Chap.1.2. An Expofation upon the Boo&ofJOB. Verf.I8. 281 and clay. All thefe reprefented forne Kings and Kingdoms falling, and others riling upon their ruines , till a Kingdomdoth arife which fhould never fall (verf.4.4.) In the fame prophecy (chap. 4.10.) We have the Kingly power defcribed by a goodly tree, the height whereof reached unto heaven, under which the beafts ofthe field had lhadow, and the fouls of the Heaven dwelt ix the boughs thereof, &c, But, Beholda watcher, andan holy one come down from heaven , He cried aloud andfaid thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off' his branches, andfhalZe offhis leaves , andfcatter his fruit, fo the bodyof this flouri{hing tree vanifhed to nothing, only the Rump ofhis roots were left in the earthwith a band of iron andbrats. This vifion is alfo interpreted (verf24.25.) by the looting the bond of that great King fo much , that he was driven frommen, and took up his lodging with the beafts ofthe field, andwas made to eat grafs as Oxen, and was wet with the dew ofHeaven. God to thew that he can throw the molt po- tent Monarchs, into the loweft condition of men , fpeaks of this Monarch , as thrown into the condition ofbeafts : Being (as our late Annotators bave obferved upon the place) either ltrickenmad, and fo avoided mans còmpany , or being caft out for his tyranny, hewandred among the beafts, and eat herbs and grafs. Thefe vifions are cleareft manifeftations , that Godcuts c'.o:vn Kings and Kingdoms,even to the very ftumps (as we fay) to the very roots, and fometimes pulls up root and all, And, thatGod bath aettially done thus to the greateft Princes, all hiftories are full : there is no truth hath received greater te- ftimony then this. The records of Scripture , give us high in- stances of it (Judg.r.6,7.) Adonibexek._a great.King , was taken prifoner, by the Army ofthe two tribes, yudah and Simeon, and 7 eycut off his thumbs, andhas great toes : The eminency of the judgment draws from him an acknowledgment of his own for- mer cruelty, andof the prefent jufticeof God upon him, Three- fcore and ten Kings having their thumbs andgreat toes cut of , gathered theirmeat under my table, as I have done, fo God bath re- quitedme. He cut off their thumbs, that they might bedifabled from handling arms, or fighting with him; he cut offtheir great toes, that they might be difabled to run from hire, Or efcape by flight. Suppofe thefe were petty Princes, yet their number was great; and the hand of God was feen greatly both in cafting them from their dignities, and in catching him at last , who had 0 o cap-
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