chap. 31. ríx Expofition upon the Boob! of Jo B. \reef, io. 397 that is, Satan wakes and watches his feafon to tempt him unto fin, but a godly man doth not waite nor watch to fin. It is bad enough to be overtaken with fin, or with a fanit (as the Apottle fpeakes, Gal, 6. 1.) but to he takenwith fin, and fo towaite for a feafon to take our fill ofit , is as bad as bad can be. It is the bight of the Lords goodnes, that he waiteth to be gracious (If. 3o. i8.) that is,to doe us good. This alto is the hight ofmans good- neffe,when he not only doth that good which he is put upon and preffed unto, but when hewaiteth to doe good, and feekes oc- cafionsofdoinggood; And this is the hight of mans finfullneffe when he waites to doeevill, and feekes occafions, or open dooms for the doing of it. From all fuch f{ndied wickedneffe lob cleares himfelfe by this proteft, If I have laid Waiteat my neighbours doore, which he backes with a futable imprecation in the next verfe. Verf. 1 o. Then let my Wifegrirde unto another, and let others bow downe upon her. This verfe containes fobswith of Evill tohimfelfe, if he had doneeyther of thofeevilly fpoken of in the former verfe. Let my wife grinde unto another. That if,: Firft, Say force, Let her be a flsve, let her be reduced to the loweft condition; let her be a fervant in the moft inferiour forme of fervitude. To grinde in a mill is the nìeaneft imployment; Togoverne and to grinde note the two extremesofmans eftate S tnt ex He- in this life. ( Exod, 1 1. s. ) CAndall the firft.borne in the landof brbi, ;ui a:; ls- trram exorÑt. .Egypt ¡halldye, from the firff borne ofPharoaá thatfitteth upon his 111let,,xor mea throne, even unto the fill-borne of the maid-fervant, that is behind in pifirinoab,r the miü.Chrift (hewing in what poftures the world (hall be found ri;r, q. d fer- at hit coming, faith, Two women ( that is, Bond- women ) fbah be v?at fervin+fern grinding in the mill ( Math. x4.41.) And when theThiliflires ßaú; 'na,n:, had bound Sampfon and pnt out his eyes ( ?edges 16, zi.) they put Sampfon togrinde in themill. Anciently millswere (er up in prisons, and there poore captives were kept to worke at them. And hence in good Authors, to fend a perfon to theMil houle is a the fame, as to fend him to prifon or to punithment ; For which mu,etur, reafon (I fuppofe) the ChaldeeParaphrafe renders this text in Chaid. rob, ,Let herferve, or, let my wife become ofervan: des
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