Chap, y An Expofition upon theBook ofJ OS. VerC.19 343 looke upon God, as our God, fo Iong we may look upon God, as our deliverer God would never have turned them off for delive- rance to any thing below ( what was in their conceit ) a God. How fad will it be,now that we are in great troubles,and crying daily, Lorddeliver us out of t.hefeflraights, for thou art he whole name is, The Deliverer in fix troubles, yea in feven ; How fad (1 fay ) will it be,if we have put God to read the Chronicle,and. repeat the hiftory ofhis deliverances gi ven us, as he did to Ifrael, and fay, I delivered you in 88 from the Spaniard; I'delivered you iI, t6ó.5fromtheGun powder. Treafan;Ideliver'dyourParliament, #delivered your City, I have often delivered your Armies ; and fometimes crownd them withglorious victories,now I will deliver you no more; Will not fuch f peaking: from providence be a plaine conviction, that we have forfaken the Lord, and chofen other gods ? God hathfömetinse(what a miracle ofmercy! ) chofen thofe who for- fookbim, buthenever (fofleadfají' is be infaithfiellnefi) forfookany, zvho chafebin; to he their God. If he keep not fuch from,yet he will certainly preferve all fuch in trouble, as it follows, Yea in(even there(hall no evil touch thee; Be Non elicit f faith not, Hefhall deliver thee from PC troubles, and from fed infes ;nn feven ¡ As if troublesfhould only threaten, but never come upon rodabilhs non us ; or as ifalI ourdeliverances fhould be preventions, but he (hall p "`'fe quad deliver thee infix troubles, yea infevers there (hall no evil touch berer, thee, ab iltis libercr, L Evil] fignifies fomtimes theevil of fin, and fomtimes.. the ft rnb non evil ofpunilhr lent. We may here take it either way.The Lord will uccunbar.. fo keep up thy fpirit,and dire thyway in trouble,that thou Blatt not defile thy felfe with the evil offinithy troubles,fhall purge,not pollute thee,And he will fokeep thee,tha t thou (halt not beannoy- ed by any evil ofpuni(hment;Iffatherly difpleafure (hould appear againft thee,wrath (hall not. Love thall be mixed with thy cor- re ion,with thywormwood and gall(as the Church fpeaks in the Lamentations) thou (halt have a temperament of honey, and of Ita eripiet, ut fweetnefs,though troubles preis thee,yet evil (hall not Touch thee. nnllum tnoluw Not touch thee.] This notes exact deliveranc ; we el think tenter:rLeon our felves well many times, if we can come offfrom dangers with flitlariflnat ad aferatchtface, with a wound, or with the lofs of a limb but to tempos, nocu. -come offwithout the lr[} of a hair, or which is lofs, wjthout'a `entum roman touch, fpeakesacompleat .deliverance, It aftoni(ht Nebucadnez- noncapseso. hoc. in lac. zar
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