Chap. 3 t. An. Expofitiost upon the Beaks of J o B. Verf. 13. 425 ¢lion and procreation. He and they were formed and moulded by the fame individual' hand or power and in the fame fpecificall, place of houle (v. 15. ) Did not be that made me in the womb, make him ? and did not onefaAion ne in the womb ? As if he had faydr Though myfervant and I he at a diffance, and much dife rented in erar civilicondition or capacity, yetwe are the fame in oar naturall, and therefore I have alwayes had a regard to doehim, right, and to deale with him as my eguali in that one rejhct1, how mach ¡Dever in other refpetls 1 know my felfe kis fuperi,;r ands. Bove him. Thus you have thefcope and parts of theee three ver- fes. Which I (hall now morediftinály open. Verf. 13. IfI diddefpife the caufe ofmy man!.(*avant, or ofmy maid-fervant, &c. Men in power are very apt co defpife thole who are below them, and proud men cannot but doe fo. They that are in high places, have ufually high thoughts of themfelves, and they that are high-minded canhave no other.With what difdaine doe fuck behold Poore underlingsThow lightly doe theyefteeme, yea how heartilydoe they defpife them ? Theword rendreddefpife fignifieth alto to loath and fuck oNc aj¡nt loathing as caufeth vomiting.. In proper fence to defpife another naufean pan- is to flight him ; yea it is fighting to the utmoft, loch fighting dárei viGßnae as we bellow upon the vileft and moíi abjeft eyther things or et abjet tuna. perlons. Nowwhen 7eb faith, IfIdiddefpife, or, I did not de. gift the castleofmy man-fervant, we arenot to take the words in a ftric`kand rigged fence, as if 706 only denyed that he did defpife the caufe of his fervant, or utterly rejeft him as unworthy to be heard whenhe complained to hìsn or brought his caufe before him; But when he faith, Idid not defpife the cattle ofmy man-fer- vant, &c. his meaning is, I treated with him fairely , and heard him favourably, I gave him all that raped which was due unto him in his place, and to his caufe in the equity of it. Thus the Scripture fpeakes often by that figure, which Rhercricans call tiTteiofis,giving usa word of glower fignification then the fcope ofthe place intended]. Thus when `David faith ( Pfal. 51. 17. ) eil brokenanda contrite heart,'0god, thouWilt not defpife , the meaning is,,God graciotefly accepts and highly piizeth a broken heart.. And when the Apoftle exhorts the Thefalonians, and us Iii in
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