il :10 Chap. Icj. +..4n Expofìtion upon the Rook, of f O B. Verrt.Z furrow ro.myfurrow, which is dine to mein the day wherein the Virden i;vrr, Lordbath a f ic`led Me. The Vulgar reads, In the day wherein the Vu'g. ,Lord hash` lathered my.grapesorfruits As if the Church had Paid, I was once like a fruitfull flourifhing .Vu;e, but now the Lord bath ftript me of all my glory, and left Me_naked and bare ;. as a Vine after the grapes are gathered. So Ifa.:51.21. Zeph. 3,. 18. The aíf;iftions of the Church and people5ofGodin their; faddeft forrowes, areexpreffed by this word; Adderrt#o, ani- mann meati, vi+ oratronit awgetur & pe- netrans gra- y f'imaJittta inireatwr. Saki. How 'long willye vexmy foule ? The word Irex,alone had fìgnified the vexationof the foul,hut when he addes foule, it increafeth the fignificationofthe word, to fay,you have vexed myfoule, is more then to fay,youvexme, though that be the meaning of it ;.fo that here's thedeèpeft for- row, that which toucheth not onely thellefh, andskin, but tkat.. which peirceth to the very faille ; as'tis laidof Mary ; Afword ¡hall gaffe rhorow thy foul, That is, thou fhaltbedeeplywoun- ded. In that he tomplaines, How longwillye vex ; Obferve Firf1,rhe length or continuance ofan affliEliori is moregrievous to t000,then the weábht andburthen ofit. He cloth not fay, howmuch ? or how grear, but how long ? A light burthencarriedfar is heavy, what then is an heavyburthen carriedfarre ?The lengthofthecrofegrieve:smore, then the breadth' or bulk of it. The foules under the Altar cryed, (Rev.6. io. ). How long Lord, holy and true, dill thou notjudge and avenge our blond on them that dwell on earth : So David, Tfal.1 o.5,.6.M) foule bath long dwelt with-them that hate peace ; He did not corn-. plaine that he had been amongft thofe that hated peace ;but that he had dwelt long with them ; hecould not get free from that hateful) company. (Dan.8.13,14. ) The gueftion is put con cerning the aftlidion of theChurch, (how long ? )As if it would render her afiliftion fhorter, but to know how long it fhould continue, efpecially to know that it fhouldnot continue long ; ThenJ heard one fpeaking, and anotherSaint fail unto thatcertain Saint whichfpake,how long /hadbe,the vifionconcerning the dailyfa- oxifice, and the tranfgrefonofdefolation, to give4oth the fant-tuary and lhshefts to be aradenorder f oote .?.As iffie had Paid, might w.e rout
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