238 Chapa2. An Expofitionupon theBookof JOB. VerG25. the wine whereofwas redwith wrath ; how drunken then were theywho were made to drink it, dreggs and all to the very bot- tom ? Offuel] Ifaiahfpeaketh (chap.2g,g,) They aredrunken, but not with wine, they f aógger, but not with ftrong drink: For the Lordbathpoured'uponyou thefpirit ofdeep peep. Men fin great- ly againft God, when they are drunken with wine, and God pu- initheth man greatly, when he makes him drunken without wine: whenhe takes away the heart , and leaves fober men to a6t and perfonate thedrunkard: To clear which, I (hall fhewyou a feven-fold parallel between a man who bath too much drink in him , and no heart in him God having takenaway his heart. l~irft, Theywho are drunken , think every thing moves and reels ; the very earthTeems to totter under them,and the whole world to turn about them. Whereas indeed , 'cis only their heads that turn and themfelves that reel. ' f is fo with many great Politicians and Chiefsof the people ,: God in judgement taketh away their hearts, and then (to their apprehenlìon) every thing turns. They fearfully fuppofe fometimesthat all turnsa- gainft them, and fometimesflatteringly , that all turns for them. This giddinefs of their heads , muft needs produce giddycoup. Fels, and unfettle all they fet themfelves unto. God tookaway the heart of Cain, and then in this fenfe alto , as well as in the letter, he dwelt in the landofNod, that is, in a tremblingmov<ng land : yea , Cain thought every mans hand was turnedagainft him toflay him, as fool as Godwas turned from him , Gen.4. 24. Pharaoh's fufpitious -head forecaft great dangers to himfeif from a people , who intended him no harm. Thefe Ifraelites (faith he) will furely turn fromme, and joynwith my enemies this unjuft and groundlefs fear , put himupon fuch counfels as proved the juft ground ofhis ownoverthrow. Secondly Drunkennefs makes the object appear double or crooked to the eye. For as he that looks upon obje&s through the water that is without him, fo he that looks upon them, through the watery liquor that is within him , fees that which is gait as ifit were crooked , and that which is Tingle doubles in bis fight.Thus when the Lordpoureth a fpirit of penal drunken- nefs upon the wifeft in the world, the ftraiteft and juftef}a&ings of righteous menare judged crooked and indire&; what they do with °reateft fimplicity and plainnefs , is counted doubling
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