taithiul Miniſters, will ſometimes in great ſtraits, chuſe ro ſend. for them rather than thoſe who in their Proſperity pleaſed them. | Hence we read of Saul wl:en he went to the Witch at Ender, de-| l1r1ng that Samuel might be raifed up ; bur in Zedehiah's whole | liory weread nn ſuch eminent contempt of God, but a Dilobe- | dence to the Commands of God, proceeding rather from his ea-/ fineſs to be ruled by his Corrupt Court, than from a ſtubborn-' nels ;n himſelf. 4 By mentio! ing God's former wondrous Works, poilioly ae may have a reſpect to God's railing Senacherib's Siege in the time of his Grandfather He32{52h, The remembring of God's former wondrous works, is of uſe to raiſe in us an hope and confidence in God for further deliverances, {;ppoſing our ſelves under the ſame circumſtances of Obedience to Gods W111, otherwiſe not, as we ſhall jee in the caſe of Fu4ab and its King, at this time ; therefore Zedekzab faith, if {» be. Guilt of fin hinders Conhidence, and hoiy boldneſs in the beſt ; bur as the guilt is greater, ſo tne hore or contidence of anv is juſtly lefc. 3 Then faid Jeremiah uno them, Thus ſhall ye ſay to Zedekian, | 4 Ihnsfith the Iord GOD of Ifrael c, 2enold, |
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to thfis good Prophet to prophetie tinnnth and pleafing tlic o:, which he ha no warrant from Cod. The Prophet ftileth Goa 142 God of Iirctl, becauts the whole Poſterity of Facch were in cove- nant with God, notwithſtarding which, ter parts of twelve we: e It this time carried fnfoa Captivity from which tie never return-- ed ;ver God was the God of Ilr.r2l, for ali were not [rel that | deſcended from T{rze!, but thofs only who were [r:2!ies in- {teed, withour enile 3 fo that the” Prophet by ht came given ro | 0d, doth but afſert God's faithfulneſs to nis Covenant, and allo | ſzew the confiilency of that taichfuinets, with thuie Judgments, { which he was now bringins upon that remnant of 1jrat which | yer were in their own Jand. f The Meffige which God by tte | Prophet fendeth ro Zelekiah, 15 exceeding terrible. Tie tit of ir 15, Thatas they had not dealt with God accorung to the Worss of Iſrael, and the former Generat10n that defcended tron tim, cor taoſe at leaſt wno were the true Tjrzel of God, fo they nt not | expect that Gall ſhould deal with them accoruin; to his tormer | wondrous Works, but that as he with che pure had thewed himielt | u8rizht. fo with the froward he ſhould ſhew him{e!f frow 1-7, | God hath determiied to turn into the'r own Bow els, and | t1emſelves, the Weapons they had in their hands taken upagainte ; the King of Babylon and the Chaldeans that were now Beicliuy !chem. "by which we may learn that this Meſſage was feat dur.vs
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trem his Roval Palace; Yea, more thai fo) animar'ng and 37 Fits encing the Buby!onians and Chaldears, whom 1 have 1-nt to ftiyat againft you, and &ifcouraging and dilpiriting your Azmies, \7 With luch an hand aid PIwer as I maniteffed tor m, ancient /j- \ rael,Ex04.6,6.God is here ſpoken of in a Dialect which maketh Fim | Tore intelligible ro us. He hath no Hards, no A: ws, neccher 15 ; anger and furv jn him confiderec as turbuleat Patti ns as rhey are [1N us ; but as Mn ftrecch ou: tavir Hands and Arms when they intend to give ſmart and terrible ſtrokes, and are edged to fuch Blows from the'r Pathons and exceſſive wrath, ſo God is let out to vs by exprefſi>ns proper to Men, and 17 hum ftanificative only of his juſt Will ro be revenged fever-ly upon a ft:tui people. The fence 15no more, than that an end was now cm? and Gul was relo;ved nog longer to bear with tuch a provoking people, but £9 bring kis urmoſt winch upon them, and to deal with them no 1011+ 'ger according to hits wondrons works of Mercy, but mn won.trous wars of Jaſttce, which in Mea wouid look like the effects of
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of any f11 in them, but becante Men are puntthed th them, rhey being part of their Subliance, and this 1s a part of that Bondage of Corruption, fron winca the Creature gt 019eta to be &vjte vere, of that Vanity to which they are jubject, witch maketh tre irrational pat of we f:pemton to be brought in by tae Apoe ftle, Rom. 8. 20,21, 22, likeasa Woman trav4//ing in pin, ant deſiring the Day of Juilement, . Co ant. þ TY - > al j