195 Chap. 3o. itn Expilition upon the Books of J.o. s. Verf.2 t; Natives er mibi art become Cruell ; As if he had fayd, Lord, the Ceppie of thy car- maenr refk riage and countenance towards me lc Changed: thon O God, who ar; o talem heretofore haft been tender of we and even dandledfi mee on thy re quondam in knees, ata darling, ettw dealeft har¡hlywith me, froönrfl span me, ree exhiiwerh, and feemefb even to dajb me agai?.ft the (tones : Thoraart become tuna tango al,- mil to met. >rra rxbiber. Mele. To be Cruell, is to (hew no mercy; or notto be toucht with pgrie and Cornpaflion when we fee others in tnifery. Cruelty de. dares it Idle two'wayes. l irtt , In laying aheavy hand oftrouble -and affli$ion upon othere,.as thofe Egyptian Taske- Matters did upon the children of Ifrael, till they made themgroane undèr their burden. Secondly, Innot helping or in not (hewing bowels to thofe whom we fee troubled and afíhieted, thoughwe our felves have not layd fo much as a little finger upon them. Not only are they cruel who put others to moregrievous íufl'eringsthen they ought, but they.alfo arearil, who are incompallionate towards others in their fufferings. Whatfoever is exclufive of mercy may be refotved into cruelty ; and therefore wee find tobe cruel and not to. Phewmerckjoyned together as fynonomous expreffions in- tending the fame thing. (per. 6. 23.) They¡hall lay holdon bow and fpeare : they are Cruel, and have no mercy. Mercy and cruelty are remoteft oppofites : and they arernott cruel, or have nothing but cruelty in them, who have no mercy, As this is the defcrip-, tionofthe Babylonians, who deffroyed 7erasfalem, fo we have a like defcriptionof the deftroyers ofBabylon, ( 7er, 5o. 42.) 71a- by/on (hall be, as cruelly handled as ever that handled Sion. (`Pro. 12. t o.)..A righteotra (or good) man is mercifeoll,but the tender mercies ofthe wicked are Cruell ; that is, inftead of (hew- ing mercy they are cruel,or that which lookes molt like mercy in them, is, in effeert, but cruelty.. oh feemeth to,charge God with cruelty inboth thefe refpeás. girkbecaufe he layd fuch heavie affl'ietions upon him, orpreffed him fo fore. Secondly, becaufe being in that condition, fo af. fii&ed, fo prefTed, he (hewed him no pizie, no compafiìon, bat appeared as hard as a rock to him,asnot at all moved either with his,tcalamlty, orwith his Cry's; . dkind up, but thou regardeíl tee oust; Theas.art become Cruell tomes With ,
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