4i,, K.-hap. 31. fin Expo,rtion upon the Rook of Jo B. Verf. 16 proved a weake reed, upon which while we leaned we were not fupporred but wounded. R ghreous ?ofi dralc not thus with his expeét ants and dependants; He did not caule the eyes of the widdow to faile, he did not let them waite till they were weary, or tired, or grieved. And this we may underiand hien freaking in a two fold reference. Fiat As to delayes ofJuflice ; As ifhe had fayd, I have not let them waite long for their right, I have not givendiem dilato- ry anfwers and ppt offes, hoping tobe fpurr'd up with gifts and brib'd into expedition. Secondly , As to delayesofcharity : As if he hid fayd, I have not let the widowWaite long for my aimes, what I g :ve her, I gave her fpeedily. In both there refpe&s,or for both thefe helps, poorewiddows waite ; And they areconflrained. to Waite long for fome mens charity, and longer for other mens ìuftice;ro long for both tome. times that their cges faile,and their fpirits linke in defpaire ofey- rher. In neither of thefe t'efpeäs did 74 grieve the widdow. He neither wronged her himfelfe , neither did he delay to right her when the was wronged by others:he neither made her poor him- felfe,nor did hedelay to relieve her paverty.Thns he anfwersthat which eliphazcharged him direetiy with ( Cho P.22. 7,9.) Thom haft not given water to the weary to drinke, and thou haft with- holden bread from the hungry, thou bafi lent widdow: away empty, and the armes of thefatherleffe have been broken. No, faith Yob, I have many witneffes, and myconlcience, which is more then a thoufand witneffes,tells me, that, Ihave not caupd the eyes of the widdow to faile. And when he faith fo. we are to expound it in a better fence then his words expreffe ; there is leffe in what he fpake , then in what he did for the widdow ; for his meaning is this, I was fo far frommaking her eyes to fade with waiting,thatl made her heart glad, and tent her away reoycing, becaufe of her juft and fpeedy difpatch. Expedition bath colt fogne very deare ; 74 did not only not deny the widdow his juftice,or his charity, but difpatch her quickly ; none payd for expeditionwho appealed to his Tri- bunal, nor did the expettation ofany perillawho applyed to him for reliefe. IJ 1 bavecooled the ejes ofthe widdow rofade. Hence note. lie
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