Chap. 20. An Expofstion upon the Book of J fJ B. Verl: 22. 555 oftwelve moneths he ;keel in the pallace and fad, Is not thisgreat Babylon that Ihavebuiltfor the bottle 01 he ICingd. ne,by the might ofmy power,andfor the honour ofmy Afojrfty Herehe boatfs ofthe fulneffe of his fufficiency ; now ( verl. 3 i. ) Gv ilr the wordwa- in the Kings mouth, therefell a vojcefromheaven anti úid,O King 2 ebuchadnezzar,to thee it is fpok, nThe ki»get;rne zs departed from thee, &c. Thus he was brought to itrai.s in the midideff of his fulneffe, Againe, Chap. 6. While Beltafbazz =r was in hisheight with hisNobles, in his clime, and wine, he law a hand .writing upon the wall, which made him creme, and that very night Babylon was taken, andhimretie taken a, ay in the fulntfTe ofhis fufficiency. So in the Proph-fie ofmvífgall Babylon, in the ful- net%of her tii:fiiciency thefhalt be in ffraits, ( Rev. 18.7, 8. ) She ¡flout : e gior:fying her felfe, the very moment before her rune ( they who glorifie themfelves, judge themfelves in a ful- neffe of fufficiency ) by how much Jbeeglorified her felfe, fa much torment give her : for /hee faith in her heart, Ifat as aueene, and am no widow, and (hall lee nofarrow :the-'efore fball her plagues come in one day. When thee faith, /fit as a 2e eene, not only free from plaguesbut full ofmajeffie ; then her plague comes. When the Apoffle Paidto the Corinthians;Te have reigned asKings without zas, (I Cor. 4.8. ) hechecks their conceit of their owne tpiri- tuall fufficiency, or fufficiency in fpiritualls, without the con- tribution of his aide and helpe, as the former words ofthat verteexpound his meaning. .Now yee arefull, now ;;e are rich. And when Babylon faith ; Jfit as a ueene, her meaning i :that Thee bath a fulneffe of fufficiency, both in fpiritualls and in temporal`s, and then, even then her plague comes. (M. 92 7. ) When the wicb\gdfpring as graffe, and all the workers . f ionquátie f ourifh,it is,that they may be deftroyedfor ever. And (to give {ut one inftance more, i Thei 5. 3.) when they (hall fay, peace and fafety,(not only peace,but fafety,all is quiet,and all will hequiet) thenfudden deftruftion(hall come on them as trava:le on a woman with childe, and they fhhall not efcape. The tfraits of a woman in travaile,and her forrowes,how terrible are they ? and as thefe are atwayes unavoydable to her that is with childe, fo they are often fuddaine, when immediately before the was eating or Beeping at cafe and quiet ; This is the wicked mans doome, he is not on- ly punifhed but furprifed, In the fulneffe ofhisfufficiencie, he !hall be in(traits. Bb b b 2 very
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