- He once did rebuke, as Exod. 14. 22, he ſtill can, as a Lord re- Muketh his Servant, or a General rebukes his Soldiers, by Word or Look, Iſa. 59. 2. b Literally underſtood or figuratively, it 1nports {;i!l that he can deliver his Peopie and deſtroy his Adverfaries as of old he did. c His Word or Will doth as ſpeedily do this thing,as it doth proceed from Gad ; he commands, and 'tiz done. d S9 Jordan C19; or heard rhe rebuke of our God and tled, or was driven back 3 Frſh. 3-154 16, and Pſz. 114. 3- And what he once d:d upon Far- 1.m, that he cando on al! other Rivers, and ſo are we to underſtand the Words. e It lay Eaſtward of Jordan, was the Kingdom of 0g, + was famous for Oaks, Exel, 27. 6. for Cattle alſo,as Bulls, Pſ.c.22-12. and Rams, Dent. 32+ 14. and was given to the half tribe of Manaſſ*h. £© Grows barren, as if under aconſumptive languiſhing, is not longer {ulicient to feed the Cattle that were wont to feed and grow fat upon it, g Avery fruitful mountain, either in the Contines of Zebulon and 4(bzr Northward, Joſh. 12. 22. whereElhab by fire from Heaven con- cended with, and convidted the Baalites ; or elſe this Carmel might be that where Nabal dwelt, 1 Sam. 25. 2. famous for its rich Paſtures; his was more Southward than the other, and not far from Hebron, þ Whatever flouriſhed, and was beautiful, Trees, their Blofſoms, and the flowers which were wont tobe the glory of 1t. 2 A mountain thirruns from the Coaſt of the Phenician Sea Weſtward, for 125 Miles more or leſs Eaſtward, and vergins toward Arab:a, it 1s the North Boundary of Judea, and divides it from Syria, famous for its fruittulneſs, as for its height. &þ Loſeth its ſtrength and virtue both the produ@, and the very Sc-.1 that produceth too, foon fall into a Conſumption.
5 The * mountains / quake 2 at him, and the hills o melt p, and the earth 9 1s burnt 7 at his preſence, yea, the world s, and ail that dwell therein 7.
] The more known mountairs of that Country were mentioned, v2r. 44 now the propher doth extend his Speech to all mountains, how great ſoever, and how faſt ſoever their Foundations are laid, 7 Tremble at his rebuke, not only are ſhaken by Earthquakes from natural cauſes, diſpoſed by God's power and wiſdom, but are ſhaken ind tremble under the Effe&s of his extraordinary preſence, FudZz. s. 4. Job 9. 8. Pſal. 29.5. Fer. 10,10. n By his power, orat his diſpleaſure, orindeed at his preſence, P/al. 68.8.and ſo the Chald. Paraphraſt. 0 The leſſer hills diſtinguiſhed from inountains, or elſe 'tis a confirming Ingeminativn of what he had ſaid- p God's rebuke | 545 fire, mountains and hills ike wax melt down before ir, P/al. 114. 5,7, 8. q Whichſ-:ms ro be ſecure againft the fury of the fire, yet proves combuſtible under the fice of God's Wrath. r Or
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the word and promiſe of God. nis word of promiſe in Hezebiah's time.
18. ro, and is their ſtrengch alſo in that Fortreſs. g At all times of
Afffii&ion and Danger, when outward Prefſures fill us with anguiſh and Fears. pezr that he doth preſerve, that he may deliver his peculiar Ones. He knows the wicked, and will refirain, rebuke and deſtroy them 3 he knows the good, and will protect, reſcue and fave them. i Whe- ther you conſider them in a body and community, or by themſelves a part or finply,
þ Difcerneth, approvetiiz, owneth, and will make it ap-
þ Believe, depend and wait on God, they that de- pend by Faith and wait with Hope. { On God, or on Chriſt, or on So God was to thoſe that truſted in Ss But mz with an over-running flood 7 ne o will make an uttzr end p of the place thereof x, and darknets £ {hall purſue 7 his enemies z.
m Or And, or therefore, ſince God 1s fo good to ſjrael oppreft by Ajhriz, and ſo terrible, juſt and mighty ro puniſh oppreitors. n ts judgments like a mighty Flood that overiloweth all Banks,and ſcorus all that might check ir, ſhall ſwallow up Afjzr7ia and Ninzveh j which was in part effefted by Phraortes about the 2312 An. of the World, aad in part by his fon Cyzxares, who broke the Af;rian Kingdom ant rook Nineveh. o The Lord by the Medes, p will deſtroy, 15 that it ſhall never recover, or be rebuilt. r Of Nineveh, that 1s, Vin-weh in fcIf, Son Scripture ſometime the Place is ſaid to perith when the Thing it ſelf doth, as D.in.2.35. Rev.12.2, & 20. 11. s Troublcs,de- ſolating afflitions, extream evils,in Scripture ſtile are call'd darkneſs, Fob 15. 22. & 17. 12. Pla. 35.6. Eccl. 5. 17. Iſz. 42. 7. & 55 9, Wc:
zel 2. 2. t Not a fiogle Calamity which is ſoon at an En, hut indeed a fucceſiion of Calamities, a continued Courſe of them ſhall purſue; ſo Phraortes began, Cyaxares continued, Scythians heip'd vn, and ASffyazes finally with four hundred chouſand Mcn f::j%Hed the purſuit in the Sackand ruiaof XNineveh afrer two years ſiege. 4 The Nineuites and 4f]yrians,
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9 What do ve imagine x againſt the LORD y ? he will make an utter end = : alliction fhall not rife up rhe {ſecond time 7.
x Having declared the dreadiulneſs of God's power and anger 1- gainſt the wicked, his goodneis towards his peopte, and d-noun- ced future deſtruction azainſt the Ninevites and 47 rims he< doth
now expoſtulate with them, would know what *tis they think <£ God, what 'tis they defign againſthim, and cn what ground they Hatter themſelves into ſuch an attempt. y The God of T{-ge!; for however you, O Ninevites and 4j]yrians, will look orly upon a pact afflied people (weakened by many wars) and defign to firallovy them up, yet theyare the People of the Lord, and you defizn a- gainſt him what you deſign againſt them. 7x He will make your ut- ter deſolarion to be the iſſue of your projetts, and the puniſhment of your ſins,vid. v. 8.let.p. a When that ſtorm which ſhall overthrow you is paſt, nd other ſhall ariſe, becauſe you ſhall be no more 3 as if the prophet had ſaid, God will at once, and for ever deſtroy your Empire and City.
10 For þ while they be folden together c as thorns, and while they are drunken d 2x drunkaads, they ſhall
be devoured as ſtubble fully dry ec.
b Tins giyes us account how this delolation ſha'l be cfe&ect
Chap. 1 ap. I Hold, as the H:5. Af/ox imports, 37d is fornctunes rendred. Tho? Trae! feems fo be expoſec. to the violence of enemies, and to he without any Munition or Fortreſs, yet verily the Lord their God is tor a Detence and Fortreſs to them, Pſal. 31. 3. and 61. 3» Prov.