Chap. 4z. an Expoftien upon the Beek of . o a. Vert. g, ', Tis a good work to turn away fromevil, efpeciaily when all who are concerned in it joyn in ìt. A great mourning rs prophefied ( Zecb. t 2. I 1, t 2, 13. ) and the land (hall mourn every family apart ; thefamily of thehemp ofDavidapart, andtheir wives a- part ; thefamilyof the hassleofNathan apart,and their wives apart ; the Family of the bootieof Levi apart, anktheir Wives apart, &c. Here'sa great mourning with a turning from fin prophefied of, as alfo the manner of it; Every family (hall mourn apart: But though they (hall mourn apart, yet they than all joyn in mourn- ing ; a whole family (hail mourn apart, not a part of a family ; and as the whole of a family (hall mourn, fo all the Families (hall mourn and repent, and leek reconciliation to God,as if they were but one family, yea, but one perfon. As to joyn in fin, and to be brethren in iniquity, is the wornof unions, indeed a combina- don again( God ; fo to joyn asBrethren in mourning for fin, and repenting of our iniquities,isa bleffed union, and highly pleating unto God. Secondly, In thatit is Paid, Theywent anddid as the Lord com- manded, Óbferve ; When the Lordcommandetb wemufifpeediy obey. Wemull make no excufe, no delay, we may not difpute the commands of God, nor maywe at all excufe our feives from do- ing the commands ofGod :Thefe mendid not fomuch as defito tobe excufed; theyPaid not, it is true, we have failed,but it was through ignorance, or we had a good meaning in what we laid, we intended jobno hurt; may we not then be [pared this colt and trouble ? we hear of none ofthis, but prefently they did as theLord commanded. Though the commandof the Lordbe hard and veryunplefing to fle(hand blood, yet we muff fpeedily obey it. The command which thefe men received was to fle(h and blood'a hard command. Is it not hard to fiefh andblood, Firfl,toconfefs that we have erred,and are out ? Secondly, Is it not hard tofiefh and blood ? goeth it not a gaina thegrain, to fubmit to onewhom we have wronged ? Thirdly, Isit not hard to fle(h andblood, to honour whom we have reproached and thought light of ? All thefe are hard meat to flefh and blood, and we can hardly digefi them (aswas touch Aaaaaaz before)
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