Chap. 20. expofition upon the Book of J o a. Verf. 7. 465 for ouracceptance and Juftification beforeGod, he faith.; Icount thembut dung, that Imay win Chrifts andbefound in him, not having mine own righteoufneffe. Thus any thingwhich either is in it felfe, or comparatively to fomewhat elfe, knoll vile, is wrapt up in this Title, Dung. The Lord threatens the Houfe of Jereboam to bring evitiupon it, and (faith the Lord) Iwill take away the remnant of the houfe of yereboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be allgone (i Kings i4. a o.) Dung is filthy and noy- fome, and becaufe (as in homogeneall bodies) the lead part of dung bath in it the natureof the whole, therefore whenwe take it away, we take it all away. A little of it offends and Rinks, and therefore we ceafe not fweeping and removing it till it be all gone. The loft ofthat which is naught is too much and toobad, unleffe it be all gonewe have the trouble of its all TheLord bath a befome very fit for this dung, (Ifa.14. 23.) .1 will [weep it with thebefom ofdefirutlion, faith the Lordof hoof s. Andwhen theLord would teftifie with howmuch loathing he re- jetted the facrifices and folemn fervices of the ?ewes, becaufe of their hypocrifie and formality ; He tells them by the Prophet (Mal. 3. ì.) I will thread dung uponyourfaces, even the dung ofyour folemnfeafis, andone fhali takeyou away with it. Thebelt things corrupted or corruptly ufed are worft. The ordinances of God are pure, but to the unbelieving all things are impure. Goldbecomes droffe, and holy things but dung to themwho are fo. Their fervices are reputed fo, and their perlons fhall perifh fo, as thePfalmift fpeaks ofthe Midianites, ofSicera and of 7a bin; who peri ed at Endor, and became eu Dung for the earth, (Pfal.83. io.) Thus Zophar concludesof the wicked, ípecially including fob (whom fome perfonateas fittingupon a dunghill:) that he fhould perifh forever as dung, the vileft excrement, and which holds out yet more abhorrency in it. eAs his own Dung. The dungof force creatures is a perfume, and gives a de= lightfull finell ; The dung of many creatures is medicinable, Stemsnominìt and phyficall ; The dungof almoft all creatures is force way extrema abje- or other profitable and ufefull ; But the dung of man, or a 'elionit 6' con mans own dung, is both ufeleffe and contemptible, loathfome lutemluu lm64' and noyfome. When railing Rablhakeh, would espreffe the 0 o o utm®lt
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