13,2 Chap. $. An Expofition upon the Bookof qB. Verf. 2g,. (ü he pleafe) to difablc wicked men from doing evil. Thirdly, Qbferve, When wicked men are going down, down they fhall.. Why ? God will not put forth.his hand to help them; they whom Gad will not afiìfl or help, cannot hand long. They in the ;l?falm thought theyhad got a godly man at anadvantage, Come ( fay they) let as perfecute and take him., for God bath forfakenbim, and there it none to deliver him ; Nowwe haveour willsof this man, for God hands by and doth not own him. If God be a neu- ter, his friends cannot (land long, how thet`n (hail his enemies fland,when he is their,c ppofer?Wemay conclude againh wicked men, that they (hall be deftroyèd,for.God hath forfaken them, he will not own them ; and as Hamann wife told him fadly,Eft.6.13. if Mordecai be ofthe feed of the Jews, before whom thou haft begun tofall,thou(halt furelyfall before him.When a man is goingdown, nothing can flay him if God doe not:his hand mutt support a fink- ing and tottering perfon orNation,or elfeeither falls.When wick- ed enemies begin to fall; they (hall fall and.perifh, for God will not put forth his hand to help the evil doers. Now follows the effect of all. The effe6 firfi of Gods gracious helping of the righteous, He will not,caff away the righteous man and is that all ? Shall a . righteous man be only,not rejefted ? ¡As mans duty ought not, fo the mercy ofGod-cloth not flay innega- tives. The Lord hath pofitive blefíings in flore for his people; the latter part ofthe promife affirms this, He will not calf away, the righteons man. verfezi. Till he f hthy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with re, loycing. Till he fill thy mouth with`laughing.] And is it but jùfl till then ? Will the Lord whenhe hath fet his people-alaughing, leave them and help them no more ? Will he, when he hath given them caule ofjoy, call them off:? His people had better never laugh at all, then laugh upon thcfe terms. NOman can laugh long, nor at all, 'srateulo,do. (upon any;dueground) ifGod leave him. carpen agnt- We are not to underhand this [Till] 'to bea terminative, or a aatpofi?ea pro- Jüiendum F,gßá determinative particle, as ifthe Lords care and favour towards his Lleofmplicem, people, (hould be only till he put them ina good elate, and then fea, puod imrnu. they.mull (hilt for themfelves.God puts no fuch limits to his love. robitiïerfrvsn It..canttot fo much comfort thefoul to know God loves o now, as it bterJjep. would.
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