zah, in that he doth not give him up to his own Paſſion. And $0144 as weary as he is, yet will live till God will take away his Life, Þ'Th more deſirable to me todie and be buried, for then my Propheſiing that never came to pals will he ſoon forgotten, however I ſhall n =. more bluſh at the Rebukes the World will caft upon me. 4 Diſpracey and upbraided by Atheiſts, and hardned Sinners, who will reflec th. Lie upon me or on my God. EN noainny
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Life, 6 Either by Voice audible to Foxah, or rather
Beggs | by his Spirit that Spirit which gave Fonah Order to go and preach,
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der to debate the Caſe, _ c Who is now, as Jonab needed he ſhould he
Gracious, flow to Anger, and of great Kingneſs toward Fonh, elſe j. had not lived a Moment longer to;repent him of his laft Sins in thi Matter. 4 1s thy yehement Anger warrantable ? or will this Anger of thine do good to thy ſelf or others? Think. well of .it, whether thou doſt att like a. Prophet, like-one that feareth God, or like 1 Man, in this thine Anger ? * 7h; EEP mY
5 Soe Jonah went out of the City f, and fat g on the eaſt-ſide of the City.h, and: there made him a booth j, ang fat under it. in the ſhadow k,.till he might ſee what wouy become of the City I. Lt ING
e When the Lord had taken notice and reproved the Paſſions of 54. nah, and made ſome Impre{kon on his Mind for the preſent. . f Dir. contented in himſelf, and doubtful of the Iſſue, whether God would be more tender of {t!;2 Life of Multitudes, -or of Fonab's Credit, the Prophet withdrew Limſelf, and, waits, how long»we have not ary ground of Conjedure. g Put himſelf into a Poſture of waiting, ar thereſore to repole himſelf, rather fat than frtood. b Which in likel; hood was ſome higher Ground, the City ſtanding on the Faft-banks Tygrts ; the farther he went Eaſt the higher the Ground was, andthe ſatec from the uncertain manner of the City's Overthrow. i Some imall and mean Shed for Shade and Shelter, uſually made of prey Boughs, & Theſe Boughs thus. pitched and made into a Booth, afford. ed ſome Shadow in which Fonzh repoſed himſelf. 7 By this Paſhye it ſhould ſeem the forty Days were. not fully expired, nor yet wantet much of expiring ;z and Fonah ſeems reſolved there to expett the t-
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6 And the Lord GOD prepared ma || gourd », ani! dow over his head p, to deliver him from his grief 4. $ n Jonah - was exceeding glad r of. the gourd s.' ty m Commanded, that in'the Place where Foxab's Booth ſtood, this ji Herb, or ſpreading Plant, ſhould ſpring up to be a Shade whenthe| gathered Boughs are withered. n Tis not certain what this was, tome
| 1ay Ivy, others fay *twas Palma Chriſtz, or five-leaved, whoſe Leares
are lo ſet as to reſemble a Man's Hand, or a wild Vine or Colon; nor 1s it very material we ſhould ſearch farther into the Nature of thi [FP in the Text, *twas ſome wild Plant with long and broad Leaves, Which ſaddenly grew, ſpread it ſelf, and made a good Shade, 0 God gave it aſpeedy Growth, and direQed the Growth that it ſhould cover the top of the Booth. pþ And be a Shade to Jinth+ gainſt the Vehemence of the Sun, which did ſhine very parchingy hot in thoſe Countries. q To give ſome Faſe to his Mind, refreſh hi natural Spirits, much diſcompoled by the Violence of his Paſſions, and by the violent Heat of the Sun. *©Tis probable this Grief was ſont extreme Fit of continued Head-ach. r As vehement in his Joy, now, in his Grief beiore ; he was a Man of great Affettions, whatever m6 ved them. s His Eaſe by the Gourd made him glad of it, and 10- ſerve that here is no mention made of Fonab's ſeeing Godin it. |
7 But God prepared t a worm « when the morning roſe the next day x, and it ſmote y the gourd that it wr thered z.
r By the ſame Power which cauſed the Gourd ſuddenly, and to F# nabf's great Joy, to ſpring, grow and ſpread it ſelf, as a Canopy, pre pared alſo, # What, is not ſaid, ſome contemptible Grub thatw not ſeen by Fenah, x Which early next Morning, 7. e. by break Day. » Bit the Root, 7 © that the whole Gourd ſuddenly withered,
8 Andit came to paſs a when the ſun did ariſe 6, that
God prepared c a || vehement eaſt-wind 4; and the in
beat upon the head e of Jonah, that he fainted f, and; wiſhed in himſelf to die g, and ſaid, * 7t is better fort to die than to live h. | | a Affter all theſe Paſſages both in chaſtiſing and refreſhing 79% and after all Fonaþ*s Deportment under them, but more immediate) afrer the withering ot the Gourd, and the Loſs of the Shadow : With the riting of the Sun, ſo carly in th2 Morning as the Sun aroſe, * By a particular Command from God. 4 A dry, ſcorching, b!allns Wind where-ever it blows, but more than ordinarily ſo, in th0l on mates, and moſt ſo when tent out on ſuch an Errand by the Lore vo lent, ſaith the Hebrew, Rutfling Winds uſually cool tne Air? but 1 ſilent, which blow with even Tenour, rather increaſe the Heat of te Air. However this Wind was lent todo fo, and certainly did I * Did perpetually and vehemently ſhine, or point its burning Beams on the undefended Head of Fonah. No Wind to cool, no Shade 0 ver ſcorched Fonah. f Overcome by the Heat, he was n0 longer® ble to ſtand, but as a fainting Man fell down ready to 0c: p Strength of Body, and his Courage of Mind alſo failed him. 5 wy Weakneſs and Pain, in this Perplexity of Body ard Mind, be 0, | orice more 0 a down-right Impatzence and Wearineſs of Lite. *c., here he will juſtify his Paſlion, *is beſt of the two z but For«b oy wiſer and humbler, and more merciful too efre he die. Before o hath done with bim, he will teach him to value his own Lc me and to be more tender of the Lite of ochers. _ 9 And God ſaid to Jonah, || Doelt thou well ge gry i forthe gourd k ? And he I ſaid 1, || 1 dg well
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