494 Chap. 24. An Expojition sap n rho ihele of J 0 P. Verf. 2 feede thereof; that is, they feed tttemfeíves with the fleckswhich they have taken away ; Secondly, They feel tkem that is they feed the flocks which they haveviolently taken away. According to our trat flation the fence is this, when they have taken away flocks violently, they fit downe quietly and feed themfelves with thefe flocks,they and their families aremaintained by the fpoyie. And I conceive lob adds this, not onely to (hew another or a le- cond a6t of their fin,but to (hew the refolvedneffe and fetledneffe ,of thefe men in thewayes of fin. Hence note. Then a wicked man is bardned in fin, when he feeds, and filleth bimfelfe with what he bathfnfullygotten. They not onely act evil!, but delight in evil, who tabs away any tieing by violence, andfeede thereon. Solomon Ipeak?s offorce ('Pro. d t 7.) who Bate thebread of wic.kednes (that is bread (by which is meant all the neceffaryes of this life) go; ten by wicked- neffe) and they drink! the wine ofviolerce ; that is, the wine which they have gained by violence,or fnppofe what they have violent- ly gained be not wine,in fpecie,or that liquor which we call wine, yet they drinke it as wine, like fweet and pleafant wine. This ¿is a figneof a heart titled in fin, when the finntr cates his finne as bread, and drinks it as wine, What ltomacks have they who can digeft filch hard. meats ; and though now they teeme to make a good digeftioo ofit, yet unleffe they vomit up fuck morfelsand draughts by true repentance, they will lye heaviz upon their fto- macks,and make them heart-fick to Eternity.TheProphet threa- tens (Ifa. 3. 1 }.) That the Lord will enter into judgement with the ancients rfhis people, and the 'Princes thereof, for (faith he) ye have eaten up the vineyard,the/,iaile ofthe poor it inyour bottles; that is, yemaintaine your honks by that which is not yours,even by the fpoiles and vineyards of the poor. When fersbtlhad got 2(9b04 flame, (lie prefently ¡bid to Ahab, Ari/e, takep,freffion of the vineyardofNabotb, and Ahab did fo (t Kings 2 L 15, 16.) But theLerd fent Eliah to him with this Meffage (ver, I t}. ) Haft thou killedand alfo taken poffejon ? As if he had laid, Art thou indeed fo hardned in fin, that thou cants gnc downeand pleafe thy felfin the ufe and paffeflion of what thou haft gotten tinfully ? howwickedart thru,who ate fo farre fromhaving thy hea. t
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