310 Chap. 28.; an Expofitian upon the Book of J p B. Ver. 24e Secon iy, This truth may cause the wicked and tnjufl to trettib z rh Load Iezth what they ire doing, and that their end iscom;rg. (Pfal. o. r3i 4.) wherefore cloth thewicked can... tense Gea'? (he cen give no more reaïon for doing fo, then for farir g iat followes) He bath faid in hit heart, Thouwilt not re- It, Thou haft feen it, for thou 6eholdet mifchiefand feite to regaite it with thy hand. The wicked flight theLord, as if be ei- th;r did not ice what they doe, or would doe nothing to thefts whsrfoever he feeth ; but the Patina was of another opinion Of faith,rather,in bothparticulars;He knew,God fart them,Thou haft teen it (faith he) and he knewGod would nor take what he taw at their hands, but would reckonwith them for it; Therefore he adds, Thou beholdefimifchief'and fpite (that is, how mifchievoufly and fpitefuily they aet) with a purpofe to requite it with thyhand, As theLord feeth what they doe, fo he teeth it for this very end, to requite them according to their deeds. And becaufe the Lord teeth theft Things to requite them (as he once faid, Ihave feels,' Ibaveteen, or Ibeve frerely Peen the affWon ofmy people that are inEgypt (Exod.3 7.)And,ashe faid(2 Kings 9.26,)1have teen Ihavefeen, at. fierely IhaveteenyeJ?erda,('tis as freib io mine eye as if it had been (bed but aday agoe) thebloodof Na6oth the y,,4. reelite andofhis funs, becaufe, I fay, theLord feeth there things,` enifchief and feite to requite themwith his hand.) Therefore a.. it followeth in the fame verle of the tenthPfalm ; thepoor commit_ ethbimfelftohim , He is the helper of thefatberlcfi. He fees how helplefs the fatherkfs are, and fo he becomes their helper. This principle,TbeLord looketh to the endsof the earth, fhould remove wtckednefs our of the earth, and itsan affu aace than he will re- buke all the wicked of the earth.For be 6eholdetbmifcbief andfpite, that hemay requite it with his hand, what heart or hand foever is iltiedand defiled with ir. 0 B
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