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firſt begin at 78, what ſhall the ex4 be of them that obey not 108 Goipel of Gol. If God ſpared not the green Tree, how ſhall he ſpare
thoite that are dry and whithered > Atheiſts, and leud and profane Perſons have little reaſon to promiſe themſelves an elcape from God's righteous Judgment, when they ſee God not {paring thole thar make the higheſt profeſſion of him, and ſtand in ſome relatt- onto him. g lt is vain for you ro promiſe your lelyes an elcape, for God is about to puniſh all your Neighbours.
39. Therefore propheſie thou againſt them all theſe words, and ſay nnto them h, The LORD!
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ſhall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation z, he ſhall mightily rore upon! his habitation &, he ſhall give a ſhout ; as they that tread tbe grapes, againſt all the inhabitants of the
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h Reveal my Will,unto them preſeutly, to revenge my ſelf up- on them, in words to this ſence or purpole ; tel] them,that I who hitherto have been toward them as a Lamb, will now be to them as a Lion. So Joel 3. 16. Amos 1. 2. and 3. 8. and, as a Lion,w1ll rore from Heaven ; for tho* the Temple be ſometimes 1o called, yet the foregoing words from on high expound this term 1n this place otherwiſe. kh Or, in b7s habitation, which 1s more likely to be underſtood, in Heaven, (as the former) than 1n Jeruſalem as di- yers would have it, for God is here revealing his Wrath apainſt foreign Nations,upon ſome of which theſe Judgments came after God had done roring in or upon feruſalem. { A ſhout, fuch as Soldiers uſe to give when they ſtorm a City, or aſſault their Ene- mies ; like the ſhout of thoſe that tread the Grapes, tinging one to another, or rejoycing and triumphing in the Vintage,
31 A nolſe ſhall come evez to the ends of the earth, tor the LORD hath a controverſie with the nations 2: he will plead with all fleſh z, he will glve them that are wicked to the ſword o, faith the LORD.
m There ſhall be ſuch Confuſions and Noiſes, as ſhall ring 0+ ver all the World ; for Gods Quarrel is not againſt the Fews on- Iy, but other Nationsalſo. n Nor will he in any thing he doth, alt injuſtly : It they will joyn Iflue with him, he will plead with them, and make it appear to all that aCt righteouſly. o He will give up many to the Sword, bur they ſhall be ſuch only as by | their wickednels have delerved it, recompenſing to them their own Works and evil Doings.
32 Thus ſaith the LORD of hoſts, Behold, evil ſhall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind ſhall be raiſed up from the coaſts of the earth p. |
p Ic 1s much the ſame thing which was faid betore, only re- peared for thegreater cerroc in 4 variety of expreſſions. He tells them that the Judgment ſhould be like a Contagion, going trom one Nation to another, or like a fire catching hold of another Houſe before the firſt is burnt down, like a Whirlwind, that blows trom all ſides, cometh ſuddenly, and devoureth dreadtully.
33 And the ſlain of the LORD ſhall be at thar day from ozc end of the earth even unto the other end of the carth - they ſhall nor be * lamented, neither gathered nor buried, they ſhall be dung upon the ground 9.
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36 A voice of the cry of the thepherds, and \an howling of the principal of the dock (hall be beard w: tor the LORD hath ſpoiled their pa-
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; art g, ſiith the LORD of hoſts. ' amongſt whom they were wont to feed {ecurely.
37 And the peaccable hahitations are cut down he- cauſe of the fiery anger of the LORD y. y That 1s, the places where thefe great Men were wont to 1:v2 ſplendidly, and dwell peaceably and ſecurely, ſhall be as furely deſtroyed through the Lord's Anger, as it it were already done.
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2 God had before compared himi-1f toa Lion, Yer. 30, here he declares himlelt to be about to move likea Lion, who when he goeth out to ſeek his Prey, leaveth his Covert. 7d. Ch. co 44 2 The eftects of this riſing up of God our of his Cover is che ſolation of the Land through the nercenets of the Enemy, cautes from the fierce anger of God now ready © 2e pou:ed our up this People,
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