Chan. 37. an E.vpojtiaarupan the look of J®s. Verf. z. Lord would make them do it. And as thole confederate Princes or friends of Tirr2s (hould cloath themfelves with tretnbling,fo'cis prophe ied ( Zech. i g.2.) that Ternfälcm fkould be,not only a bur- thenfornefont, but a sup oftrembling to all her enemies. As if the Lord had laid, This (hall be their punithment who would make my ferafaleentremble, I will make them tremble at the remem- brance of ferufalemmt, o;at the fight of tho.fe gr eat things which I will do again hem, and for Jerafalem. Fourthly, There is a fpiritual,a gracious trembling and moving the heart; that's it which thispoint calls us to,and to which, in thole places lately mentioned, bothDavid (Ffal. 3. I i.) and the Apoflle (Phi1:2.12.) callus to.It was well with Ephraim,when is was thus withhim(Hof.I 3.I.)wkenEphraias fpal¿p tremblinghe oat exalted, that is, when he was in a trembling, hunible,felf-denying frame,he profpered,and all things fucceeded well with him. The Lord is never better pleated with us,thanwhen he fees us in thefe tremblings (Ifay. 66. a.) To himwill I look that is poor, and oÎ a contritefpirit,and trembleth at my word ; There trembling ones are the men that God bath an eye upon and refpe& unto. The pro- phet Habakkuk finite of himfelf ( Chap. 3.16.) much like Elihte in the text, when fheard,tny belly trembled, my lips quivered at the voice, &c. The prophet fore-faw a day of trouble,and trembled at it,and this gave him affurance that he fhould not tremble when he faw ir, for ( laid he in the next words) f trembled in myfolfthat I might refl. in the dayoftrouble.The more we tremble in our Pelves,, themore refi we have in God.None have fo little fear whén trou- ble comes, as they who fear before it comes. Noah, by faith me- ved by fear,prepared an arbre to the Paving of bis bottle (Heb. I I.7. )' Thus to feat a flood is the bet} way to efcape ir.'Tis not courage, but f"ctpidiry, not to fear and tremble, when we hear of the judg- ments of God. They who tremblegracioufly (hall never tremble defpairingl. At this myheart trembleth, &c. El,hu having thus (hewed howhimfelf was afffc e l,with a gra cious fear end rrembling,labours to aff.61 othersalfo with the fame fear, in the next verle. Verf. 2. Fear attentivelythe noifeof his voice,and thefand that goeth out of his mouth., We have here a doubling of the word in an untsfual way. Tffat. F-febraiiì e 439
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