Ver Chap.' 7. An Expoition upon the BoolZ of O B, ,6, would lay feuere puni(hments upon him. For ( faith the Prophet ) Through the voice of the Lord _hall the Affyrian be beaten down, which [mote with ak-ad: He (mote with a Rod, but he {hall be beaten down with a Staff; for in every place where thegrounded (t fh; ll paf:, or every pafng of the Rod founded;that is, Of the Rod founded in the Decree of God, which fo eflabli(heth it, that no power nor policy of the Affy- rian (hall avoid, or remove it : For .:hough Godwill not let the rod of the wicked ref{ upan the lot of the righteous,Pfala 25.3.yet theRod of God (hall tell upon the lot of the wicked, There _hall be the refs thereof, Zech. 9 r. The Rod of God , by the lighting down ofhis arm, Verf.3o. (hall fhrike home to,yea in- to the fle(hofhis enemies, and there make deepgafhes or cuts, running like fo many Rivolets with blood ; and (faith he ) The Lord (hall lay it upon hive, or as our Margin hath it.fhall caufe it to refi upon him ; when the Lord layes it on, let who fo will, or rather who fo can ( and indeed none can ) take it off,The Lord(hall lay it upon bim;and (as it follows)it_hall be Tabrets and Harps, which, as moll Interpret of the joy which the Jews (hould have at the downfall of the Affyrian, fo my Author expounds it futably to his Notion, of the manner of Gods fmiting the Affyrian ; which (hould be as a Drum or Tabret is fmitten , with many repeated flroakes , which in Come exercilings of that Art, pals fo thick, and fo unceffant ly, that the Sticks Teem to rei upon the Drum , as alfo the finger uponthe Harp, and not to move at all off fromei then ; even thus (hall God lay his Staff upon . the ALfyrian and inbattels offhakjngwill hefight with it, or with them,that is, by the {baking of Battels, or by frequent renewed Battels, will he fight with and defiroy them. For ( as it follows ) Topbet id prepared of old; them is, The Engine upon which he (hall be tortured; the form and manner of which is in ma- ny particulars defcribed out ofAncient Writers, by the Au- thor of this Expolition , but I [hall not flay upon them. ThisTophet is preparedof old, or, fromyefterday ; that is, God hath prepared it aforehand, and made it ready, He bath made it deep and large ; that is, proportionable in all its demenfións for that ufe and purpofe ; )ea for the King it is prepared ( the great King of Affyria ) which is added, beçaufe this was a puni(hment for common men, yet the King ( faith he ) (hall Nnn a be. 459.
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