5 o Chap. 24. An Expofttion upon the Bookof J f) B. Vert r2' Solvednot onely todoe evill, but to Rand to it, or :cake it good; e.A'sild foul of the wounded cryethout. That is, the wounded cry out ; the foul is put for the perfon, or theman; or the foul of the wounded is Paid to cryout,to Phew the greaneffe and dolefullneffe of the cry. As when Mary laid; Mt foal doe !. magnifie the Lord, it argues that the magnified the Lord with firong affe&ions, as if the had been all foule. Such alto is the force of that pottage in Deborah! Song (7udg. 5;, 2 t .) O my foule, thouhaft troden downfirengb ; fhe trod downe the Rrength of the enemy with all her Rrength.. And her foule ( which was her ftrengrh in God ) was in it more then her body. So here, thefoul of the wounded cryeth out, that is the wounded cryout melt lamentably, they powre out their own fouls, while others were powringour their blood.But what are thefe wound- ed ? or howwere they wounded ? We may take it either of an outwardor inward wounding.There is a wounded fpirit as wei as a wourAed body,m-any are wounded whole Refh is whole,who have not fo much as a fcarre made in their skin ; yet here the wounded were fuch whole flefh or oneward Rate was wounded firft and then their hearts or fpirits were wounded s becaufe of that, with griefe and forrow. Thefoule of the wounded. The word which we tranflate wounded, lignifies two things. Firft,that which is prophane and polluted,and in the verb to pol- lute and prophane a thing.Idol-worfhippers are focalled,becaufe they are polluted as wounded menwith blood. And hence alfo it is ufed as a word of abomination,. The Lord f rbid,faid David, { r Sam. 24. 6.) And againe (2 Sam. 20. 20.) Farre be it Irate: 0.114711 me, force be it fromme, laid 7oab ; in both which places, thea&i- tun prophrni ons abominated, had the defilement or pollution of blood in \17-t akit, them. And the 7ewes fpeaking this word, ufually rent their gar- vcx ¡roh:bitío. menrs,fhewing the abhorrence and indignation of their minds at na ni blafphemie, or fuch like abominations. Now- becaufe wounded nat,Wirs re, pro. ,Ihana,Gt mihi, men are defiled in their blood, therefore this word fignifieth the wounded. The fouleofthe wounded cryetb cut, not onely cryeth, but cryeth out; Which implveth thegreatneífe of their wounds and the extreame painfulneffe of it.. Hence
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