z46 Chap. 9. din Expofttion ottthe BoóZofj OB. Verf, 15, therefore it -is elegantly raid , If the Lordtttrn not TPay his anger, Eggyptfhall ffoop ; that Nationwhich bath bin fo often calledout to helpand relieve other Nations, that Nation which hath fo often helped and relieved other Nations,íhall notbeable to help,ifz.3 r, a. They go down to Egypt for help, as ifEgypt had been as a City of refuge, or the place of common retort for help. And Ira. 30. 7., The Egyptians/hall help invain ; the Text is very appliable to this point ; we read it thus,. The Egyptians(hall help in vain, and to no purple, therefore have I cryed concerning this, their ftrength is tofit _hill. Their ftrength (hall not deliver you, they (hall help in vain, therefore I have warned you (faith the Prophet) to fit frill, to be quiet withyour own ftrength, and it is better todo fo than to.go Superbia tam down thither for help. But the word which we tranflatefirength, eJi pierce :for is, that in the Text, B_ahab ; and we may render the whole thus, 17.17. e vuR dice- The Egyptians/hall help in vain, and to no purpofè, therefore I cryed re, nihii eliud to them in this thing, They areproud, or onlypride, Theref f e fitffill. Pe in ea IuaeJ As if he had Paid , WilI ye go to Egypt for help ? Ye go but to a fapeGiam. proud people:for help, and ye had better have no helpers, then proudhelpers, yehad better be quiet and fit lúill at home, for they (hall help you in vain. So it isan elegant allufion to their nature and difpolition. The truth is, proud helpers are veryunfafe help- ers, for the Lord ref.ìlteth the proud, and wonder how they can help us to refill our enemies, who are refilled by the Lord himfelf? Theywill prove but ill friends to us, whohave the Lord for theist Enemy. They(hallfloop under him, 1í,úJ Theword is often ufed for worthip.ping, it imports likewife any E,l voide dejï- calling down or abatement, becaufe we in the wor(bip of God ci et iani, t ought to be exceedingly abafed and humbled before him Pfal.3S, hum ¡Bari, hoc g Y tocefervitem 6. I am troubled, I am bowed downgreatly. So Habalt. 3. 6. The 'milkman con- perpetual hills did how, that is, the power ( for it is conceived to be dlriorem delg a continued Allegory) of the great Monarchs, who were as the - "at' mountains and hillsof the world, bowed under the Lord. The word is ufed to the fame fence (Ifa, 49. 23.) where the Lord pro- mifeth his people, That Kings /hail he their nxrfing Fathers, and cieens their nurfing Mothers, they(ball Gorr down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick,the duff oftbyfeet. The Church (hall have thehonour to be hónoured by the Kings and Princes ofthe world) thcy being converted (hall bow down fo low to the Sce- pter
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