Chap. 31. sinExpofition upon the Book of J s a. Verb 29. 61I ceave theyare not the fame for degree, every deftru&ion isan e- rexi quando ap- vi.11, but every evil! is not a deftru&ion ; and if we take evil! here PYehendir eu,n for tome letter trouble or lofe (Mr. Broughton renders the He- 2:117:7; brew, by that word ,when hefound lofe) this greatens and encrea- a rc iüa extol fes yobs charity ; who as he did not rejoyce at the utter ruine of :aria. him that hated him, fo he did not fo muchas give himfelfe a li- berty (which fome goodmen in like cafes take) tomake himfelfe merry with (as we fpeake) any fhrewd turne which was done to his enemy. Thus lob cleares himfelfe within from rejoycing, and without from infulting whenmifchiefe ofany kind or degree be- fell or found him, who fought to doe him a mifchiefe. The fig- nifacancy of thefe words , when evillfound him, deferves tobe a Title enquired into before I give the notes. If Iliftedup myfelfe when evill found him: 'Tis a ufuall Scripture phrafe, to fay evill finds a man when he falls into it. (Dent. 31. 17.) The Lord telling the peopleof If- railwhat they muff expe& in cafe of difobedience, concludes in Generali, That many ovills and troubles ¡hall befall them ; The Hebrew is,Many evills and troubles ¡hallfind them (Pfal.116.3.) The pines of holgat h;ldupon ene; the Hebrew is, foundme : this Findingmay have a three-fold interpretation. Firit , A thing is found (as we fay) by accident ; fo that is found whichwas never fought for : A man travelling upon the high,way, may find a purfe of Gold, or a peece of moneys he wei t'not out to feeke it, but he found it ; though there bea pro- vidence ofGod in all fuch findings, yet,as to man,they are acci- dental). Thus it is fayd (Dent. 1 g. 5.) When a man'goetb into thewood with hie neighbour, to hew wood, and bis handfetcheth a ffroake with the axe to cut downe the tree, and the beadflippeth from the belve, and lighteth upon bis neighbour, &c. TheHebrew isy it fandetb his neighbour : Theman didnot goe out with a murthe- rous purpofe or an intent to kill his neighbour,but the head found him and flew him befideshis intention. Secondly Finding notes an earnefi purfute of or fearching fora thingwhich weeyther once hadbut have loff,or have a de- fire to enjoy. This is Finding upon enquirie, and is as the molt common fence ofthe word in other places,fo the fpeciall fenceof it in this ; 1f1 havelift up myfelfe when evill peerfued and fcurd Iíiiz him:
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