made, ſuftaineth and diſpoſeth of all. k All the Creatures are his Army, and do what he commands them to do againſt his Enemies. Z A light I ouch of his Hand, h2 needs not as Man to take great Pains to break and diſſolve hard Metals, a Touch of his Finger will do this. m. Either the Inhavitants, or rather the Land it (clf in which they dwelt, the Land of Canaan, or more likely the whole Earth, how firm Tnd hard ſoever it fecm to be. » As Snow before the Sun in its hotteft Influences, or as Wax before a mighty Fire, who can do this, can do all that I have denounced againft you, O Jſrael, The reft of tne Verſe, vid. Ch. 8. v.$. ler. r,s,7,u, x.
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o He that threatens and will execute his juſt Severities on you, is that mighty, glorious King, p Whoſe Palace inconceivably ſurpaſſeth all the Royal Palaces of the mightieft Monarchs on Earth ; his Cham- bers, as P/al. 304. 3. are in the Heavens; he by a Word of his Mouth prepared and garnilh'd thoſe Rooms of State, where is Glory that ra. viſheth the mighty Angels : how eaſily can he demoliſh and rujne your Cells, and with the Breath of his Noftrils by one Command,
Altar and Temple frael had forſaken, and ſet up others againſt it ; and here God in his Jealouſy appears prepared to take Vengeance z | polhbly it may intimate his future Departure from Fu42b too, There | Ezelzel, ch. g.4,2, ſaw the Slaughter-men ſtand. . e Commanded. Or, the Chapirer, Knop, Ornament, that was upon the Lintel of the | Door, which is ſuppoſed to be of the Gate of the Temple z or poſſibly Door of the Gate that led into the Priefts Courts ; and though the | Party that ſmites be not named, *tis likely *twas an Angel, or poſlibly the Prophet ſeemed to do it, for this is to do in Vition, g Which vere the Strength and Beauty of the Gate. bh Wound deep. # The | People which were vitionally repreſented as ſtanding in the Court of the Temple. &+ That it may more fully ſignify the deſtroying of the Chief of the Heads of this ſinful People... I Spare not one of theſe. m God will flay by the Enemies Sword the meaneſt of them, or the laſt, 6, the Poſterity of them. n Or get out of Danger. 0 For pre- ſent, out of Battel or beſieged City ; p Shall yet at laſt fall into the E- nemies Hand, or by tfis Sword. |
2 Though they dig into Hell q, thence ſhall mine hand take them y3 * though they climbap to heaven s, thence Wl I bring them down :
When David would deſcribe the Omnipreſence of God, 7/al. 129. t; » 94 10, I1, 12, hedoth it moft elegantly in almoſt the ſame man- ka 3 Our inſpired Herdman here doth ; where-cver theſe ſeek to
We themſelves from the purſuing Vengeance, they ſhall be found ;
- 5 With them, from whom they hide. © q The deepeft Receſſes, the
war Center of the Earth or the Grave, or literally, for ſo we
blow away and ſcatter your little Duſt-heaps, which you call Cities, Fortrefſes, and impregnable Munitions ? q He laid the Foundations of this lower World, and can as eaſily ſhake or overturn as at firft he laid
f them. r All that is below the Royal Pavilionsof God, are but asa lit-
tle Bundle, which he can foon uanty and ſcatter about z nor are the things tied up of ſuch Worth and Value that be ſhould loſe by doing it 3 how much more ealy is it for him to deftroy (as he hath ſpoken ) your Land and Cities, which are a very ſmall thing compared with the whole World, and this as a Point, compared with the unmeaſurable Greatneſs of the Heavens. You ſet a Value on: your ſelves, and are proud, and think that God will not loſe fuch Jewels, as if a King in his Royalty ſhould fear to loſe a Pin's Head, or one Atom of Duft that heth on his Foot-ſtool. s The eafieft way a Man can take to get any thing done ; nothing ſo ealy for Man to do, as 'tis eaſy tor God to drown a ſinful Nation or World. Poſfibly God by this may mind them what ſeeming Impoſſibly he did when he called tor the Waters of the Sea to drown the old World, and would hereby make them fee that he
can now. do the like. #r Either by Wholeſale in Judgment to drown, or by Retail by Vapours in Mercy to give Rain. olence, or in gentler Showers to punith or refreſh. lar Nation, or the whole World. x Eternal, Unchangcable, Almigh- ty and Juſt,
tt In Storms and Vi- 4 Either particu-
Vid. Ch.g.v.$. leter,s, t. - 7 Are ye y not as children of the Ethiopians z unto me a, O children of Iſrael ? ſaith the LORID. Have nor }
brought up Iſrael out of the Land of Egypt b ? and the * * Jer. 47- Philiſtines from Caphtor c, and the Afiyrians d from 5
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3 Who glory in-yaur Deſcent from Abraham, and are in Truth the | natural Dz=icendants of 4/rael, and think very highly of- your ſelyes; on», this Account, lighting all other Nations, and preſuming that God: neither will, nor can, becauſe of his Covenant, deltroy you, whatever Prophets lay. 7 Not that-remote Nation beyond Eg ypt, but thele ot /rivia Perrea, a wild, thieviſh, and (ervile Nation, tuch as now, inhabit thoic Parts, baſe, bloody, and thieviſh 4lrbes, hated and delpiled of ail their Neighbours, and fo by the J/raelites their Neighbours ac- counted at that day. 41 did make them, as you, they are my Crea- enre a3yon ; wherein ſoever you excel them, you owe It tO me, who madz. you both as Creatures, 'and have diftinguiſh'd you by my tree Mercy and rich Grace, giving moſt LO YUu, of which you boaſt, and giving Jeſs to them tor which you delpite thems b and whereas you boaſt of my. Kindacſs to.you, bringing you out of Zgypr, and there-
upon;conelude, God canngt leave you whom be bath ſo redeemed ;
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