Chap. ;. f1n Expofition tspae the Book of J O B. Verf. i3. '289 warn tepon bus own bead, and bis violent dealingr falll come down pen his own pate; Here is the t 3th verfe made good, He ta%etb the wife in their own craftinefs. How Both this aggravate the furrows of crafty men? It is fad enough with the crafty,when they are taken by the craftinefs of other men ; That any man eat-wets then!, is enough to pmt them out of their wits ; How then will they live, being taken and enfnaréd by their own wit, when they fee themfelves acceffary to their own undoing when they fee they have pull'd down their cflates with their own hands , and have put fire to their own houfes?As itgteatens the fin,fo it greatens the pusifhmenr,when a man falls by Lis own hand;fclf- murder is the moll finful and molt bloodymurder. Neither is their fin or punifhrnent lefs, who di;,by the craftinefsoftheir own head , then theirs , who die by the violence of their own hands. This is a vifible truth among us,&t he that runs may read it in the book of Gods later providences;I believe our age will beable ro make as fair a record of this point for pofterity, as any that hath paff`ed,iif not as all that have paffed for many generations; my wo not admitting long 'confirmations, I !ball give but three initaoces, that by them this truth may be eftablified. Firft, The»Prelate procured a flinted,and (in fornepaffages)a corrupted Liturgy,to be lent unto,and impofed upon the Scorn Nation,and that occafion'd the total fuppreffionof their Prela- cy in that Nation. Secondly, The Prelates who were rooted fall enough it the- Laws of the Land before, would make a Canon Oath, to fettle themfelves in the confciences of men too , that theybeing efla- bliLitt both by law and confcience, might be like Mount Sion which cannot be removed,but flandeth fall for eversyet that ve- ry Canon Oath,hath been turned upon themfelves, and hath not only 'Wafted their pompe, but batter'ddown their power', and hatla produced a SacredCovenant Oath, by which both houlesof Parliamentand the people of thefe three Kingdoms, are enga ged fortheir extirpation. Thirdly,That AEI of many of the Prelates proteflingagainft the validity of any'proceedings in Parliament , iii'that their ab- fence from thehoufe,as'being againft Law ; gave óccafion`fora Law(which bath aifopafs'dtheRoyal affent)for their abfence from that hot fe(as members of it)for ever. O that IMO; Would ac- B p kqzvledg
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