4 $4 Verf. 8. ef'n E,; po[ition upon the Beek j o a. Chap. 37, bout thee; hide thy fell as it werefor a little moment, until the indig- nation be over-pafi. For, Behold, the Lord cometh out.of his place to puniJh theInhabitants ofthe earth for their iniquity. As ifhe had laid, Hideyour (elves till theflorin be over, till the great rain of my firengt h begone. God, who bath put an infiinci into the creatures to go to their dens, to their places in a army feafon,doth fpeci- ally call to men,and amongmon, fpecially to, his own people,when puis a time of indignation, to go into their Chambers and hide themfelves till it be overblown Donot Band out in the rain, do - not fiand in the (sort 1, get into your chambers ; what are thefe Chambers ? fu.rely not the chambers of our houles, they are poor refuges, the rain of his firength will break or (oak into thofe chambers, how well foever roofed or ceiled. The chambers in which the people of God are called to hide themfelves, are God hitfelf ; the Power of God, the Faithfulnefs of God, the Truth of God,.the Goodnefs of God,in thefe Chambers he calls his peo- ple to hide themfelves. Solomon aflureth us (Prov.8 r. to.) The Name ofthe Lord is aProng tooter, the righteous runneth ìnto it and isfafe. As God hath taught the beafis to run into their dens, fo he infi,ufts us in his Word to run into hisName,as to a Wong tower, where we may be fafe, David faid ( Pfal, 57, a.) Vndcr the fhadow of thywings (hall be my refuge crntilthis calamity beover- pal; That is, I will put my felt under thy prote&ion, whilethe: fiormy (bowers lafi. Tne Hen gacheret'h her youngones under her wings ; fuwould Chriff the Jewìi h Nation, both for comfort and fafety, and they refuted him; What followed ? The next verfe tells us, Defolation.. What could fave themWhen the Roman Eagle fpread her wings againfl them, who would nOr come Under the wing of Jens Chriff ! ( 23. 37. ) !A-is not any worldly refuge, not any arm of flefh, but the fbadow of the Lo-ds, wings that can hide us in an evil day, from the evil of the day.; They whoget and keepclore to God by Fai h,. need not fearthe worfi formes which this world can raife againfi rhsm. And hence, let (inners in general take. warning ; fuppofeyou. ífaould live all'your dayes in this world without a-f'iorm,, I mean,. without any outward trouble, yet ternetaaber,.there will be a (tor- my day, the day of the great rain of the fireng' h of God will' come , he will rtin down vengeance upon all the uigoc!ly in that Clay; Upon the wwc/çed.hepou rain fnares,, fire and brirwflone, et a' an
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