Chap. 34. An Expgfztion, apon the Book, of Jos. Verf. 26. 69 5 ¿lacle to the tvorld,teAngels,and tomen (r Cor: 4 9.) The Greeke is, weare a Theater to the world, &c. As if he had fayd , all fee howwe are ufed ; And as bloody perecurers make the faithfull fervants of Chrill a fpecîacle, fo Chrifi wiltat Tall make wicked men a fpe&acle to the world, ro Angels, and to men. Thus it is p.opheeied(If:66.24.) that all fefhwho come toworjhip before the Lord, filall goeforth and looke apon the carcaffès of the men that have tranfgreJJèd againf%hino, &c. They fhall be ftricken in the placeofBeholders or Seers. Some expound that word Seers, as implying more thenordina- videre frpe ryjeers, or more then barely fuck as feewhat is done;namely,fuch fgnlcas cum as are delightedand pleafed with what is done, yet not as it is a votuptare alz- fuffering of paine by man, but it is an a&. of Juflice from qurd Jjchiare.- God. 6gtult: Hence note. Clod oftentimes doth Mice upon fnners openly: The Judgementsof God are of two forts : Some are fecrer, o- thers aremanifefl ;he candoe executionupon menwhen none fee it ; nayhe doth thefeverefi executionsuponfame men when they themfelves doe not fee it ( that's the Bing and feverity ofthe Judgement, that ) they have not fomuch as any fence of the wrath ofGod, when the full vialls of his wrath are powring out upon them. But many of the Judgements of God are open ;, As he firiketh fotne Co fecretly, that none can fee it, foothers fo vifibly that all may fee ir.Thus the Lord commandedMofes (Numb:25:. 4. ) when lfrael had joyned themfelves unto Baal-peor, Take ail the heads ofthepeople andhang them up before the Lord arrainfl the S. By the-headi ofthe people; we may underhand either the ca- pitall offenders, thofe who were moft 26ive and ready in that wickednefe; or their principali Rulers, who in'flead offlopping them from or punifhing them for chore offences,gäve way rothem or at leafs wincked at them,: Thefe muff be hanged againfi the Sun, thatis, as Elaha fpeakes here, in the openfight ofothers, o',in the' placeoffeers. Thus they were made an example of caution that all might fee and feare and 'doe no more prefumpruoufly.. Read the like executions ofdivine Judgement threatned(i Sam: I2. I I, i 2. Ifa, 26. I r. I john in theRevelation (r hap: r 5.4.) prophecyeth of the Saints triumphing at the fall of Baby/on, and tinging II
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