466 Chap. 20. t/fn £xpoJition upon the Bookof J o Y. utmoft extremity of famine, to which 'erufalem fhould be re- dùced, He faith (z Kings i 8.27.) HathmyMaflerlent me to thy Mailer, and to thee, bath he notlent me to the men whichfit on the wall, that they may tate their own dung, and drinke their own piffe with ycu. Implying, that if they prefently fubmittednot, ,they should quickly feele the utmoft miferies of hunger and thirít, and be forced (which is an utter abomination to the appre- henfion ofman) to take in what they had cart out, and be glad to flop the cry of their appetite with chat, at which formerly they were wont toRop their notes. Ezekiel (co typih.e a dread- full judgement) was commanded (among other things con- curring in that wofuli fceane) to bake his bread with dung that cemeth out ofroan in their fight. And becaufe this was verygrie. vous to the Prophet, therefore though his ufingdung to bake bread with, could not be difpenced with, yet (byway of fa- vour) the Lord condefcended to acommutation of the dnng, (Ezek, 4. t g.) Then hePaid onto me, lo Ihavegiven thee Cows dung for mans dung, thouJhalt prepare thy bread therewith. Now if it were.fo loathfome to prepare or bake bread with mans dung, how loathfome is it toBate mans dung in Read ofbread ? AU dung is vile, mans dung is vileR. To perilh as dung notes a very contemptible condition, but for a man to perifh as his own dung is to be caR into the loweR imaginable degreeofcontempt, He /hall peri/hfor ever as hisown dung. Hence obferve ; FirR, Wicked Men (hall perifh. They, Thall onely not be troubled but ruined. (faith the Apoftle of himfelfand fellow.Saints in fuffering, z Cor. 4. 1, 9.) are troubledon everyfide, but not deflroyed. Trouble fo far as try- all and correc`kion is the portionof the Godly, but trouble tv deftru&ion andperdition is the lot of the wicked. Secondly, Note ; Wicked men periß' finally: They perifh for ever,yea they /hall be for ever perifhing. They feldome. recover when they are down, or rife when they fall in this life ; but none of them (hall rife or recover in thenext. /he Church faith, Eejoyce not againfl. me O. mine enemy, whin Yerf. 7.
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