650 Chap. 3 r , do I;.epofition upon the Booke of J o ss. Verf.3 r, ene,nies,by fhewirg his patience under the wrongs and unworthy behaviour of his domeflick friends or fervants.As if he had fayd, If the men of my h,ssfe didat my time cxpreffe pafon againff mee, and bre áke cut into fo much boldnes,as not only fecretiy to wifb, but o}enly to fay, 0 that wee had our Mailers flefh to eat ! yet I refrain'd m,; felfe towards them, and did not breake out in dif- plea'ure tigeinfl them. .Solomon gives counfel toMatters or Go- vernours of familyes in Inch cafes ( Ecclef 7.21. ) The not give heed to every word that is fpoken ; left thou heare thy [avant cur;e thee. As if he had fayd, The not take too much notice of everypap fagt and word Qioken in thy family ; though p'fbly then ma,ijii úeareafervant rearfo thee, that is,fpeakeundutijullyofthee,er soifh thee evill, yet doe not heart what thou heareft ; Ai 'tiegood toheart injuries patientlyfrom thole who are without doores, or fromftran- gers, (a it is our ntileff con/e, not to examine overfirmly all that re fpoken or donewithin doores, or by thof who are were about tea. And the Preacher gives a good reaforl for this prudent conni- vence in the next verfe ; For oftentimes thine event heart knoweth, that thou thy ¡elfe likewife haft curled others. That is, fpoken un- duely of them ; 'Tis a good confiderarion and a neceffary one to keepe us off from feverity towards others, often to remember what we have done to or fpoken of others. And he will never beare In uries from enemies abroad, who cannot in fome meafure beare evil words and unhandfome Carriages from the men of his owne houle. That, lob receaved many incivilities even frorts his owne fervants, appeares by his complaint at the 10'h Chapter ( v. t g.) And howmuch `Davidwas preffed with the wrongs which he receaved from his friends and familiars, beyond what ever his open and profeffed enemies had done or could do againft him, we may read very paffionately expreffed (95%4.55. 12,13, 14, is.) It was not an enemy that reproached me,then 1could have borne it, neytieer was it be that hated me,thas did magnifie himfelfe againft me, but it was thou, a man, mine equal, my faide, andmine acquaintance, wee toolúefweete counfel together, and walked to the hoof e of Gad asfriends ; we joyned asone both in civil converfey and holy worfhip. So much of theinterpretation ofthefe words as they beare re- ference to the former verle. There is another veine ofInterpretation which caryeth their fence
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