518 Chap. 20. An Expolirion upon the Bookof J O B. Vert, 16, -word( Rofb ) Gall. (Deut. 29. 18.) Left there beamen gyeti a roote that beareth Galt (or a head) andwo rmewood. That is, left `any perfon among you fhouldcommit this wickedneffe {name- ly, Idolatry, or the worfhipof ftrang e gods) which will be as diftaftfull to God as Gall is toman , and which will be bitter as Gall to theman who commits it, whether we confider the bitternes ofrepentance if it be pardoned or thebitterneffeof paine, ifhe ( peri(ting in it impenitently) be punifhed. And hence this very word is ufed againe to figntfie Çall,in that Pro- pheticke Pfalme ofthe pailionand paines ofChrift for our fins (Pfal. 69. 21.) Theygave me Wegall for mymeate.AnyGall is fobitter and unfavoury to the tart, fo offenfive and trouble- fome to the ftomacke,that'ris a kindofpoyfon, and fomeveno- mous creatures carry their poyfon in their Gall. He fhallfucke the poyfonofAfps ; That is, He (hall find that molt bitter and deadly to him, wherein he thought to finde much fweetnes and delight. As ifhehad laid ; Thou who hun- gerfl after the eftates ofthe poore,I tell thee,wben thou art fucking them as at a hony-combe,tbouart butfucking the poyfen ofell. .r. While the covetous oppreffour isin the aet offin, he faith, it is Perinde ceder fweet and good, he little thinks he is fucking poyfon,thedead- ac jì veñen»a ly poyfon ofthe Afps : Ir is mifery enough to fucke poyfon at buffet poten- any time, but to fucke poyfonwhile we rhinke we are fucking tifmum, aid a milke or hony-is a greater mifery. There are none fomiftaken viper4 faVet as they who take wrongfully from others. As there is a finfull mor)us. Juc. (paring, fo a finfull gettingwhich tends topoverty, & hewho .thus gathcrs,doth worfe then fcatter ;for He(hallfiickthe poy. fon of Afpr,and(which fpeaks the fame or a work fate tohim ) The Vipers tongue (hallflay him. dutm animal That is, he (hall rarefy dye, the.¡ffue that! be his ruine. The tanta celeritaie poyfon of Afps is deadly, and thatthe Vipers-tongue is pre- taguam mover Pent death, we have cleare evidence (befideswhat is afferted by to ferpens, adco natural! Hiftorians) fromScripture record. When Paul had ut em vi- efcaped fromShip-wrack, and was come on fhoare at Malta guamhabea vi P P' , cteatur, cumu- the Barbarian r (hewed him kindne(ïe, and made him a fire,out nam fit. Plin. ofwhich when a Viper cameand faftned upon k is hand, they 5 c 37 looked when he would fall downe dead, concluding he was a Ifid, III,. 1 :, murtherer, whom, though he efcaped the Sea, yet, vengeance followed
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