364 Chitp. 23. .din Expofitionupsn the loo{ of JO ß.. Verf. 9. this ob:ery tion ( Per. t . 14, I 5. ) Then the LordPaid unto me, out ofthe 2° rth an mill(ball breakeforth upon all the Inhabitants of the land. For lo Iwill call all the familyes of theKingdom' of the 2'1orth, /aith the Lord, and they fb.11 come, ana they f12,11 [et every one h:ß throneat the entrance of thegates of 7erufalem,&c. By The North ni this prophecy, he meanes Chaldea and Babylon, which qre fcituaateNorth from 7erufalem. And by all thefirmyes of the Kingdcmet of the North, he meaner all theNortherne parts under the obedience of the King of Babylon,whofhould readily follow and ferve him in his warres againft 7udea.Again in the fame Pro- phet (Ch 4.6 )I will bringeviti out of the North(Ch,6.1.)-J vill appeareth out of the North ( ver. 2z. ) Apeople comes fr. m the North (Chap. 10. 2z.) Behold agreat commotion cut oft beNorth. And when the Lord promifedto remove far away from his pea- pie the 2K9rtberne i1rmy,(Joel z.zo.) be therein promifed them the removal! ofall Arrnyes and troubles, becaufe theNorth had molt ofail,ifnot alone troubled and harraaed them with Armges. Agaice, In the North, the Gofpel (which is the higheft teaching and inttruétion) bath been more generally and more clearly pub- tithed then in the Southernpartsof the world ;fo that in allulion to that of the Prophet (Ifa. 3o. 2,6.) we may fay, That the light ofour NorthernMoen bath beenas the light oftheSouthern Sun, and that the light ofour Sun bathbeen feven fold to theirs, even as the light offevendayes. And according to the greatnes of Gofpel light, the difpenfations, and changes, which we have beenunder, have been verygreat;we especially in this Northern Nation,with thofe ad joyning to us and united with us under one Government, have had full Experience of, and may therefore (giving glory to God) feale to. the truth of ?obi portion; That Godworkethon the left hand, or in the North. Have not we found Godworking in the Narch ? What changes, what varietyof ac`kion have our Northern parts both Peen and felt ? What wonders ofmercy and falvation?what terriblethings in righteoufnes bathGod wrought of late among us ? The heavens and the earth,States ofall forts, The heavenly and the earthly, andofall degrees, the higher and the lower have been terribly fhaken in thefe Nations.Providence bath wrought to amazement in our dayes;TkeNations round a- bou: have heard the report of it, and wondered. Many'have and will.havecaufe to fay ofus, what hath Godwrought ! ()tithe left hand,,
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