574 Chap. 20. An Expofstton upon the Bootee of j O B, Verf. 25. j tadgement upon the confciences of wicked men. But the day dale Lords judgement is farre more terrible. Some have had a hope that the hell ofthe damned beyond this life, is not fo bad as the hell of conscience, when a man iscondemned of himfelfe in this life;and have therefore even wifht for that hell, that they might be eafed ofthis.; yea force have ventured upon hell, thrutting themlelves by a violent hard out ofthis world, that they might efcape the hell ofa perplexed con`cience, which they felt in it. Whereas alas it is but fleeing from a Lyon to meet with a Beare, or going from the heat of the Sun into the heat of the fire. Thus the Text in Amo,o ( taken eyther of of thefe fences) is a proofeof the poynt in hand, that wicked men who would avoid this or that judgement of God in this life, do but run themfelves upon force worfer judgement here; even as they who would avoyd the judgement of God in his word (ball finde a forer judgement at the end of the world, Mofes ufeth that phrafe offleeing feaven wages, twice in one Chapter(Dent. 28. 7. 25 , ) At the 7. verle it is threatned againft the enemies of the people ofIfrael,in cafe theydid obey & in the 25 verfe'°tis threatned againft Ifrael in cafe they dif` obeyed, that they fhouldfleefeaven 'meet. The meaning is not that they fhould have (even or many wayes ofefcaping,or that in any of thefe wayes they Mouldbe fafe;for the intent ofMc- fu is to thew that they fhould no way or nowhere be fife. For they fhould beaffaulted and encompaffed about with fo many dangers that they fhould flee levenwages, that is, all manner ofwages, endeavouring to efcape,but they fhould efcape in re- ver a one ofthem e though they fled leven or levenhundred wayes,yct Godwould fend a fword,as many wayes alter them, or if they milt andefcaped one fort of evill, another fhnuld be ready at their fide; As Zoprar hath it,Hefhallfleefrom the iron weapon, and the bow cfffeele/hall fîrikehim thorcw. Verf. 25. It is drawn, and comethout ofhis bodie. What is drawn? We may referre it to the arrow ofthe bow propris corpus before fpokenof ; Thebow offieele/hall flri&e him ¡herow, it is metahooweénr drawne. andcommeth out ofhis body. Out ofwhat body ? Some 4e e4, 1F1,r fxa. by the original wordwhich we tranflare bodie, underfland the yu'g. quiver in whichthearrow was , for the quiver is to the arrow
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