Cusp. 37 an Expofition' upon the Book of j o a. V;r . r 3. .51 5 --- will further appear inopening chafe words, For his Land. This Tranflation ©f the Vhigar Latine, and the lnre-ptetation given upon it,futes well with that of the Prophet (Aires 4. 2 ) where theLord faith, I corfed it to Rain upon one C ty, and %t upon ano- ther; Here was Rain for a Taibe, and not Ío- his Land, not an , univerfal Rain allthe Land over; he tau eth it to rain upon one Ci- ty, at uponaro her, upon one l lib, , roc ui on aàorner ; that's a good fence, and the word will bear ir. Yet I rattier take it here for a Rod, which import); chaflenin ; or correeling, as we tranflate, Whether" it be for C'orreaion;. They that carryed the Rod or the Scepter, had afro the power of cor- re6tion in their hand, as was roucht before.; and that maybe one R;afon why when God few -L /totes to Pbara.,hi (Exod. 4. 17.) upon that great Meifage, the deliveranceof-the children of Ifrael out of Egypt, he commanded him to take his Rod in his `hand ; which Rod held out thefe two things. Firll, that cíl'(bf r .came not as a private man to him, but like a Prince, like an Enbatfador from the great King, or like one whom he had appointed to take upon him the government of that people, with a Scepter in his hand. Secondly, to let Pharaoh know, that as God fent him with apower, or cloathed him with a Cetnmillîon to treat Mich him,fo wich a power to fcourge,or plague him, evenwich tenPlagues.As if the Lord had Paid, O Pharaoh, Seeft thou this Rod in the hand of my fervant Mofes ; affure thy Pelf, thou (halt have flroke upon firoke, plague uponplague, if thou wilt not let my people go. But of that by the way. He caufeth it to comefor corral-ion, orfor Rod. Hence note ; God can corretL us byany of hisCreatures. He can make any thing a Rod ; he can make nearefl Relations a Rod. ASon is fomtimes a Rod tohis Father ; how often have anifcarrying and undutiful children been made a Rod ofcorre&ion r to their Parents ? and they are ufually fo, when Parents have not duly correeted their children for their undufifulnefs and mifcarri- ges. What are cruel menbut Rods to other men ? Some men have been the fcourges of Mankind. 4crilá±, once a great Com- mander in War, and King of the Hannes, was called The Rod or the Scourge of God, And foGod him!"elfcalled the Affyrian the Flagellum pei. U W u z Rod
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