596 Chap. 4o. an Expo(ition upon the Book of Jo B. Vert-4.13% thou be when pangs come upon thee, the painof a woman in travel. TheLord puts a (corn upon them, fuch a kind of (corn ( but not as hers, without caule) as Micha! put upon David (2 Sam. 6° 20. ) how gloriouswae the King of Ifrael to day. Were not you veryglorious when you danced uncovered before the ark p Thus, I fay, the Lord purs a holy fcorn upon the wicked, when they are in their Cedar-ne(ts ; How gracious wilt thou be, when pangs of lorrowcomeupon thee. Take one Scripture more (Prem. 9 9, 16. ) Thy terriblenefs ( °eis fpoken of Edon) bath deceived thee, ( thou thoughteft thy (elf fo terrible that none dur(t touch thee, yet, thy terridlenefsbath deceived thee) and the pride of thy heart, 0 tbouthat dwellefi in theclefts of the rock , andholdefl the height of the bill; though thou (houldfl make thy nefl ae high a the eagles, I willbring theedown from thence, faith the Lord. Thou haft all the advantages, thou haft a rock for ltrength, and thou art upon a hill for height, yea, upon the height of the hill, thou arc above all ;, but though thy nell were as the Eagles, Iwill pluck thee thence. Thus the Lad treads down the wicked in their place, in there fortifications, in their mounts and towers ; when they have fecured themfelves molt by counfels, and friends, and firong-holds, then and there he treads them down, even in their place. Fourthly,Note ; God is known to be God, or fhewetb himfelf to be Godby abafe- ing the proud,andby treading down wickedmen. Iground it thus. TheLord would have lob thew himfel( like God, or set as God doth, by treading down the wicked. God made himfelf known tobe God, by the Plagues which he brought upon Pharaoh, as well as by the deliverance and falvation which hewrought for Ifrael (Exod. g. 22. Exod. 9. 14.) 1 will fend allmy plagues upon thy heart, andupon thy fervants, and upon thy people, that thou mayfl know thatthere is none like meinvery deed for thiscauje haveI raifed thee up, for to (hew in theemy power,and that my name may be declared throghotet all the earth. Thus allo laid 'David (Wad. 9, r 6,) The Lord is known by the judgment that heexecutetb, that is, by punifhing the wicked he is known ro be the Lord. God is known by his works, as well as in his word power and gnat efs,:and' wifdorn and juflice are v tbk ;-- judggmentso_
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