3 And ye 2 thall rread down the wicked x ; for | this. o Jeſus Chriſt preaching ro the Fews, calling them to Repens ay 4 {hall be aſhes under the 1toles of VCUT teet y. | cance, Ly a. their _ I their ines ors ER. In t * a £4 © TOP '| ning their Impenitence, and labouring to gatier the Chilgren of 7e- ns day that 1 ſhall do this S, laith the LORD ol ruſalem together under his Wings, but they would not, Mat. 23. 34, Vid. wer 2 tus in Now the ungodly; proud; enbeteatins bo =" deſtroying by the Romans theſe obſtinate OT INS hn « 5 : as 7 } iCIsS, Deſpiſers of God, Providence, and futuie [udgments, do tread dow: : v | thoſe that fear God and are godly, bur it ſhall not be fo always; t' a 6 And he Pp ſhall turn the heart q of the fathers to
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rels ceaſe, and both Parents and Childrens Hearts unite to Chrifi SY ol then to each other, and all to God, # God, or Chriſt, who indeed firſt renders the Bleffings of Grace and: Peace,anq givey them to ſuch as accept, but this the Fews would nor ; the Rulers, the Prieſts, the Body of the People reti.ted them : next thingChrig ( Lord and King, rejefted and diſowned ) will do, is to curſe and de- ſtroy. # The Land of Fudea, and che Inhabitants of it. x Which brings with it, and ends in utter DeſtruRtion ; as at this day we reaq in the Story of the Romans invading, ſubduing, captivating the Jews, and rafing their City and Temple : That the time is paſt now 15 Years fince a Stone was not lefr upon a Stone, as was foretold b Chriſt, Matth. 24. 2. ſince thoſe unparallel'd Hardſhips and Miſeries befel the Jews, which no Heart almoſt can read, and not bleeq 1+ reading, ( though at this diſtance of time ) and the Sufferers ſo de. ſervedly endured ſuch a Curſe as leaveth Feruſalem a deſolate Hez 1 and a perpetual Monument of God's Diſpieaſure againſt a People that finally ſin againſt his Soveraignty and his Mercy.
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