640 Chap. zi. An Expofition upon the Book,o J o a. Vert. 5; narrowly lookupon thee, and confider thee, laying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did/bake kingdomes. And (ver. a o.) Art thoualtobecome weak& we, art thoubecome like us ? Who could have beleeved this ? who ever exile ted to fee fitch,a change? And the Lord hirnfelfe calls the heavens to alto. nifhment at the frangenefs of his peoples dealing with him, (ter. 2. I2.) Be afonifbed Oyeheavens at this, andbe horribly afraid, beye very defolate faith the Lord;for my people have cons mitted two evilly, &c. And thofe evills were fuch and fogreat, as few if any had ever committed before them ; Theyhad fin. ned withoat and beyond example. as is piaine by the former verfe, Hath a Nation changed their gods, which yet are no g ds? Where can you * find a N Lion changing their God ? The matt barbarous Nations are tenacious ofand zealous for their G. ,,'s? they (tick to their Gods,thou ;h they he 5ut.Id.' s; H,th a Na- tion changed their CÇ<;d ? Can you give me an ir.itanceof a peo- ple that have changed their Gods & turned them out ofdoors, th, ugh they are yet no G .cis: But my people have changed their glorie, that is, their God ( God is the glorie of a people, his pref.nce is at (eceour honour and our faferie.)Now when fuch a ch.-gig as this was darie,which a'asnever done before,ofwhich no example could be given fromany records, then be afhonifhed O heavens Now as the finof ?erufalem was an unparaleld fin, fo alto was =e-: p.inifhment; and therefore the cals all to behold and bea(tonifhed. Lam. t . Is it-nothing toyou all ye that pats by?beheld ('i^' fee, if therebe anyforrow like unto myforrow,whicb is doneunto me, wherewith the Lord bathaf.Eledmein the day of hisfeirce anger, Thus yob teems to befpeak his friends, Was there ever any mans forrow like mine ? Mine is a rare cafe, and may therefore jufily breed aftonifhment. Markme, & be aflo- ni/bed. Hencenote ; f idi, rífman, efpeciallyaman in aflifiion, loves to have his cafe anddifcourfo thorowly weighed. Unleffe you mark his aflliaion, you encreafe it; and un efl"e you mark his words, you diminifhhis perfora. Slight attenti- on is difpleaing to man, much more to God : yet how oft doth God fpeake, and we farce mark ? He bath reafon to call upon us, markme, both inwhat he faith, and inwhat hedoth, We
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