Chap. 29. an Expofatiori upon The Book ofJ O D. Verf. 17. 549 inf rument of their cruelty, or a means by which they do mif- chief. We fay (proverbially) 'tie well, the cur fi Cow bathfhort horns, and when any pufh with their horns, and tear with their teeth, 'tis fit they fhould he fawn off or knockt eutJoh as a Ma= gifi ate took order th-t they who had a mind to do hurt, and whole hearts were let upon milchief, fhould have no porter in their hand to do ir. Broken Jaws cannot bite ; I (faith Job) brake the jaws of the wicked. And I plucked the fpoyle out ofhie teeth. The Magiarate deales two ways with wicked men;fometimts be breaks their Jaws that they cannot take the fpoyle, and fome- titnes he plucks the fpoyl which they have taken out of their teeth. If they are not difabltd from fpoylingby the former aet, theymull be fpoyled of their fpoyle by the latter. VVnen upon David'soffer to accept the challenge of Gal;oh, Saulfaid tohim (i Sam. 17. 23.) Thou art net able to go againft this Philiftine tofight with him, for thou art but a youth, and he a man ofWarr from hisyouth. David replied (v. 34, 35.) Thyfervant kept his Fathers Sheep, and there came aLyon and a Bear, and took a Lamb out ofthe f ock.And I went out afterhim,and fmote bim,and fdetve- red it out of his mouth : and when he arofe againft me,! caught him by his beard, and Jmate him,and flew him. Thus when Lycn'- like men,-even beafts in the tbape of men,p_ey upon men, and make fpoyl of them,then comes the goodMagifIrate like David,&takes the fpoyl out of their teeth. Tyranical Magifirates devour and fwallow the innocentas a Lyon doth a Lamb. Paul was in the mouth of, and almofl fwallowed by that Lyon Nero, but he was delivered out of hismouth by the power of Chritk the true Da- vid. JO and merciful Magifirates will pluck the innocent Lambs out of the mouth of the Lyon, and pluck the fpoyl frcm their teeth. In one of theft two «ayes the wicked mufì bedealt with, either their teeth mull be broken, or the fpoyl muff be pul- led out of their teeth ; elfe they make havock of all, and there's no living by them without danger either of life or livelyhood.. Hence Note ; Pita, Wicked men are like wild beafis ravening for their prey; There had been noneed to pluck the prey out of their teeth, if
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