5i2 Chap. 2o. An Expofitionupon the Book of J OB. Verf. r 5 . all is fifh that comes to a wicked mans net, though it prove a Serpent not a fifh. As appeares by the ifiue ofhis greedy get- ting, or fwallowing, laid down in the latter part ofthe verfe He bathfwalleweddowne riches, and He/hall vomit them up again. Zí17 vomit we sate moderately, we digeft, concoc4, and turne to evsmitt proprie good bloud for the fupport ofnature, but ifa man Bates intern- de ciáiu. perately, his flomack turnes and he falls a vomiting; A glut- iect peticanns con gets more meate downe then others, but he gets leffe a vornttu ; ion- ttrength by it. The Pelican bath his name in Hebrew from this char snit a ca roote; becaufe having eaten The! fifties he vomiteth them out kreventritcoa r te; tso sur(us evo againe as Toone as they are a little boyled in his craw, that he mil. uttefiio may pick out the fifhand'leave the fhel. The Prophet rejetfit efculen- 22.) tell us ofa vomit which thewrath ofGod gives a finfull (n Therefore thouIbaltJay to them, that faith the Lord of in,. lib. to. people l, cap. 3o. Hofts the godof7frael, drinkeye, andbe drunken, and fpue and fall, and rife no more. What was it they fhoulddrinke ? it was a cupof judgment, theyhad been liberally drinkingthe cup offin before, now God puts a cup of forrow and blood to their mouths, and they muff drinke till they fpued, and Bagger till they fell, and fo to fall as not to rife any more. And as wicked men Thal l drinke thecup ofwrath till they fpue, fo themfelves [hall at Taft be fpuedout. They are to a Land as unwholefome meate to the flomack, the burden of it. Heare that fevcre warning to the peopleof7frael, (Lev. 18. 26.28. ) Te !ball therefore keep myftatutesandmy judgements, andfliall not com- mit any ofthefe ahominations,neither any ofyour owne Nation, nor any firanger thatfojourneth amongyou,that the Landfpue notyon mat alfo, whenye defile it, as itfpewed out the Wations that were beforeyou, But whence is it that the wicked man vomiteth up what he bathdevoured ? To cleare that, confider there are foure forts ofvomiting. Firfl, From thefullneffe ofthe ftomacke, by exceffive eating and drinking. Secondly, From the filthineffe or fouleneffe of the ftomack, by eating and drinking tt.o .re things which are unwholefome and unclean. Thirdly,
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