39= Chap. 31. An £xpofstion upon: the Took. of J 0 B. Verf. 9 and their aptneffe to deceive others,though themfelves molt. Thus we fee it is no !mall matter which ?ob profeffeth, while he faith, My heart hath not been deceived by a woman ; Modeft women may deceive pal ively,They m:y be an occafion by their beauty, to entice chofe who vainely looke on them ; and many vile women make it their bulines purpofely todeceive men, and they praticemany wayes, even thefe liven wayes to doe it, by their faire faces, by their wanton lookes, by their Tweet voyces, by their elcquentperfwafions, by their vaine attire, by their in. finuating geftures, and mincing motions, making a tinkling with their leece; he that can avoyd all thefe fnares and afl'aultsof wo- men, is for chaftity, a man ofmen ; pofïibly yob had been affaul. ted by women all thefe wayes, But of this we are lure, that how many ivayes foever he was affaulted by women,yet he was never conquered. He puts himfelfe in that poynt to the judgement both of God andman, while he faith, My heart hathnet been de- ceivedby a woman, And as here he profeffeth that himfelfe had not been deceivedby women, fo he makes a like prof ffion ttaat he had much I:ffeattempted to deceive any woman ; This he doch in the words which follow, Or ifIhave laid waite atrmy neighboursdoore. mitt ebferva- The word renelred to lay waite, fgnifieth to watch narrowly,. v r fpecx'a xi to let (as it were) an ambufb for fuddaine furprifal. Souldiers inçlinurjtit i in time of warre keepe Centinel to prevent fuddaine attempts, coots and they lie in waite at or nevee the Gates oftheir enemies, to inn make, if opportunitie beoffered, a fuddaineattempt. That's alfo the manner oftheeves and robbers in timeof peace. 70b may al- lade to eyther, while he faith, If1 have laid waite at my neigh- 76'; s '° boars dew. Uncleane perlons are vigilant, they watch all oppor- t7t 5tvpzrt tunities to fatisfie their lulls ; and fo doe all forts of refolved fin- saar. o: ohje- ners > who therefore, as to their waiting to doe any kind of mil- di tjxt Sept. chiefe, are compared to the Lion, (Pfal. a o. 8, 9. ) He lyeth in Waite [ecrety as a Lion in hie den , he lietA in waite to catch the poore, he dothcatch the poemwhen he droved() him into his me, l e crouched; and humbler: himfelfe , that the pore may fall by his ftrength. Thus the oppreffor lyeth inWaite for his prey He is at once a Lion for his feircenes and greedines, as allo for his dili- gence and wacchfulin;s. Solomon warnes bis Son againft a con- jundion
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