rezaseaavesft6...:w Chap. 19. fán Expofition stpar, the Boak.ofJ O Ii. Verf. 29. 419 Againe, By (word in Scripture, all manner of evills, pu- Wadi) nomine nifhrnents and revenges are undertlood, becaufe the (word vind,ffa Jgni- brings fo many evills, and is fo great a puni(hment, therefore , y`mia erife, any kind of eviil, punifhment, or revenge, comes under this f ;urnentatás title, the fword. The children of !frail cry Mut upon Mofes, caw'e pro effa- that whenhecame to deliver them, he did but more enthrall to. them ., and therefore tell him ( Exod. 5.21 ) Thou haftput a fword into the hand of Pharoah to flay us ; that is, thou haft been fo farre from mollifying the heart of Tharcah towards us, that thou haft provoked Tharoah to lay new troubles and heavier burdens upon us, not onely toour further fòrrow and ofiâion, but to our ruine and utter undoing. So the Lord fpeaketh (`Deut. ) If 1 whet myglittering fword,and my band ta{`e holdofvengeance, that is, ifI prepare my judgements of what fort foever, then 1 will render vengeance, &c. Thewhet. tingof the fword notes the fitting, and preparation of thofe judgements, by which the hand of God taketh hold of ven- geance. And hence in Scripture, wicked men and oppreffors, who bring the greateft troubles, whether upon perlons or Nations, L are called thefwordof God, (?fal.r7. r 3.) `David prayes,`Deli- nprob r vo.a- ver myfoule from the wickd, which it thyfword. He calls them is Gtadixs dei the fwordof God,becaufe they are often ufed by God as inftru- tä dew es ments to punifh whom he pleafeth, or rather thofe (whofoever g!adio ad puni- they be) that have difpleafed him. endumquo: Further, 7,6 dothnot only fay, Be afraidof thefword ; but vuk, Drug be afraidoftheface of the fword : yea the Originali is Plurali ; Be afraidofthefaces ofthefword The fword hath and makes many faces, and they are all ill and fadones, In Scripture ordi- Cron dicitur a narily the face ofa thing, notes that very thingwhole face it is, facaegladij. or the pretenceof it : fo the face of the fword is thefword pre- 11mony}ituram font. Be afraidof theface ofthe fword ; that is, of the fword ï paratom ut. when it appeares. The fword fomecimes wraps up its face in t oremftgnifteat the (heath, its face is hid . but when the fword is drawne, then wined. we beho':d the faceof the fword. So that to be afraidofthe face ofthe fword, is to be afraid of the fwords appearance, of the fword looking out of its fcabbard, of the fword drawen, and brandifhed. Some are very bufie and curious about thephyfiog_ nom' of the fword., to tell us what the face is. The fword bath Hhh z , its
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