5 5 Chap. 22, An Expofitionupon the 13ook of I OB. Vcrf 21. riches and fulnes fhall be no fence again(' the wrath ofGod. Thewicked call riches, theirfirong Tower, but the Prong Tower that riches can make is no defence, it is but as a paperwall againft the wrath of God. His full belly makes but the fayrer marke for the arrowes of the Almighty. We render it as refpectinghis aftion ; When he is about to fill his belly, when the man thinks to take the fruit of his labours, he haying been bufie in projeding, and afting, intendeth to fl downe inquiet, and feed upon what he had gotten, but whe', he is about to fill his belly even in the very aet God (hall cal the fury ofhis wrath uponhim. Ditnitte i God [ball eafi or lend it out. The wrathofGod is fometimes cobibebit ram, t ( upon the marer ) --armed, and kept in ;a the Prophet fpeaks non aeq;continebit ofthe comp: ffions.ot God, what is become of them ? are they re. inclignationem "rained?. (i1. 63.15 ) The compaffions ofGod ufed tocome inItam fed1.4ci" forth, but then ti .ey were reftrined, or did not (hew themfelves. ten beraln potef it- f jujini, God was pleafed to deale with them as if he had layd afide or fend in irn put off ail bowels of compaffion. So the wrath of God is re- pimaa. ftrained, or held in fometimes. Men fin and wrath flirres not God deales as if he had forgotten to be angry ; But anone wrath lets fly. God (ball call fury andwrath, or the fury of his wrath upon him ; he (hail caft, and fend it, as a dart, or anarrow out of a bow, or asa lone out ofa fling, or as a thunderbolt from the clouds : G,e1lhall call' it upon him ; the Text doth not expreffe who, but the fcope cleares who it is, He, that is, Cjod Jhall calf, eytIrer immediately or mediately by fame hand, corn- rniffion'd by him for that worke ofjudgement. God than un- prifon, and let loofe thefury ofhis wrath, that is, his furious wrath, or hot fuming, fmoaking wrath upon him. Thus he fpeaks to (hew how extreamely theLord is heated and heighte train raft. - ned againft wicked men. Thus Mr. 'Broughton renders ;God will fend hishot anger uponhim. The anger ofhis noftrills. A phrafe often ufed to lignifie Anger, becaufe ofthe appearance and tokens or Anger there, Exod. ii. 32. Ifa. 5. 25. and indivers other places which the readermay confult. This anger in the wards is oppofed to the anger in the heart ; for when the Scripture fpeaks of the anger ofthenoftrils, it notes anger afted and put forth in execution. The Lord bath treafured wrath, he bath wrath in his heart when he feemes to favour wicked
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