426 Chap. 19. z An Expofstion tips the Eke of j O Ti: Verf. 29; when he thus befpake them, and warned them of the fword. Their words were as a fword in his bowels, they were very fowrc . and bitter againfl him ; yet forefeeing their danger, and what e= vills their . ill,ufageofhimmight bring upon themfelves, he for.. gets both their former unkindneffes, and his own prefent patties., and mindes, them ofihofe evills which were like to overtake them iftheyperfifted in the fame mind,.. Hence note ; a4good man will warne others ofdanger, and labour to pre- vent theirforrow, though they have caufedkir. While they are doinghim hurt, he will bekeeping them from hurt ; while they trouble him, he difcovers much teudernefa to- r504. um waXds them. He doth not rejoyce, and fay their day is coming prazie rasa let it come, Let it overtake them ; No ( faith he, as fob.) Ifee a tuttntet nan con hláckday coming, even the face of the fword; therefore beye afraid ära cus,fea ma- ofit, and labour toget out ofthe reach of it. The Prophet fpeaks ;u.Pro ip(s ;to much this fence to that hardnedgeneration, who canfíefly- con- 9e,:ac rraia eù, trived andcalled for hisdeath, (7er. 26. i 5.)I am in your hands, qua jiginr . af(troir.reg, doe au it feemer good andmeet, (I doe not fo much ftand on it what youdoe with me, it fnall be well with me, but l warne you to look( toyour felves, and to take heede ofyourown foules, but knowfor certaine, ifyouput me to death, you willfurely bring innocent blood upon your felver, and upon this City, and the inha- bitants thereof : for ofa truth,the Lordbath lent me to you tofpeai ,ellthefe words inyourBarer. He dothnot plead to be freed from their hands, but onely lets themknow their danger if they laid violent hands on him. He was not afraid of their fword, but he would have them afraid of the fword of God ; Beye afraid of thefword, For wrathbringeth thepunifnrrteutofthefveord. TheHebrew is,F©r wrath the iniquity ofthefword.It is a fhott :hares giadi +. and (as to words) an imperfeet fentence in the Original. Hence . xeb the fence is fipplied, by Interpreters, with fame variety ofcon- iranca.gsg con, eevure Wrath brio eth the um , merst e the word. We fu l cifa otario. I y g- P f Ì PP'y 'twee. the word bringeth ; and render that word which properly fig-. nifieth iniquity, punifhmcnt (as it is alfo ufed in other places by a ìetonomicofthe effe ; for the caufe; , punifhment being caufed
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