610 Chap. 31. tan Exposition upon the Booke of J a. Verf.Zs, wickednes is it tovexe and moleft thofe,who areour friends,and have fought our peace ? Fourthly, Obferve. A godly man keepes a(frill hand over, and makes a Confcience of bra pafons, as well as hekeeper afrill hand over hid alti- ons, and makes a Con¡cience ofhis Converfation. Ifbut a thought flirre amífre he checks it, and will bring it in fubje&ion. He watches the motions of his minde as much as or more then the motions of his outward man : This is fpirituall walking indeed, when welook to our joyes,and to our forrowes, when we looke to our hopes, and toour fares, when we looke to regulate and moderate thefe inward workings ; this is anAr. gument of a fpirituall man indeed. Such a one was ?ob, he would profeffe that he was cleare, not only from any revengeful) de. ftru&ionof his enemy, but from rejoycing at his deftrudion. If I ré»ycedat the deflrutlion of him that hated me, or (as it fol ewer in the text) Lift up myfelfewhen evil)found Here lobdifclaimes any uncomely external) adings towards a fuffering enemy. I ( faith he) did not lift up soy felfe, or as Mr. Broughton trarflates, beflirreme; that is; in pride or boafting, as ifI would prefently advance upon his ruines , and rayfe my felfe by his fall. xe,rsu r zYp. The Septuagintrender this part of the verfe as the former, de- ¿lc pc kv7s; hying all fecret complacency at the deftruBiòn of his enemy. et dixit cor me- Ifmy heart bathlaid, O wel, or thispleafetb me wonderoufly we!. um Eoge70.1* Some ofthe Greeke Commentators double the word; If mine coalmen rtf heart bathfail, O riel, O wel, oras as it is (aid in the Pfalme, Rha, GIA[ú refers. tua Euge, Eu. aha,fo wouldI have it. Thus read, the words are both aConti- ge. ruation and a fuller explication of what he fayd before, his deni- all of anydole content he tooke at the ruine of his enemy. si ?uóihvi Bitt 1 rather underftand thefe words Or lift up my felfe, &c. cum ouurret of that which is external) ; As if ?oh had fayd, IfI have ufed any rnatum. vaunting behaviour, or triumphinggef%ures when Iheard oforlaw a s7oVásnv that evil! hadfound my enemy. biz r,¢?íAaßsV Though evil) in this latter part of the verfe, and deftruilion in aaror 7LAM. in the former,. be the fame for the matter or kind, yet Tome con- a*, Si tnfur. ceave
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