510 Chap. 20._ erán Exp<fition upon3be Bgokof j o a. Verf. i5;. tat Tyrus ? Tyre was a rnerchandizing Citie,an opp:eiling i- rk, Tyrus.heapedrspfilver as t he dull, and rineg,¡.1 asthe mire of theforests, very. 3:, yet the Lord will make Ïac-r poore,and naked, he will level her he$' s of gold and filver, andfinite her power in abe Sea. The lot ofp oud oppreffàng. Tyrtar and her riches (hall be the lot of every oppreffor and his riches,Gcdßiallcafl them Out of his belly. That is, out ofhis.barres andgariííers, out of his chefis arc!, ftorehoufes; wheref,ever he bath hoardedhis rlches,that's belly, and from therce they fhall be cart. Hence obferve . Phi}, Theworldly span is unwilling to pert with his worldly- portion. Here's an act of vioience,God-cafts themout ofhis belly,and pulls them from him by an a &of juftice, as he hadunjufHy pul- led them fromothers. He can let his bloud goeas eafily as his. .wealth. Secondly, Note ; Man mayget but he cannot hold rebat he bath get unjuflly. What God giveth he will maintaine, what is finfully fwal- lowed dowse fhalI be vomited up with fhame. Iwill punifh Bell inBabylon, and 1 Trill bringforthout ofhis mouth what he bath fwallowed up (7er. 5 I. 44.) What was that ? he had fwallowed the riches of the Nations round about him. Thus the Prophet dfaiah reprefents himboating (Chap. r o. r 3, 14.) Ihave remo- ved the bounds f tht people, andhave robbed their treufures,my band bathfoundas a nefi the richesof thepeople.But as fome ?rin- res politickly connive at their Subje is opprefiìons,till they get great eftates,andthen fqueefe all into their own coffers,& leave them naked ; fo the great God permits force to fill themfelves like fpunges, by flicking in the fubllance of others unrighteous. ly, end then makes them returne and render it backe by his righteous judgements, tYhatf ever is gotten by finne, is net gi- ven by God; and whatfoever is not given by God, he threatens to takeaway:they whoare rich,but not by the bleffing ofGod, kall be made poor by the curfeofGod ; therefore the Pfalmift con-
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