Chap. ,7 a/í7 F..ypohtion upon the Book ofJ o B. Verf. 8. horril le tempefl in that day ( Pfal. t t . 6.) Therefore fee that you have a refuse againfi that day, whenmany {hall (as is is faìd, Bev. 6. ) Call to the rocky, hide su, and to the mountains, fall upon Hs, cover eu from .the pre(erce of him that fits on the Throne, and from thewrathof the Lamb. Although we Eliould have profperity or fair weather as long as we live in thisworld, yet there is a day of wrath coming ; be not then to Peek of a hidingplace, which is only to be had in and by Jefus Chrili ; He is the man cl idly in- tendedby the Prophet (Ifa. 3 2. a.) That'hall be a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempeft. If you are without him in that day, you fiand naked to the wrath of God, and that will quickly oak into you, or fink you for ever. Secondly, As the beafis going to their dens for íhelter,may in- fi.uec us, fó it may reprove and upbraid us, and it will be at tali a dreadful reproof, upon all that are backward in this thing, topro- vide themfelves of a Covert againfi the Storm. The fewer (as bath been formerly coucht ) were upbraided with the Crane, the'Turtle, and the Swallow, becaufe they knew the time of their coming (yer.8. 7. ) They knew when fuch a Ceuntrey would be unfit, or unfafe for their flay, and therefore they removed to places more comfortable to, and commodious for them But ( faith he) my people know not the judgement of the Lord. As if he had Paid, my people have not fo much wit or fore-cafi as the Crane, and the Swallow, they know not what is good and Cafe, much lets, what is bell and lafefi for themfelves ; let it fnowand rain never fo fafi, either they fland it out andout-dare ir, or they Peek fuch coverts from ir, as cannot-be acovering to them. ' Tis laid, the very Vermine, Mice and Rats, will (by a natu- ral prefage.) come out of a houle that is ready ro fall. They are more fenfelefs than Mice or Rats, who hafien not to a place of fafety, when they perceive the foundation of that {inful'State- wherein hey{iand,tìnking, and the walls cracking on eve -y hand How Iairhlefs then are they, how prefumptuous and fenlelefs who hafien not out of Babylon, when they hear the Scriptures of truths layingnot only that Babylon (hall fali,or is falling,but, as of a thing already done and pall, Babylon isfallen, is fallen! Is it not dange- rous to flay in a falling houfe, in a houfe which (hall fo certainly fall, that 'tis Paid, and laid again, 'tisfalleri,'ei, fallen. Otake heed of ahard heart whenyou hear ofa falling houfe,or of a form ready to) 4t5
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