2?2 Chap.I2. AnExpofition upon the Boot,of JOB. g,, captivated all them. And as thofe heathen Kings, fo alfo fame of the Kings ofjudah, whowere of Gods fpectal anointing and felting up, were miferablyaft:Wed and brought into bondage by the fpecial counfel of God. Take the exampleofZedeki,4h z King.a5. 6,7.) whom, when the Armyof the Chaldees took the City, theyperfiled and tools, and brought to the Icing ofBa- bylon , who ave- judgement upon him , and theyflew thefons of Zedekah before his eyes andput out the eyes ofZede ah and boundhimwithfetters ofbrat, andcarriedhim to Babylon. How fad a fpeaacle was here ? AKingofJudah the ruler ofGods . chofen people, in fetters of brafs ? When the latter Greek Em- pire was overthrown by the Turks , that great family of the 'l?aleologi (in which the Empire had long continued) came to that lownefs, that fome ofthe Royal blood became fervants and, ordinary tradefinen. In them the obfervation of the Preacher was fulfilled (Ecclef. to.7) I have fecn fervants upon horfes, and Princes walking as fervants upon the Earth. Sapor King of Perfia, took Valentinian the Emperor prifoner, and ufed him as a ¡tool for himfèlf to ftep upon , when he mounted into his fad- die. - Se/oftris King of Egypt fubduing divers Kings, compelled them to draw his Chariot-. The Roman Hiftorians give fre- quent teftimony that in the flotlrifhing ftate ofthat Imperioms Common-wealth, conqueredKing's and Princes were dragg'd at their Chariots in triumph. p Victorious Tamerlane having over- thrown and takenBajazet the TurkifhEmperour, ¡hackled him in fetters of gold, caufed him to be íhut up in an iron cage,made in the fafhion ofa grate, and fo carryed him like a wildebeáft, as hemarched thorow ,.Éfia to be fcorned of his own people. Henry the fourth Emperour of Cermany,having been oft worft- e.d in battel; was at fall reduced to fach exigents, that he had not wherewith ro buy him bread , but was forced ro come to the great Church at Spires (which he himfelfhad built) and there beg to be a-Cborijter,that fohe might get a fmall ftipend to keep him from ftarving, but could not obtain it: which repulfe cauf- ed him to bespeak theRanders by in the words of lamenting job (chap, 3Q: 21.) Ravepity upon me, Omy friends for the hand ofGod loath *oaichedme. The weight of thefe miferies brought him íhortly after to his grave?, but hefound none fohumane as oput him in, for he lay unburied five years , no man daring to doit, becaufe the lope had forbidden it to be done. Thefeex. ample!,
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