Chap. 12. e.fnExpoi°tio;; upon the Took,of J0 P. Verf i. 1 6 quiefl in what they refolve ; They', who would be efteemed to !peak nothing but prirciplès and pofrttlata, which mutt be fwal- lowed, without chewing, by an implicit faith; They, who require affent, rath r ;hen perfwade it, may jualy fall under theweight, and feel smart of this ácornfull objugation, ye are the men, and wifedompaildie with you. The Apofle is exprcfl'e, He that thin (that is proudly conceits) he knoweth any thing , he knoweth no- thing yet as he oaght to know 1 Cor. 8. 2. what then , doth he know; who s (which he cannot without highe[t pride) that b . knoweth ail , and that all men muff know (ifthey will know any hut-) Secondly Gbrerve, F111 %nde of(corn, is not adwaies uncemel1. We may without breach o c;harit y or fiain ofholine[ checkpride whip derifiorc,, and ffeek them ,below men whe JJieak the-Jill-elves, a- bovesanen, arai what is unworthy of Men, The Jews are taught l ,y;God him felf to deride the proud Kingof Babylon, 11e. 1q. 4. Thenfhale tale up this proverb (or taunting againf the King of Babylon andfay, Hots bath the öppreJfour ceafed, the golden city ceafed ! &c. verf 9i le. Hellfrom beneath ás movedfor thee ro meet theeat thy coidng ; it ftirrethceep the dead for thee , even all the chief ones of the earth: it bath, raifed upfrom their thrones all the Kings ofthe nations ; .All theyPall f peak unto thee andfay, Art thou alto become weakas we ? art thou al(o become as one ofus ? This is the proverb which was to be taken up againli the King of 'Babylon , and it is a taunting proverb indeed, Not only 'flaouid the great Princes then alive (who verf. 8.) are exprefled under the Shadow of firre trees and the cedars of Lebanon rejoice a- gainft him : but even the dead whom he had op ;reffed are here brought ir. , intuiting over him. When the Babylonian fhould tumble down to hell the Princes ,there ate reprefented riling from their places togive this great Prince the upper hand and. thehighef room in that kingdom of darknes. Thus hell it felt' ' is Paid to be moved , and to betas it were in a huiry , how to en- tertain that mighty King that he who had been chief in wick- edneíle and in pride, might have this right, to be chief in. tor- ment. The dialogue which the dead are f id. to have with that decealed King is fomewnat like thofe in-which Alexander and others are derided by the dead' in Lucian ; .Art (thou `l?ecome like to us. ?. &c. In what a heat of hewenly zeal doth yr 3 deride.
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