Chip.. 2'. AnExpoftionupon the Eookof J O B. Vert. face ofHa ael i what would he have done then, if he had fan all fulfilled with his hand ? - Chrift himfelf wept over Ieruf;dlem, when he prophefied how. the Enemy Jhould conic, and cuff a trench about it , and compaj:r the City round, and keep them in on every fide, &c. Luke 19..43. If Chrift wept for the evils that were to come on others, how fhould we weep for the evils that are al- ready come upon us ? Mine eye of e 1eth my heart, faith lament- ing Jeremy (Lam. 3. g L.) An eye of prophcfie bath affedcd time hearts, and thall not an eye of fenfe affea oars ? -Our ears were (mitten long ago, with fad meffages out ofGermany, out oftheFa- latinateand Bohemia :. we were Iinitten nearer hoine by the re- ports of thofe inhumane butcheries exercifed upon ourbrethren in Ireland;We are now fmit ten at home, bothear and eye, the fword bath patted the Seas, and bath fpilt Rivers, is like to fpil a tea of blood out of our own bowels ; for our Brethren that have been ílain, for our brethren that are in Captivity , for our brethren that have been fpoiled, let us mourn and Iamtnt with a brotherly lamentation. It is true, they ought (ás thole ancient Worthies) tofuffer joyfully the fpoilingof their goods, Heb. o. 34. but we ought togrieve when they fuffer the fpoilingof their goods. It is an excellent fpirit in them to fuffer it with joy ;,but it is a finful Ipiritin us, which rejoycet, h , when they fuffer. Some Trees keep their greennefs and their leaves, winter and'fummer ; let the-time be what it will, hot or cold, they are alike frefhand green : Some fpirits are like thole hard grain'd trees : but the fpirit ora Chri- ftian fhould be, like ordinary trees,which when winter cotneth, cali their leaves, put off their beauty and bravery. The Story faith of. Nero, that when he had let the CityofRomeon fire,he got him up to an high place to behold the fire, and feed upon the flame, for there and then he Tung longs of the Deflruífion of Troy : To fing fongs,to rejoyce in the midft ofSionr AffliCtions,arguesnot a Chriftian, butaNeronian fpirit. To that up this point, let us prefer Jerufalem above our chiefefl worldly- joys let us even refolve to enjòy nothing of the world,till we feeJerufalema quiet habitation, and the joy of-thewhole Earth. The wife of Phineas; ',Sátn+ would not enjoy her Son, (and that is the chiefefi joy), becaufe the Ark of God was taken :;She enquires, where, it the Glory ? as if the had Paid, you thewme a Son, but can you thew me the Glory ? No, The Glory is departed from Ifrael, for the Ark ofGod ás taken.. There is nothing in the,world to be rejoyced in, when 30
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