Chap. 31. An Expofition upon the Booke of J B. Veti.20. 485 eyther curieor bieffe us. The good or evill which we doe, will fpeake good or evils of us. It is anextreame mifery ifour workes areevil!, though all men fpeake well ofus. And it is a great mer- cy if when no man fpeakes good of us, our workes are good. That the loynes of the pooreblaffe us, may fatisfieus when we rtriffe the blefíìng oftheir lips. If( faith lob) htr loynes have not bleifed wee, Ifhe were not warmed with thefleece cfmy Jleepe. Wee are not to take the fleece properly, asif 'ob wrapt a fleece about the loynesof the poore ; But, by his fleece, he meares gar- ments made of his fleece ; or cloath to be made up into gar- ments. If bewere not warmed. 74 didnot only give the poore man fomewhat to cover his nakedneffe,or to hide his fhame,but he gave him that which was comfortable to him, that which was a defence againit the wind and weather; he was warned ( faith he) with the fleece of my ßeepe. Not with the fleece which I tooke from other mens fheepe. 't et ge>raca 7th was as honeft as he was charitable. He cloathed the naked exci;u?n, exi with his owne fleece. The wordhereufed for a fleece, fignifies 1 ra bat adqhHus c any thing, that beingcut is ready to grow a aine ; 'Tis applyed plwviGersefiin inScripture ;Firft,to the mowne graffe ; Secondly,to the Thorne ge minare po(- fleece. Graffe is, as it were, the fleece of the earth, and wool is Jw t et fanam thegraffe of the fheepe. That Prophecy ofChrift (Pfil.7z.6.) tonjam ; which we r ranflate, He /hall come dorene like raine upon the mown I ¿ "` aver_ grafe; others tranflate, He all come dewne like raine upon a re accide: P re excidcr, . fleece ofwool. Yet, I conceive, the former verfion-moft proper in thePfalme, becaufe of the words which follow, and like glowers upon the earth. But in 7cb the text reftraines us tothe latter fig- nification, A fleece of wool, which is the natural! matter of cloa- thing; If he were not warme with the fleece ofmyJheepe. Hence note. Firft , WeeAmid theporre not only that which to fir bare necefty, butfor their comfort. 740
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