740 ap. 34. An Expofition upon. the Boer, of j 0 B. Verf.zga, (1f4. 59, 2.) Is it not fayd (f er: 7. z 2. i 4, Is. ) Goe ye nor, sintomy place which was iv Shiloh, where Ilet my name at the farft, andfee what Idid toit, for thewickednefs of mypeople Ifrael ; God would not alwayes owne that place which he fignally called his owne, and had fet his name there, and that, atfir" ( which was a great endearement of it CO him) but when they finned much a- gaina hint, he would not fo much as give them a looke of favour, no nor of pitty, till they turned from their wickedneffe ; yea he made his feuere proceeding with them aprefident tohis people in another Generation,, as it followeth in the fame place. There- fore will I doeunto this houfe which is calledby my name, wherein ye troll, and unto theplace which Igave to you,and to your fathers,. as I have done to Shiloh, AndIwill -caft you out of myfight, as I have call out allyour brethren, even the whole feede of Ephraim. There's anation call out of the fight of God. To be call out of Gods fight is more , if more can be, then Gods hiding his face from apeople.The Church complained bitterly of this latter (Pp 44=z4 ) Wherefore hide thou thyface,andforgette.ff our afiWl-ion, . andour opprefon. We ufe to fay, Out offight, out of mande; and whenGod leaves anation under afi&ion, as if hedid not minds them nor cared what became of them , then the Scripture faith, he hided, hisface from them, or,cafleth themout ofhisfight. I fhall only adde three things about this hidingof the face of God from a nation. Firfi , This hiding of his face, is not a fudden"a& of God, he doth not prefently nor eafily hide his face from a people. He tells them oftenhe will doe it, before he doth it once. The Lord warned the old world long, before he brought the flood (CÇen. 6. 3,) And the Lordfayd, myfpiritfhallnot alwayes/trive "withman, for that he alto isflefh : yet his dales (wherein I will fpare him and wait for his repentance) ¡hall be anhundred and twenty yeares. Of thispatience the Apoflle fpake, tellingus (z Pet: 3.19,2o,) That Chriaby the Spirit which quickned him, went and preached to the fp:sits in prijon ( not in prifon when he preached to them, but in prifon ever lince for not obeying what he preached , as the text faith ) which fometirnewere difobedient, when once the long- fuf- feringofGod waited in the dayes of Noah , while the Arks was a preparing: wherein few, that is, eight fades werefaxed by water; God did not prefently hide his face from that debauched Gene- ration,:,
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