56o Chap. 20. An Expofrtion upon the Book of JOB. Verf. 23; Church. God leaves them as Chriff (peaks to the Pharisees (math. 23.3 z.) tofill rtp the meafure of theiniquity of theirfa- thers, and then he will deale with them. Now as there is a ful- neffe of iniquifie, fo there is alfo a fulneffe ofworldly profpe- ritie; when the wicked have had their portion, their reward in the world, when as beans they are fed and fatted with good things or are about to fat them1elves, then they are for the flaughter. So the Lord concludes concerning tholeopppreffours (Amos 4. a. ) Heare this wordye King ofBalkan that are in the mountaines ofSamaria, which oppreffe the poore, which crufh the needy &c.TheLord god bath fworne by his holinefJt, that loe the day (hall come onyou,tbat he will takeyou away with hocks,and your pofteritie with fifhhooket, when the fulneffe ofyour wordiy pro- fperitie, and iatneffe is come, then God (hall 'ake you away, or iendleañeneffe among your fat ones. And agame ( Chap. 6. a.)Woe to them that are at ease inZion,and truit in the mountains of Samaria, which are named cheifeofthe Nations, to whom the bottle ofIfraell came. Thefè (ver. 3.) putfarre away the evill day, andcaufed the feat of violence to come Heare; They lay upon thebeds ofIvory,aaEldid cate the Lambes out of the fLcke, &c. While they were thus diffolved intomirth and muficke,a wofull voice found. ed in their cares (ver. 7. ) Therefore now ¡hall they goe captive with the first that goe captive and the banquet ofthem that ftretch- edthem/elves /ball be removed. The verynowof their keel} joy, was the now of their captivation and forrow. Zophar, as if this were hardlybeleeved at all, or could never beenough beleeved, preffech and repeateth it again, in the la(t word of the verfe in hand. e4ndfhall raine it upon him while he 4 eating. This is but an explication or repetition of the former words; When he uabout tofillhis belly, God(hall call thefuryof hiswrath, and raine it on him n- bile be is eating. There are twowords to be confidered in this claufe, Firtt, Raining. Secondly, While he is eating. He fhall raine it. Here is a terrible (bower, a fhowerof fury, of wrath, God (hall rune it. God is Paid to raine wrath, Fírff,
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