70 Chap. 27. /n Ex p of tt[on urn the Boo of 7 0 B. VCrf.7. aCommon way of Expreffiug that which we molt diltaït, to fay, Let this be to mine enemy, let this be to rhofe that hateme. And this fuppofeth fuch a difpleafure againfi the perfon as cannot be fatisfied wich any particular trouble.When Abigail came to meet David, and to interpolebetweenhim and her husbandsdeftrucci. on by his (word , fhe thus befpake him ( a Sam. 25. z6.)Now therefore myLord, As the Lord livetb, and as thyPuleltveth,Se,- ing the Lordbarb wîtbholden thee from coming to (bed blood,and from avenging thyfelfe with thine ozrne hand,now letthine Enemies) and they that fine Evill to my Lord beas Nabal,Nabal was a pro: fperousman in the world, yet a wicked and a wretched man, ataçl the hand of God was uponhim, and he dyed prefently after ; soar let the Enemies of my Lord (faith Abigail) be as Nabal ; that is, letthem be asvileand low in the efteem of men, as Nabal is,up.. on whom one of his own fervants could be(tow nobetter Ian. guage than Son of Bilial, fuch a fon of BBelial, that a man could not fpeak to ( v. i7,) yea, let thine enemy be as unable to hurt thee, as Nabalis, and let him as Purely fall under the revenging hand of God as Nabal (hall, upon whom nor to revenge thy felfe withchine own hand, thou halt been foeallyperfwaded. We have alikewi(h formed in the fame termes (2 Sam. 18, 3 a. ) 7beKingfailtoCu(hai, is theyoung man Ab(olomfafe ? And Cu fhailaid, let the Enemies of my Lord the King, and all that rife tap agarsfi theebe as that youngman. When he would let forth the miferable end and fall of tAb(*lam ( who was hung on a tree and Aaine) he faith, let all that wiffa my Lord theKing burt,btat that young man is. Once more we read this way of imprecation, (Dan. 4.19.) Tbe, Daniel ( whole name was Beltefbazzer ) wasaflottied for anhone, andhis thoughts troubledhim r the King fpageand faid,Beltefbuzzer, let not the Dreamt, or the lnterpretate- on thereof trouble thee; Beltefhazzer anfivered and fail, my Lori the Dreamsbe tothem that bate thee,and the Interpretation thereof to. thine Enemies. As if Daniel had laid, I have caufe enough robe troubled,it is a black Dream, and the vifion is rvifionof darknefs and aftonithment ; I could with that thy D:eame were to thine Enemies, and the accomplishmentof itto them that hate thee.' In this language fpeakea fob _here ; you think that I am aman much takenwith the profperity of the wicked ; for mypart, Let mine Enemies beas thewicked, and they that rife upagaini mean the
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