5.94 Chap. 4e. Ao F:xpofition upon the Book of J o z. Verf. i 3 ed iofnared on the werkof bio ownhands, yea, the wicked pods he turned into hell. That is, the turnoff of forrow and fulftring (hail be their portion ( Ifa. 3.1 1. ) We) to thewicked, for the reward.of their doings (hall be given them. ( 1157. ) There L. no peace, faithmy God, to the wicked. As the tumulcuoufnefs of their own fpirits will not let them be at peace , fo neither will the righte- zurn..ffe of God. Secondly From chore expreflions, Tread down the wicked in their place, hide them in the daft together , bind their faces in Jeerer. Obferve ;. god willat laß purge and rid the worldof wicked' men. As wicked men would fain purge and rid the world of godly men , they would defiroy all the feed of the righteous ; fo cer- tainly God will defiroy the wicked of the world , and rid the world of them though not at once of every wicked man , yet in their times and feafons,, chat they (hall not do the mifchief which their hearts are full of. The lafi of theProphets fpeaks as much of the Lords vengeance upon all the wicked (Md. 4. I.) The ¿soy of the Lord (-peakingof force great day of the Lords appear- ance) fhakbarn asan oven ; and all the proud , yea, andall that do WiCkedly,fhall beflubble ; and theday that cometh fhd il bars them up,faith the Lord of I-lofts ,. that it. (hall leave them neither. root nor branch. °Tis utter ruin to be defiroyed root and branch ; fuel' (hall the ruin of the wicked be. Thus all() the Prophet Ifaiab co mfOrts the Church (Chap. 5.2. 1,) Awake, awake, put on thy firengtii , OZion put on thybeantiful garments, O 1erufalino,the holy City ; for henceforth there fhall no more come into thee, the uncircumcifed and. the unclean. The wicked of the world are the uncircumcifed , they have not the fpiritual circumcifion , the circumci lion of the heart ; there Ian no more trouble y-e- rkifielem , nor tread in Zion.; Courts. (Nahum I. Is.) Be- hold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publifloeth peace ; O Judahkeep thy folemn feafts, perform thy Yowl , for the wicked fhall no more paffe through thee, he /4 letter- dicta off. The Hebrew is, Belial/halt no more -paffe through thee: That is, fuch as call off the yoke of Jefus Chrifl, fhall no more. bring Pidah, under their yoke. This is alto witneffedby another holy
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