou(ly, every day,as Judas did Chrif+,. ;vitba ¡We, 40a41bei4jter, no appearance ofan Enemy, ei ther nwords or.aac*onns and,yet, The deepc/I arz # moll dangerous.. 4qmX it thefeeret Enemy. econdly, There are open Enemies, profeffedEnemies,fuch sus hold put a flagg of defiance, and fend challenges tous ; fuch a one is heremeant by thefe words He that rsfetb up againf# me. Davis (gral .,ì. g.)defcribcchhis Enemies by lifting up the heele ; a tbr{t;dideat of my .bren i, lifted l upkis belle againft that is, he hath ailedopenly againfi me, he bath kicked at me like a wild bode, or would have trampledme under hisfeet. To rife up,and to lift up the heele spinaone,are the fame,as the enemy in the Text, and he that rifeth up,are the fame,and as the wicked, and the unrighteous;are,che fame ; only in there two lift different words,thereis. a different refped. properly amanis farad tpbe wicked in reference to his Impietiesagainfl God ; and un- tighteocs in reference tohis Injuflice:and wrong dealings with man ; bakegiveth every,man his own, his due : and therefore be whoeither byprofeffed.violenae, or fecret fraud, oappofethan- othermans due,as, unrighteous. Yet thefe words are often ufed promilcuoufly,.the wicked for the unrighteous, and che,unrighte_. ous for fuch. another is the wicked Let mine Enemy beas the wickpi, and be that rifeth upagainff me, as the unrighteous. Ita there things there is no difficulty. But though there words are plaine in their literall fence, .yet there is (Comedifficulty ingathering up the meaning and Inrerpre- tation, as alto the fcóppe and 4efgneof them. Let mine Enemy be as the wicked, may be Interpreted three wayes. Firft , As an argument of fob. charity. Secondly, As anargumentofhis piety, Thirdly,.As an argumcpcof.his ,courage and .magnanimity in K z main. 6,7
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