CHAP. XI.
Verse 1. CAst thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt finde it after many dayes.]
Every word of this sentence is emphatical.
Cast.] That is, give with a good heart, willingly, readily and freely.
Cast.] As men do seed, not drop.
Annotations on five poetical books of the Old Testament (viz.) Job, Psalmes, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Canticles / by Edward Leigh ...
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- Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Commentaries.
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- Bible. -- O.T. -- Ecclesiastes -- Commentaries.
- Bible. -- O.T. -- Song of Solomon -- Commentaries.
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Thy Bread.] That is, Seed of which bread is made, like sowing thy seed on mo∣rish* 1.1 grounds, or sowing in the Sea.
Bread.] A Synecdoche of the special. By bread he meaneth all kinde of su∣stenance and maintenance, meat, drink, apparel, lodging, money, Matth. 25. 35. Thy Bread.] Got by divine providence, therefore thou must give thine own.
Upon the waters.] That is, the truly poor. Jerome. which are as common as waters.* 1.2
For thou shalt finde it.] A reason to enforce this duty, thy benefit shall not be fruitlesse, though it seem to be cast into the Sea and utterly lost.
After many dayes.] Though not here, in heaven.
Vers. 2. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight, for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.]
He setteth down the extent of our liberality, shewing to how many we must give.
Give a part unto seven, and also to eight.] A Synecdoche of the special, a finite number being put for an infinite, seven or eight poor.
For thou knowest not what evil shall be on the earth.] That is, how long thou shalt enjoy thy goods, and what need thou or thine may come to.
Vers. 4. He that observeth the winde shall not sowe; and he that regardeth the clouds, shall not reap▪] An allusion to the Husbandmen, which disputing about the sea∣son* 1.3 lose the opportunity, so those that will argue against giving from the times.
Vers. 9. Rejoyce, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the dayes of thy youth, and walk in the wayes of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes.] Implying, that that is the temper of that age,
Gaudet equis ••anibusque custode remoto.
Vers. 10. For Childhood and youth are vanity.] In the abstract, all kinde of va∣nity, of thoughts, speeches, carriage, company.
Notes
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* 1.1
Vide Tremel. Super transe∣untes aquas. Vulg.
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* 1.2
Id est, Ubi nulia spes sit recipiondi, Luc. 14. 12, 13, 14. Grotius.
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* 1.3
Avatis, ne dent, quilibet praetextus suf∣ficit. Grotius.