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© Unto God alone he makes his Application. as only able to re- dreſs all grievances. f It may be ſome Years he i244 preack'd. and in Preaching had complain'd-and cry'd out againft Wickedneſ. 2 Un- t> Men in thy Name, and unto thee in Praver ind *upnlicarion, h Give anſwer by correng or pumfhing the Bad, aud ;, reſcuing and delivering the Good ; by appearins a juſt &4rhitrator and ſudo of both. 7 With ſubmiſſion, not murmuring, nt impaticu*, not C1 ſtruſting the Juſtice or Mercy of God. þ Who art more dilpleaſed than T or any ore elſe can be diſquieted,with thar I complaiuof, who art by Office and Word bound to refiriin Violence, 7c. [ The acguft and wicked Oppreffions which 1 ſce others tee, and a!l pood People are eadanzered by. m By changivg the Bad or refirain- ing them, or by overthrowing them, and ſetting up juſt and up- right Men in their room, both in 7erajalem and in Fudea, and eve- ry where clſe.
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» Tt is a moſt unpleaſing Sighr,and thar which troubles me,and eve- ry 200d Man, to ſce unjuſt and injurious Men without controul and unpuniſh'd, to a their Iniquity; and yet O God, thou nor only per- mitteſt it co be done, bur to be done in Sight, and to the Grief of thy Servants : thus God ſheweth it, and 'tis not withour juſt Cauſe, though the Cauſe he hidden. o Men of Iniquity and Vanity 3 un- righteous toward Men, and vain in their Thoughts and Prattices of Religion toward God. p This explains the former, let. m. q So "tis 1n regard of the effett it hath upon Beholders, and ſuch as ſuffer by this Iniquity; 'tis Grief and Sorrow to them, tis a Grievance they groan under. r Such as waſteth and undoeth them that fall un- cer it, Fs Perverting Judgment, and turning it into Wormwood 3 or elf: "tis a Hedraiſm, Spoiling and Violence, that 1s moſt violent rob- bing and ſpoiling each other. # Every where I ſee it, to the break- ins of mine Heart. » Or, and there is Strife, that is lirtle elſe but Strife among Men, occaſioned by theſe oppreſſive Prattices. x So twill be a Hebraiſm. expreſſing endleſs Contention. It would bear, and Fudgment is taken away, which ſutes the next Verſe.
4 Therefore y the law = is flacked «, and judgment 6
21.7. doth never c go forth : for * the wicked d doth com-
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- paſs about e the righteous; therefore || wrong Judg-
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F Becauſe the wicked go on with Impunity, and the Puniſhment they deſerve is deferr'd. x Of God, given to this People by the Hand of Moſes, the whole Law Moral, Ceremonial and Judicial. a Is lighted, weakned and little ſtudied, and leſs obeyed by all ſorts. b Not ouly private Men negle@ the Law, but Magiſtrates, Judges and publick Officers pervert, or divert, or obſtru it alſo. c Heb. To the End, or unto Vidtory, with prevalence to reſtrain the Unjuſt, and to prote@ the Innocent, which is the End of Magiſtracy, Rom. 13. 3. d The unjuſt and violent Man. e As 'twere beſiegeth, ſurroundeth, with deſign to oppreſs and ruine by falſe Witneſs , Intereſt or Bribery. f Perverſe Judgment, wherein Innocence is condemned, and the Nocent are acquitted ; ſo the Judges are Swords in the Bowels, when they ſhould be Shields over the Bodies of theRigh- tcous,
5 © * behold g, ye among the heathen h, and re-
'gard 7, and wonder marvelloully &- for I / will work 7
a work in your days 7, which ye will not believe o though it be told you p.
2 Here God begins toanſwer the Prophet,and calls for a very par- ticular and exa& Confideration of the thing ; ſee and ponder, þ what Judgments, what Puniſhments have been executed upon the Heathen for like Sins. 7 Weigh it well in all its Tendency and Conſe- quence, for it is a warning to you,it afſures your Judgment will over- take you alſo. k As aſtoniſhed at Judgments, too great to be expreſt in words, and ſo ſtrange that 'twill ſeem too much to be believed. I The grear and glorious God, the juſt and ſupreme Judge. m Begin, continue and finiſh a Work; a Work IT am working, a Work of equal Scyerity and Juſtice. It ſhall no more be deferr'd, Ezek. 7. s, (5c. o Ycu wicked violent Oppreflors will not believe tho' the Lord by his Prophets foretel it. þ Deſcribed how, and by whom, and when,
6 For lo 9, I raiſe up 7 the Chaldeans s, 2hat bitter 7 and haſty # nation, which ſhall march x through the + breadth * of the land., to poſleſs y the dwelling- places 5 zhat are not theirs.
q Now the Prophet declares particularly whar 'tis that the Lord will work. r Awaken to Aion, animate them in it, and ſtreng- then them to accompliſh their Defign. s Who had ſubdued other Naticns, and had already ruined the 4ſſrian Monarchy. # Cruel and without Mercy, 7er. 6. 23. & 21-7. u Speedy and quick in exe- cuting their mercileſs Purpoſes, as 1/a.s. 26, 27. - x Heb. walk with- out fear, and in order, as a Conqueror doth jn his Conquefſts. * Through all Parts of the Land, no Corner ſhall eſcape his Search or Cruelty. y Not to ſpoil and be gone, but to take and keep Poſ- ſeſſi:n, as Lord and Proprietor in the Right of Conqueſt. z Houſes, Towns, Cities, Jeruſalem it ſelf, which they had no right to, 'till Fewiſh Sins gave occaſion for the diſpoſſeffing of the Fews, and the intfoducing of the Chaldeans.
7 They are terrible and dreadful @ : || their Judg- ment þ and their dignity c ſhall proceed of them-
a To afffe the inzredulous Jews with greater fear, 'tis doubled,
the captivi- they are of all Nations moſt terrible, in the Fierceneſs wherewith
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