Ghap.35. AnExpofstioii upon the Bookof O"B. 'Verfái. 97 felves from theprefenee of the Lord : Here wasno appearance of terror, it was the voice ofGod walkingus a friend, not mar- chingas an;enemy,. and it was in the cool not heatof the day; theft circumflances argue the guiltinefs of Adam and his wife, who fled and hid themfelves at this appearance of theLord. The voice of God walking, was a dreadful found in their ears, becaufe they hadnot hearkned to the voice of God com- manding. Wicked Pafhur, whb oppofedthe good Prophet, is branded with a new name ( er. 20,`3,4) TheLordfaid; hla namejball no more be called Fafhur,:.but Maoor.Mifàbib ; that is, Fear roundabout, and in the next Verfe, the reifon is gi- v.n why this name was given him, For I will make theea ter - ror to thy jelf : He that is a terror to himfelf, canno more be without renoue, thanljecan be without himfelf; Nor can any thingbe a, comfort to him,' who is his own terror. And therefore ;a guilty confcience hears a dreadful found ,' what found foever he hears he ever expeas to hear bad news and he puts fearful gloffes and comments upon that which is good. iwicktel .stun interprets all reports inone of thefe two Peffmrà.n' mifchievous fenfes., either To the difcredit of .others; or to the &tag Búgta ` difquiet of himfelf Bring what Text of Providence you can timor. tohim, he corrupts it with one of thefe gloffes. Yea,the faith- Stat' ful-counfels of hisown friends, aredreadful founds unto him, for hehath a fulpition that whilethey ore counfelling -him foe good, it isbut e,contriving'ofevil agáinfl=hiin, or a f tting''of fnares to:. catch hint..:, Again, fometimes :.God creates a found , or caufeth the wicked to hear a dreadful found (2 Kings 7. 6.) the Lord madesbe Ifea i;of tlteaSpr'iaitc toshear aàeioyfe of Chariots, and a nojf ofJiorfes,,ev t: the notfe of .a great,, .IHoafi, &c. Upon'this' dreadful found, they arofe and fled. Sometimes'a'w;e'ked:heart' creates a found, and what the Prophet threatens , hehears, the ¡lone out oftheWall,the beam out ofthe Timber crying' agaïnfi him,.,Tpe,Story tellsns of one who thought that the Swat- lowsiu the,_Chimooyiípake , and told tales of hairy - -We fay in-c X Proverb,-4s the ,oái think, th ' fö theBell clios eth ; much mp h mály ,we0 f ys á:riat éttiÍ coafaieoice-thiti eth, fêletièry thus? cltttl to Al he that .hatì-arprejudiceagainff ahother,`táktsi he hears fpoken of him , and all that he hears him fpeak in'- a O the
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