aR Chap. 34. An Exp©fition upon the Book of o18, `erf:6, bids Egypr,in fcorne, feeke healing there (fer: 46. I I.) gat: up into Gilead and take balme,0 virgin,the daughter ofEgypt: in vaine fhalt thou ufe manymedicines , for thoufhalt not be cured. Whocan heale where God will wound ? (Tfal: 38. a, 3.) : hive arrows flickfag. in me there is nofoxndnefr in myfief ; evenDavid com- plained that the wounds which the arrows of God had made hi him were incurable, why is my paine perpetuall (faid the Pro- phet, Jer: 548. andmywound incurable, which refufeth to be healed ? When Ephraimfarhis f ck,nefs, andJudah fare his wound, then went Ephraim to the Affyrian , and fent to !zng fareb tohelp him,yet could he not healeposa,nor cureyou ofyour wounds, (Hof: 5, 13. ),God gives:flates or bodyes politick fuch wounds, as all the medicinesand meanes in the world cannot helpe ; They may goe to the Affyraan, and fend toking fareb, to this and that power ; They may call a whole colledge of State Phyficians or deepeif Foliticians for counfel and advife, yet neither one nor other can be a healer to them. Therefore in the next Chapter ( v I.) the Church concluded upon another courfe , and a better addreffe, then,either to the Affyrian, or to king fareb. Lome let to retorne unto the Lord,for he hath torne,and he will heale us ; only the Lord who gives the wound canheale the wound ; the fame hand which finites us muff cure us, elfe our wound is incurable. Thirdly , Note. To "comp'laineof our wounds as incurable, orpall cure, is an ar- gument ofour unbeliefe, 'Tis good for us even to defpaire of help from creatures, and to fay the leali wound (ifbut the fcratch of apin) is incurable by all the art, meanes, and medicines which this world can ad- minifter,but to flay our wound (though never fo deep,dangerous, and deadly ) is abfolutely incurable,- is our fin. While we ruine our felves (that is,while we provokeGod to ruine us, yet) there is hope in God ; O Ifrael, thonhaft deftroyed thy felfe, but in me is thine helpe ( Hof: 13.9.) defpaire asmuch asyou will ofcreatures helper butiatl hope aid God. Thirdly, In that he faith, My rand is incurablewithout tranf Preen, Note, rhe
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