Chap. 27. an Expofition upon the Book ofj o B. Verf. z t . 187 (had be the fhame of thy Lords houfe. What a ( congeriesor ) heap tut pibm. z, e, of words are here ? Hewillfarely violently tarn and toff'e thee like p "71"13'72,a- Ball a into a large Country. The fri&nefs of the Hebrew is forum et e iRítattim gettea hardly to be exprefled with any good coegruity in our language, ra äotabirur. intong he will wife thee with a toffing, fo wemay read it, word for word; as if the Spirit of God did even (rive for Rhetorick to flew how this great man f could be coifed ; He faith not barely he (halide told., but foray, violently, in toffing be (hall be to j"ed, and that with a toffing. God would hurle him out of his place, as a man hurls a Ball, which is eafilydone, and yet violently done. Men who are like Great Mountains, in the opinionand effimati- onof men, are but like Poole- balls, or Tennis -balls in the hand of God. And he hurleth them like á Ball in a large Country, not onely like a Ball in a narrow room, but like a Ball that bath (cope enough ; he tofheth them far and neare, through all kinde of evils and calamities ; a formeharletb him out of his place. Secondly, As the place out which he ishurled may be con- ceived to be aplace of tirength,wherein the wicked man thought himfelf fafe and fure, out of the danger of formes and Gun- fhot, Obferve ; There ie no place fo flrongly fortified, which ease fectsre,riâners agsinfl the wrath of the Lord. Hewill forme themout of all their Refuges, yea pull them by the ears out of their Sanivary. The Affyrian thought himfelf fate in his place, but God fercht him out,( Ifa. 14. 13, 14,15.) Thou haft laid in thy heart,1will afcend to Heaven, Iwill exalt my throne above tbe/lars of God. I will fit alfo upon the mOuntof the Congregation in thefides of the North;Iwill afcend above theheights ofthe Cloud:, Iwill be like the mofi High. What is the meaning of all this boati ? We cannot imagine the Affyrian fo mad, as to think that he could build himfelf a hoe in the heavens, or keep his Court amongf, the Stars. His rreaning is only this ; he hoped to fettle himfelf here upon earth fo frongly,that he fhould be as fare and free from the reach of danger, as if he had aplace among the Stars. Many whooppofe Heavens deiiivethemfelves as smash abrue oppofition, as if theywere planted irk t Heavens. But what follows, (v. i 5. ) B etbthou 'halt be brought down to Hell, to
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