284 Chap. t2. AnExpofLion upon the BookofJOS.Verf.rg,. foot-men, and they have wearied thee, then how canft thou contend with horfes) may be invertedhexe,. if God bath contended with horfes and they could notweary him,, how_eafily will he run with footmen: The ffatelieff palaces, and ftrongefc thrones of Kings have been confumedor thrown downat his word : then what will become ofcottages and common mens effates , when he fpeaks againff them. When the Lord bath once (as lament ingJere,ñy complains, Gam.z. t6.)in the indignation of his anger delpiled the King and the Prieft, his indignation will make quick difpatch ofthe reft, who follow their ffeps in fin or partake in their tranfgreffion. JOB Chap. 12. Verf. 19,20,2r. t le leadeth Princes away[polled , and overthroweth the mighty. He removeth away the fpeech of the truJly , and ta- keth away the underflanding of the aged. .Hepowreth contempt upon Princes, and weakneth the Jirengthofthe mighty. OB goes on in his enumeration of inffances , for the proof land clearing up ofhis grand propofition . In the context be. foreopened we faw howGod leadeth Counfellours awayfpoiled, and mak th the Judges fools ; how he loofeek the bondofKin sand oirdeththeir loins with a girdle. Here we find him at the fame Pam principes work ftill, though upon other objets , he leadeth Princes away dentiam.tm oiled. andoverthroweth the mi ht There is a differenceabout dementiam.Jun fp g y DncirJacer- the wordwhich we tranflate Princes : At the 17th verfe, He dotes inghrios. leadeth Count flours awayfpoiled and here , He leadeth Princes Vulg. awayfpoiled : Spoyled (as was [hewed before ) of their ends M;nißrare in an'd oftheir hopes, of their power and honour , yea and of their fan* ant poti- wits and`underffandings , which caulth force to render it , He tide. Sacerdos leadeth Princes into madnefs. Mr. Broughton., He bringeth princeps in qua- Duktes to badnefs : And the Vulgar , He leadeth Priefls into conq; disnirate di,fhenour, orfpoiled of their honour, The.Hebrew [Cohen] indif- sm,/tun:us. feretltly;
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