250 Chap.30. ,.Iss Expofition :span the Book of J O B. Verf.26. Olive lie, they deceaveothers, and a paffive lie, theyare decea- ved by others, And they who are moli aéiively a lie are molt C,nally and molt defervedly a paffive lie, or fed with lyes. We may iuoi,e for this and that at the hand of man, and meete with reeler. ( Ifa. 20.5.) They /hall be afraid and aj?,anred of E. thi:pia their expelfation, and . f : ypt their qlerr ; that i:', They who txpe?ied much helpe, and gloried or boafied ofthe l:eipe, which they Gould have from Ethiopia and Egypt (as-the levier and others did) looked la long for it that they were afhamed to looke any longer, and at lati went without it; as is expreff:d in the words following, (v. ô. ) And theinhabitant of this Ifle ¡hall fay in that day, behold, fach it our expetlatisn whither wee fl:e for kelpe to be delivered ( that is, we fee what is become of thefe E- thiopians and Egyptians, who undertooke to prole&us) peen, the Kip,? of A,yria, ( they we fee could not prote& themfelves from the forces of Af,ria)and how /hall we e c.spe ? That is, we cannot efcape by their meanes, wee fly toEthiopia ànd Egypt for helpe and deliverance from the King ofJibvia but their helpe is vaaitne, they couldnot helpe themfelves. The helpe of man is often vaine, when hegives us the bet} helpe which he bath pro- mifed ; hut tome are fo vaine,that though they promifeus helpe, they will not, give it. (Zech. 9. 5.) esdlhkelon (hellfee it and feare : G.fza alfo/hall fee it and bevery forronfull : and Ekrenfor her expell.otion tall beafhamed,and the King[hall perifhfrom Ça- a.a, and .eakelon Jhellnot be inhabited. There is nothing more common then dilappointments from men. And as men ufually fay le & difappoint our expctation, fo God altodoth fomezimes. God never fayles his ovine pronaifes, but he may fayle our ex- p: &ati,,ns, yet Otis then only, when wee exile&without, betide, or, beyond the promife. ( per. 8.15.) Wee lookedfor peace, but nogood came, andfora time ofhealth, and behold trouble. The ?ewes had great hopes that God would give them profperous and happy times; But while they looked that God fhoulë keepe prornif.s,they Cooke no care to keepe Cvmmandemenes, ( their own confeffìon cleares that, (v. 14. ) Our cod loathgiven us water ofgall to drinke, becaufewa have finned ageing the Lord. ) Thus to hope for the goodof the promife, is to hope betide yea againti the truth ofthe promife. That other Prophet agues the famereafonoftheir difappointrnent, (Ifa. 59. g.) Therefore it judge-
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