Chap. 34. fin Expofition upen the Book, of j o E. Verf. 20. ro wife pale away frorñ the Law till all be`fullfilled that is, the Law (hall flan(' in force as long as the world (lands,. Thus to paffe away is todie. But I conceive, we are to expound this third branch of the Judgement difiin11ly from the former two , and íherefore for as much as we have death in the fiat words, itwill not be proper to take in death here againe,or to ex- poundpalng away by dying. The third nction,of, they(hallpaffe away, is, they iháll run or flee for it, theyknow not whether,they fhall'flee for theirlives from the danger impending over thetn.As foie (hall die, and all be troubled, fonot a few (hall endeavourto fave their lives by flight. Chri(i in theGofpel foretold the great troubles and afflictions which lhould come upon jerufalem, and iw them there was a fad concurrence ormeetingofthere threejudg- ments in tho text. For when after fortyyeares the Romans inva- dedand ruin'd their City, many dyed & were defiroyed byfword and famine, all the people were troubled ; Oh inwhat a hurry, were they to fee the Romane Eagle difplayed before their Gates ! and then they paffed away ; that is, as many as could , withdrew' and got out ofthe danger. It is reported inhiflory, that before the Seidge of that City, a vocewas heard in f erufalem, laying, ( Migremsuhint) let us paffefrom hence, they who believed that warning,departedToone after ; And as fotne paffed awaybefore the Judgement came, fo when it was come, many were firiving tobe gone, or to paffe away. ThereforeChriff admoni(hed them ( Math: 24. zo.) Pray that your flight be not in thewinter, nor en the Sabath day. I conceive, we are tounderfiand this text di- fiinCtly of filch a palling away. Inamoment ¡hall they die, and the. people ¡hall be troubledat midnight, andpale away ; they fhall doe what they can to fecure themfelves.by .out-running.the danger. Note from it , Firft. god hath varietyof meaner to humblea frnfullpeople,. Into how many, wayes doe the Judgements of God divide themfelves ; feverall perlons beare feverall parts ; he is death to many, trouble to all, flight to foie. That, in the Prophet, an- Avers it fully ( Ter: r 5. i:) where the Lordprotefiingthat no- thing (no not the interceflionof Mofes. and Samuel) lhould take hirn offffrom his refolve again(( that people, faith, Such as are for death todeath, and filch as are for the fword to: thefreerd, and filch as are for the famine to thefamine, andfetch. as arefor the..eaptivity to 647
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