Chap. 3r. An Expefition upon the Backe of I o a. Verl. 32. 653 there is a ftrong defhre in his fervants to have him alwayes with them. Agoine , Others in:Uing upon this generals fence of thefe words, O that we had ofbis j1 Jh,give out their meaning yet more fpecially; that as ion was ready to entertaine Urangers in his houle, to he made filch plentiful: provifton for his fervants, that they had no mimic to change their Mauer, nor remove to any o- ther fervice. He kept fogood a table, that they dcfered no mans flefh, or dyer but his. We fee how the apprehenfions oflearned men have varied a- bout the intendment o£Nr . in this verle; but I rather encline to the firR Interpretation, as holding out the mote proper fcope of the place ; and therefore it (hall fuffice only to have touched at these thiings,leaving the reader (undetermined)to his own under- ftanding about them. yob having declared himfelfe free and far from revenge to ene- myes, though provoked by his ovine fervants,proceeds co declare how ready and free he was to thew love and refped to any that needed it, and by name toUrangers and travellers. Verf. 3 a. Thefiranger did not lodge in ay./beet : but I opened my door to the traveler. A ftranger, is aperfon abfent from his ovine home, and place ofabode or birth,and here he is not only fo,but deftitute oflodg- ingand neceffaryes. And in thofedayes aloft Urangers were de- ftìtute ofconveniency for lodging, there being no common Imes to lodge 'rangers in ; and there are few at thisday in the Ea- flem a Countryes, fo that 'rangers muR lodge in the ftreets, if none will open to them. But then ( faith /ob) thefiranger did not lodge in theftreete, .Bat Iopened my door to the traveller. The former part of the verle was negative, this latter is affir- mative. And as the negative Commandements include an affir- mative, while the Law faith, Thou 'haltdoe nomurder,ic reached us to cherifh and preferve the life ofour brother ; i lobs nega- tive propofition, The_granger did not ledge in theftreett, includes this ,rf 'rnative, I openedmy door to the traveller; yet roPhew the compleatenes ofhis hofpitalicy, he capreffech both, The/ranger did
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