Chap. 20. sodn êxpofltion upos! the Book of J o a. Verf. 7. 467 dfall ¡hall arife,whenIft in darknes theLord ¡hall be a light unto ,e, (Mich. 7. 8.) But the wicked have caufe to mourn when they fall, not onely becaufe they are fallen, but because they 'hall rife no more, and being once in that darknefs they (hall re- ver fee light. Some have faid (how uncomfortably and erro- neoufly is no place here to difcuffe) that a Godly man may fall from grace totally and finally ; but that wicked men perfeve-. ring in fin, (hall fall fo, both from their hopes and comforts, is affured us by the truth of God. Thirdly, Obferve ; Wickedmen,'allperifh difgracefully,04dung,ai their own dung. Their memory (hall rot, and nothing (hall remaine of them but a 'rink or an unpleafing favour. It is recorded of King re- boram (z Chron. 21.20.) that he dyedundefired. Many wicked men die not onely undefired but abhorred : As the Prophet Ifaiah concludes (Chap.66.24.) Theyfhaltgo forthand lookupon the carkaffes ofthemen that have tranfgrefedagainft me :for their worm ¡hall not die,neither fballtheir fire be quenched, and they 'hall be an abhorring to all flefhh. It is fome abatement of mifery to find pity, but tobeat once deftroyed and abhorred, or which is more to be an abhorring, efpecially an abhorring to all flefh is perfe t mifery. Thereare few men fobad but now they are effeemed by force, but ere long they (hall be abhorredofall. And though all who fee their mifery (hall abhor them, yetthe perfedtionoftheir mifery (hall not be feen, asZophar tmplyetlt in the latter partof this verle. They whichhave feen him, /hall jay, where is he To be Peen may be taken twowayes. Fitft, Largelyor vulgarly for the bare beholding or view which we have ofany thing or perfon. Secondly, Stri&ly or fpecially, to fee with reverence and refpe&, with much intention and obfervation ; or to be teen as a wonder, with much aftonifhment and admiration. What is it that either ambition or hypocrifie defires fo much as to be alcbrum efi feen, and poynted at, there's the man. ThePharifes who were fpe£#äri edi- hypocrites of the higheft forme) did all to be :teen of men, ,tomonfimir, (Mar. 6. 5.) If the ambitious proud man a& not inan open hie*. 0 o o 2 'sine,
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