Chapa42. 1An Lxpo(ition upon the Book of J 013. Ver1.8. (Nahum. 3.6.) 1 will cafI abominable filth upon thee, and I will make thee vile , that is, I will difgrace thee , and (as it follow- eth) Iwillfet thee for agaz,ing flock. So (Micah 7. 6.) when the Lord would (hew the exceeding finfulnefs of thofe timer, he faith, Trull y'e not in a friend, pat ye not confidence in a guide, keep the door of thy mouthfrom her that lyeth in thy bafoua ; for the fon elifh000ureth thefather; it is this word, the fon difgraceth the fa- ther, he dealesh withhis father as if he were a lyabal,a very fool. When a fonknoweth not his difiance, nor performeth his dury,he dithonouteth his father. The Prophet (icr. 14, 21.) (peaks in a wayof deprecation, Donot abhor au, for tky name fake, do not difgrace the throneof thyglory. The Lord is fometimes foangry with his people, that he even caf eth dirt upon the throne of his glory, char is, uponhis Church, in and by which he (hould be glo- rified, as uponhis Throne. The Lord difgraceth his Church, the throneof his glory, when his Church difgraceth him, and dif- honours his glorious name (Dew'. 3 z. i 5.) fefurun waxed fat, and kicked (that is, lfrael, the Church was waxen far ; the Lord fed fefurunhis Church to the full, they had not a lean fervice of is : but what did Marten ?) he forfook,God wb:cb made him, and lightly el?eemed the rock of hit falvation. The word which we trarifla e, he lightly efleemed, is the word of the Text : Nowwhen yifurun did lightly e(ieern or difgrace the Lord, he,foon after difgraced fefurun, his Church, The throne of his glory. This is a good ïenfe of thewords ; do as I (lima, leFt 1pats d,(grace up- onyea. Tnus folly it put for the punishment of folly, as fin of- ten, tor the penal effeas and fruits of fin ; as 'tis laid (t King. i 3.3,I.) Mid thing becamefin to thehoufe of Jeroboam, even to fat it off. Our reading faith, Left I deal withyou according to your folly; that is, according to your fin, and the hard cenfures which you have given of my fen/ant fob,and,asit followeth,ln thatyou have not fpoken of me the thing that is right. Thefe things have been your folly and if you donot fpeedily repair with your facrifice to yob, and get him to pray for you, whatyou cando your (elves, will not make amends for your folly, nor mend this breach, bur, 1 willdeal with you according to your folly, you !hall tafle of the fruit ofyour doings; the rewardofyour hands,or ofyour tongues, shall be given to you."That's thegeneral fence of our tranflation; Lzzzz as 995
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