Chap. 2i:, !In Expofttion upon the Bookof J o i3. Verf. 3. 623, counfell them to (corne him or his words, he had checkt and reproved them for mocking more then once before. But we mi9underhand him ; Fi il, That he fpeaksperrnifvely, or by way of grant, Die but heart me, and then I giveyeu leave to mock. Or when I have fpoken againe,if I doe but fpeakto purpofe,if Idoe not anfwer your arguments, and ,ffor that which mayfatúfie any rea/enable man, I ano content to be laught at, mock on. As if he had laid ; Before you giveyour (elves full[cope in mockingme, before you let your (elver loofe, to contempt, andfcorne. Let me advife you to heart me once more,and Idefire itforyour ownfakes ea much sct for mire own, that it be notlaid that you condemn me,mucb lc/e flight and mockme unheard: therefore heart mefirfl, and then mcckon; you will have time enough, and more occafion, If I fpeak betides the po Y nt, or not home to,jt, to mock when I have done fpeaking. From this firti interpretathbn we may obferve, That He whobath[pokes his confcience,andbathfjioken it confcien- tioufly, is at a poynt (fo farre u concernes himfelfe) how his Beech is entertained. Let me fpeake my minde, and then come on't what will. Pofquam quod TheProphet Ezekiel received his Commiffion in this ítile;7hets Iu mwnerú eft ¡halt fpeak to them, whether they will heart, orwhether they will ç or oltaJthT' forbeare (Ezek. 2.7.) doe you your dutie. Iftheyheare it,well an,arab arciV- and good, if they forbeare, yet you are accepted. He that faith- i f7epiJ?iinent'+ fully delivers the truth and minde of God, (as `lob was about G.rg todoe) whether his fpeech be received or rejeaed, h e is faeif- fied. If it be received he rejoyceth, and he is not difcouraged if it be rejefted : whether they confent,or diffent,whether they returne approbationor fcorne,whether they embrace or mock, as to himfelfe the care is taken, though , as 7eremy fpeakes, Chap. i 3. his eye ¡hall weep in_fecret for the pride of thofe who reject and mock, as alto for the mifery that is coming upon them, except they repent.'Tis ftnfn119and fo dangerousenough when the word ofGod is not received, much more when it is fcorned and mocked ; yet the faithful! tninillers and rerva nts ofJefus Chrift may take comfort in that di fpenfation, which thehearers receive with fcorne ; they have done their Mafters will, and are, as the A:ppítlefpeaks (z ar. 2. i 5.,) unto god a jwese 4
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