Chap. 3 t. fart Expofttiou upon the Boek.e of J o B. Vert. 16. First, By adreadful{ imprecation upon himfelfe in cafebe had not done fo, at the 22th verfe ; Then let minearme fall frommy fioulder blade, andmine arme be brokenfrom thebene. Secondly He corfirmes it by the dreadful! apprehenfions that he had of the majcfty of God, which kept hint from doing fo, at the 23d verfe; For deftruElion fromGod was a terreur to me : andby reafin of his hirhneffe I could not endure. Thus you have the fcope oflob, as alto the feverall parts of this context, from the 16 verfe inciufiveiy to the 24 verfeexclufively,in which as in a glallewe may behold not only the beautiful! and lovely face, but the honeft heart andworking bowels ofa wet-grounded and rightly exercifed charity. Verf. 16, IfIhave withheld the poorefrom their d, flee. This verfe containes the firfi poynt ofTubs rich comp:flion to thepoore. As if he had fayd ; I was not only cartfuil that they fh.mld not want things of abfolute neceffitie, bat rave them what theycould reafonably deftre. Mr. Broughton tranfl; tts ; If-Ifiled the poore from the teifhed,that is, from theenloyment of that good which they wifhed. Others fay , IfIhave forbidden thedeftre of the poore. The word in the Hebrew lignifies any way to hinderor Vain prohiisit flop, to forbid or to withhold. (Pro.23. t 3.) With had (or for- cohi5ait in,pc- bid) not correílion from the child. As parents are not to with- divit. hold correhioo thernfelves, fo they arenot to forbid others due- ly to correct their children. IfI ( faith lob) have with -held or flayed the poore from their delire, if I have forhid.aen their de_ fire, fo that they could not have what they defired, &e. Theword rendred poore, imports a perfon (pent, utterly ua. bffttit fledand exhaufted; fuch indeed are the poore, their purfes are vinbie alt fa,. drasvne dry, they have littleor nothing left, to helpe themfelves coltatibat. and their familyes. IfIhave with. held thepoore from their defire. Defire is the motion of the foule after any apparent good. 'Tisnot poßìble for any man to flop thedelire of another man in this fence, to doe fo is the foie prerogative of God or only in the power ofGod; he indeed can lock up the delires ofr.e crea- cure, even the fierceft and molt eager &fires of the creature. Baits have a delire in their kinde ; God tlopt the hunger of Ly- Ivi m m otis, 449
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