CHAP.I. upon the Epiffle of JAM B s. VERS.). the troubler; and proceedeth upon that gram: and therefore we ren· der it affirmitively,{eeing it u,&c. SoJames. )·I >·If he hath com– mitted jim ; why,who hath not ? 'Iis, I fay, a proceedirg upon a prefumption of a grant. 2. All do not lack in a like manner ; Some want only funher degrees and fupplies ; therefore [if you Jacl~.J with a{u~pofi~ion, ifyou la~k it wholly,.or only more mea– fures. [wifdom,] 'Tls to be refiramed to the ctrcumfbnces of the text,not taken generally; he intendeth wifdom or ski! to bear afflic– tions: for in the original,the begining of this verfe doth plainly catch hold of the heel of the former; C-v p.11b.vl M-nrop.Hot, and then i1 J's 7H up.~ V M'11'S1a.l, lacking 1Jothing, and prefently,ifany of you lack:_ [Let him asl(it] That is,by ferious and earnefl: prayer: [OfGod,] To whom our addrefies mull be immediate: [That giveth to P~.fi men] Some fuppofe , it implyeth the natural bepificence and ge– neral bounty of God, as indeed that•s an argument in prayer, God that giveth to all men, will not deny hu Saints : As the Pfalmifl: maketh Gods common bounty zo the creatures to be aground of hope and confidence to hu people, Pfal.I4)·16. Thou {atisfteft the defire af every living thing; and upon this his trull: groweth, Yer[.19. He wili fuljil the defires ofthem that fear him. He that fatisfieth everJ living thing, certainly will fatisfie his vwn flrvants. There is a general bounty of God, which though liberally difpen– fed, yet not jjecially. But this fenfe the Context will not bear: Byall men then may be underfiood,all kmds of perfons, Jew,Greek.,, or .Barbllri'cm, highor low, rich or poor: Godgiveth not witha re– f}eB to outward excelle14c); he giveth to all me."Z: Or elfe, 3• and fo mufi {ucably to the Comext,To all ask..ers,all that feek him with earnefl:nefs and cruft; however 'ds thus generally expreifed, that none might be difcouraged, but apply himfelf to God with fome hope. [Liberally J The word in the original is d.?rJ..id;, which properly fignifieth jimply, but ufually in matters of this nature 'cis taken for bo-untifully. I note it the rather to explain many other places, as Mat.6.22. Chrill: would have the eye fizygle, that is, bounteous, not looking after the money we part with : So Rom. 12. 8. He that giveth,let him do it t.¥ d.?ri..o.1n1,, with fimplicit], we read, ·but in the Margin, liberally, or bountifully. So ACts2.46. They did eat their brelld With allJinglenefs ofheart; that is,boun– teoufly,hb~raUy, as we tranflate the word in other places, as 1 Cor. ~~;· T_h~ r&ches ofyourjinglmefs,we traoQa~~ l~bf~ality ~ fo 2 Cor. . 9· ! ! .
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