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e Note it, there are two ſorts of perſons who concern themſelves Heb.10.33,
draught of Fiſhes taken to the Net that took them. f Another part of Divine Honour, and moſtly uſed in giving Thanks and Praiſes, £ To their Policy and Power, their own Courſe}, Conduft and Arms,
expreſt in the Metaphcr of a Fiſherman's Drag. h State, Condi- tion or Intereſt. 7 The great and flouriſhing. & The Revenues of the Kingdom in general, and the Revenues of particular Subjedts, eſpecially of the. Commatiders and Military. Officers z thoſe who help to ſpread, draw and empty the Net. Abundant, that it might ſeem a ſufficient Proviſion, as well as a pleaſant Meſs, ſufficient for quantity,as ſweet in quality. It is like theſe ſelf-admirers did not only eat the tat of the Land they waſted, bur laid up in tore for themſeives. DD E 17: Shall they therefore 7 empty their net o, and ict ſpare p continually to flay 9 the nations 7. _ m The Chaldeans, Nebuchadnegzarand his:Armies. n Shall former lacceſs be pledge of future-? they have proſper d, and they think they ſhall; wilt thou confirm this ro them ? o As; Fiſhermen empty the full Net to fijl it again, and caſt out what they had taken to take 1n Tore, ſhall theſe proud and cruel Chaldeans do ſo ſtill? p Shall they, a: endlefly as mercilefly waſte. q Murderer like, kill, = Not fingle Perſons, but whole Kingdoms and People at once: wilt :hou, O moſt Juſt and mighty God and Judge, ſuffer theſe things always? The. Pro- phert by the Queſtion intimates to us that God moſt certainly will not iufer it always. The Lord will in fit time ariſe and break the Op-
in this puzzling Queſtion of the Divine Providence ; ſome objeR and quarrel, conteſt wich God, proudly, diſcontentedly and impa- tiently, Others enquire humbly, ſubmitring themſelves to God, and waiting for him. 'f The Heart and Mind of every ſuch one. & That proudly conteſts with the Juſtice and Wiſdom of the Divine Provi- dence, that ſlights Promiſes of Deliverance ar fo great a diſtance, and provides for his own ſafery by his own Wit. + Is very corrupt and wicked, full of (not only Diſtruſts, bur ) poſitive Concluftons againſt God's fature puniſhing the wicked ; ſuch a one is ſo wicked that he thinks God will not puniſh the violent and bloody, the ſuperſtitious and idolatrous Babylonian. ti The humble, upright, and comparative- ly righteous One, who adores. the depth of Divine Providence, and is perſwaded of the Truth of Divine Promiſes, and doth approve the Seaſon God chuſeth. & Supports himſelf, and quiets his own Heart, whileſt he foreſecth the approaching Deliverance of Sion. | His well -grounded Dependance on a perſwafion of the Truth of God's Promiſes touching the Relief of the faithful Servants of God, whoſe D<liverance he believes to be certain, and fo waits for the performance of Promiſes made to him and them,
OL hs 4 fave the opprefſed Church and People of God. \ OL. IT.
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death r, and cannot be farisfied 7, but gathereth z un-
tro him x all nations y, and heapeth £ unto him all peo- le.
m Or moreover, furthermore. n The King of B.zbylon, or every one of them. o Which Vice deſtroys Kings and Kingdoms; and in the Ex- ceſſes of Luxury the Baby{0n7an King Belſhazzar,his City and Kingdom of Babylon fell a Prey to Darixs and Cyrus. p Infolent in his Beha- viour towards all, both Retainers; Subjze&s, Strangers and«conquerd Enemies, ſuch Pride ſhall have a fall. q ls ever abroad warring upon ſome or other, which though it_ enlarge his Countries, 1t weakneth his Kingdom, and givcs advantage to Malecontents and Conſpirators, beſide that ir expoſeth him to imminent and continual Dangers. r Is moſtinſatiably greedy to devour all, as far from ſaying 'tis enough, as the Grave is, s As pernicious and ravenous. # All is too little for him, and there is no poſſibility to ſatiate his Appetite. #« Ad- deth one after ancther.. ».To his Kingdom. y That are round about him, all he knowsAare deſign'd upon, and he purpoſcth to en- groſs them. x, Another Expreſſion: of the ſame jmport.. Now all this, foretoldof the. future Temper of the Babyloniſh Kings and King- doms, are ſure Preſages of their no. Jong continuance in Grandeur, but that ſhortly Divine Vengeance-yill overtake them. This might be anſwer to Diſputers. NY