Day of Trouble, <orrow and great Diſtreſs, e Thi explains the for: mer ; it is a Day of greater Troubles than yet they tel, Trouble; which God will heap upon them, a Day in whici Gd will be Judg*, = : ang! puniſh by the / ccuſis, by the Drought, and by Babylonians, Unis ro matter of tact, *tis true, they were aſhamed ; bur in the Impera- you repent. f Great Calamitics were now upon them, and great! were appr- aching tv them. It the Prophet Foel aims at the Captivit), of the two Tribes, it was 180 Years off ; if of the ten Tribes, !* was about 60 Years off; for he prophefieth about the latter End 0: Ferobgam the Second ; it is likely therefore he aimeth at ſome othe! Calamities. g A total Overthroy of the Kingdom,the Worſhip of G0
nothing can retard or divert it, unlets Faſting. Prayers and Tear and Amendment do it.
garners q are laid deſolate y, the bir s are broken gov! tor the corn 1s withered «.
your ſelves; confeſs your Sins; repent of them, and ſue out your Pardon,return to God, that he may remove your preſent Calamities and prevent the future. « Proclaim and publiſh it, that every one may know they are rzeſtrain'd from common daily Work, and that they are commanded to come together, moſt ſolemnly to ſeek the Lord. x Both for Age and for Authority,Magiſtrates and Rulers,who poſſibly bad been by their Sins, more than others, cauſe of theſe
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This Verſe and the three next way be look'd upon either as a pattr
hemlſelves, which ſpeaks their ſenſe of the Evil thy ſuffer'd, 4 Tis
n4 all your Labours in your Land, þ Whoſe Diipleafure as 2 con'tr ting Fire, can and will burn up all before it, his Power and Hand ill 0 it, and then riothing can retiſt it, #7 Moſt certainly and ſpeecli!y
6 Is not the meat 2 cit off & before our eyes 7, 4, * joy and gladneſs trom the houſe of our God m7 ? i The Queſtion does moſt vehemently affirm ; Our Food, what ve
ſhould eat, z, e. all Proviſion we ſhould live vpan. & DevourceÞf Locujts, or withered with Drought, 'tis pcriih'd. 1 We ice % not fo far off as what is foretold, *tis under our Eye. h fail much, and t'rieſts have ſcarce enough to live upon, white
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c tO rejoice in the Houſe of God, ; 17 The feed 7 15 rotten o under rlicir clods 7, +
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F 1 DLoy % ala! ants of the Z 4 The Pro | WN0 were by $and to call t * VOUld he has Weep, and Pr though fri his Royal Pa *Unſt the Canger atten, Feruſalem, in 0 God's Ma Heart, all yo 2* Ac 1 Pon the there hat More xz aft
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+his uſe of it which is ſown. muſty and fruitleſs,
fr the Seed againſt next Spring. 0 Is putrified, grown nor is this Word any where elſe _ ne way om under which the Seed covered ſhould ſpring up, _ _ rotten and fruitleſs Seed, is loſt under it. q Or, = houſes, Treaſuries of Corn, in which 'twas kept for future Uſe. " Either run to ruin, becauſe the Owners diſcouraged with the barren- my fthe Seaſons, would not repair them ; this will intimate that ey rudement laſted ſome Years, and 1is better ground for it, than "+ four forts of Vermin repeated one after another, in ver, 4. or elle Jefolate, being pull'd down and the Materials employed for other ” ns, till they may have Corn to keep in them. s In wh'ch they E lodged their unthreſhed Corn. * Negletted, and without repair. W There was no uſe of them, no Corn to be laid up, all withered, and therefore the Barns were not regarded. | > 18 How do the beaſts groan * ? the herds of cattle y > are perplexed, becauſe they have no paſtures z yea, th © gocks of ſh2ep 7 are made deſolate. E | x $0 great was the Penury and want of Suſtenance, that the Beaſts © -1 the Field pinch'd with hunger, groaned, made diſmal noiſe for Fod- E er and Water; the firſt Word Beaſts is general, and contains all ſorts. # , The greater Cattle which go wandring about, and range over all & laces, yet can find no Paſturage. 7 Which led by Shepherds, might © likely be ſuppoſed better ſecured, yer their Shepherds find noPaſture, © -nd the Sheep pine away and ſtarve. Theſe things are mentioned, el- © her 25 convincing Men of their ftupidity, who were leſs ſenſible of © preſent Miſeries than brute Beafts were, or to provoke them to lay to ” heart and preſſing Calamities, or as Arguments that he would pity & :nd relieve innocent Brutes, though he puniſh'd ſinful Brutes. * 19 OLORDa, to thee will I cry b- for the fire c hath k devoured the || paſtures d of the wilderneſs e, and the
© fame f hath burnt all the trees g of the field, ” 47 Maker and Preſerver of theſe poor famiſh'd Cattel. 6 Either © tis the Prophet's Prayer he maketh, or a Form preſcribed for the
here is juſtified by all the following Words ; the Grain |
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