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398 Chap. i.3.. 4nExpofîtiouupon the Bookof Jos. :Verf, II upoti it, Hewillfüre1, reprove you, ..1-thoughyou, . or, i f you,do fe- aretly accept perfons : Do it as privately as you will, that Thal' be no excufe toyou; though force fecrecymay mitigate fits, yet no fecrecy can acgait us of fin, jobgoes on yet to humble his friends, and to thew them their errour:he adds two arguments further,in the t i, and 12`h verfes. The firft is taken from the Majefty ofGod,Shall not hisexcellency makeyouafraid ? And the fecond is taken from theweaknefs and frailty ofman ingeneral, and of themfelves in particular; Tour remembrances are like unto afhes, your Bodies to bodiesofclay ; will you then contend with God ? will you fin againíf him? Alicia; ex He- Verfe it. Shall not his excellency makeyou afraid, and his dread fall upon you? brais911$V, fammam expo - It is quæry'd what is here meant by the excellency of God. The nuns. Annon Hebrewword is derived from a root which G nifieth to lift up. eiws ¡Pis 74: And fome of the jewifhDoEtors tell us that there is a word of ferret ? this form,,which lignifies a fire or a flame; and fo the verb Nafha lignifies fometimes to burn or toconfume, as well as to afcend, stain utfe b.ecaufe the natural tendency of fire is upward, afcending as it commoveret, burneth. And fo they give the fence thus, Shallnot thefire ofthe turbabic vos. Lordmakeyou afraid, /hall not the flame of God terrific you? Vulg. Wlat flame, what fire? the flame ofhis an erhere and the.fire Commotio of us of his wrath for ever. There is a fire in hell ( whether material Sept. bit vos. or metaphorical is not a queffion for thisplace.) Shall not that Stevatro ejus. fire of God make tanners afraid ? Are you able to dwell with Reg. are Complut. thofe everlafling burnings,with that confuming fire? TheSaints, e zre fe ur em whoare acquitted from their fins, fhall.dwell with God,who is er quid adpun'- an everlaffing burning but wicked men, whole fins reff upon vaunt accinge- them, lb-all be as the nubble, fuddenly burnt, though never con- ,e; rum punt, fumed. peas dicttur But I ppafs that. Another reads it thus, Shallnot he afoon at fargere, egredi, hemovethhimfelfoosakeyouafraid ?When God begins torile,man 41everi locofno. mußt fall : So thewords bear an allufion toMagiff rates, who fit- Adventus vet co amotìo domi- tiny uponthe feat of Judicature, when they come togive.fen- ni papas infli- tenceupon a guilty perfon,begin to ftir themfelves,to rifemaje- gYaisabojtt u a flically, and tocompofe their countenances into anafpet of ter- p p p - rour and feverity. Thus when the Lordbegins to liir and move raw in Scrip- tare. himfelf, will not you quake? The fplendorof Ddajefty which fits,. Mere. in his face, dazles theeyes, and overcomes the firength bothof men and Angels. Others

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