Chap. 31. tL Expefitiox upon tbe Beo%e of J® B. Verl. 31. 637 j O B 31. Verf. 31 , 32. If the men ofmy tabernaclefail not, oh that we had ofhis fief") ! we cannot be fatirfied. Thefiranger didnot lodge in the_greet : bat Iopened my door to the traveller. THe former ofthefe two verfes comes under a two fold con- federation. Firft , As referring to the .words going before at the 30 h verle. Secondly , As referring to the words following after at the 3 ash, Firft, As referring to the words going before, Wherein 74 ha- ving difclaimed all fecret Content in, and open Infultation at the fall of his Enemy ; as alto any with ofa Curie upon him , which might caufe him to fall. Here in this verfe, to Phew the fteadi- neffe and unmoveablenefíe of his fpirit in that frame of love, he tells us, how he forbare the lean intimation of or Inclination to revenge upon thofe that hated him, yea, though there wanted not thofe about him, who labour'd to provoke and fire his (pirit with revengeful) fuggeltions. That's the generali fence of the 31 th verfe, as it referr's to the words going before ; what fence it beams as referring to the following,verfe, (hall be (hewed in its place. Ver( 31. Ifthe men of my Tabernaclefaid not, &c. Wehave a like forme of fpeech at the 19th verte of the 19rh ,i7my Chaprer,The men ofmy Secrets, which werender, Allmy inward reorrnles tenw- friendsabhorredme ; That is, Themen ofmy conned, who knew rït ut c: t 9 r 9. my bofome, and were acquainted with my heart; fuch are indeed v,1TecTrd>e1,, inward friends, or, men of surficrets. Thus here, the men rf my Tabernacle, that is, the men who lived neereft to and about mee, fuch as were of my houfhold and family. So the words are a Pe- riphrafis eyther offriends or fervants; the latter dwel,the former ufe to frequent our Tabernacles, that is, our houfes,for then they dwelt in Tabernacles, or moveable houles, which had acovering, but
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