664 Chap 7. An Expofition upon theBook ofj ® B. Verf. 8, letting ofthe heart. Setting the heart, isapplied to the anger and difpleafure of God ; fo the phrafe is ufed (,fob 34.14.)Ifhefet his heart upon tnan,all flefh fkall perifh together that is, it God be re- folved to chafrife man,to bring judgments upon him, all flefh (hall Frith together ; none (hall beable to oppofe it. As it is the high- eft favour to have God fet his heart upon us in mercy and love, Co it is the highelt judgment, to have God fer his heart upon a man in anger and in wrath, to let his heart to alilic;} and punifh. The Lord anfwers his ownpeople, fer.15. 1, s, 3, that notwithftand- ingall the prayers and motion, ofhas beloved favourites, in their behalf, bis heart could not be towards them : Then his heart was ftrongly let againft thetn,or.uapon them in extream anger there- fore he concludes, they that are for thefward, to the fc'ord,and they that arefor deffrul}ion,to deflruîlion, &c. If God Let his heart to afflict, he will afid, and he can do it. And theremay be fuch a fenfe of the text here. What is man that thou fhouldefl- fet thine heart upon him ? that thou fhouldeft come fo refolved, to comet} and contend with man,who is but duct and allies; the words following (though I adhere rather to the former interpretation)carry fom- what toward it. Verfe 1$. That thou fhouldeff vifit him everymorning, and try him every moment ? Hereare two as about which the quetlion isput. What is man, that thou fhouldejt vifit him every morning ? And what is man, that thou fhouldeft tryhim every moment? That thoufhouldeft vifit him every morning? To vifit, is taken three wayes, and they may all be applied to this text. To vifit is first to afiíift, to chatlen yea to punilh ; the highft judgements inScripture, come under the notion of visitations .Exod; 34. 7.Vifiting the ininquity ofthe fathers upon the children; that is, punithing them. And in the Prophet jer. 5 g. Shall nsi 1 vifit for this ? fhall not my foul be avenged 0 i fuel, a Nation as this ? Jer. 48. 44. when God came againft Moab with thole terrible judgements, it is called the year of their vifitation. I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, theyear of their vifitation. And it is a common fpeech with us, when a houle bath the plague, which is oneof the highett ftroakes of temporal aflliftion, WC
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