304 Chap.i 6. An Expofition upon the Book of J O. B: Ver(.rd Ifrael,That the /Illyrian (hall be his King,that is the .Affyrian that' carry then-i CptivcS to Babylon and exercife a tyani- cal power over Them, Hof, t i. 5. Yea, the SwordJhall abide en his Cittiea, andPall confume hit branches, Ve, f. 6. Now though God were refolved todo this, and did alfa bring it topafs , yet he faith, Verf. 8 How(hall I give thee up Ephra- im? Not? fhall l deliver thee, dfrael? (f. into the Enemies hand) Howfhal1l make thee as'Admah?HotrPall I fet thee as Zeboim?Mine heart is turned within me,my'repentings are kin. died together : I will not execute the ftercenefi of mine anger I will not return to defiroy Ephraim : that is, I wi,1 not dettroy himwholly,by redoubling evil upon him:I will dettroy once but I, will not return to dettroy, a remnant thall be faved. The Lord gave up Epharaint, but he did not make Ephraim as Admah,,and Zeboim,hedid not utterly ruine him;and what he did againti'Ephraim, he did it with a fecret cantett in his own fpirit, howfhalt I do this? I do it not with my heart,and whole mind, my heart is turned within me while my hand is turned againtt thee it grieveth me while thou art grieved, while I kindle this fire of atHidion in thy borders, the fire of compatlion kindles in my own bowelsiMy repenting: are kill. died together, while I pnnith thee for thine it penitency, and myheart is turned withinme, while I mutt carted thee, for refuting to return (Vert. g.) Nero being detired to Signe a Writ for the Execution of an offender, was fo pittiful at his fittt entrance upon the Empire (though he proved a Monfter for cruelty after )that he could hardlybe perfwaded or wrought to fubfcribe it,and when he did it, in doing it he faid,Hom gladfhould I be if ,ám vefen could not write my name ; whichwith occafioned Seneca his neirirc iiueros Tutor,to write a book ofClemency,in which he extolle Nero as the pattern and mirrotïr`of Clemency: When either God or man do ads offeverett Jutlice, with meltings offpirit, and tenderncfs of affection towards thole who fall under their hand, th9Ce ads of juttiçe have a great temperament offpa- ring mtrey iu them. For as it is in tinning, when a Believer falls into a great fin, yet bemire his heart cannot go fully with it, he cannot delight or take pleafnre in it,theretore his may be called Tpa- áingfinfulnefs : whereas a carnal heart committing only tla
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