260 Chap. 3c. Atn Expo!ition upon the Booke of J o s. Verf.27. and I fens them net, Jet theyfay fasord andfamine fha!1 not be in this La,d, by fwcrd and famine (hall thefe Prophets be cenfumed. And againe, (7er. 5. t z. ) They have belied the Lord .ind faid it rho rot hie, neither /hall evils come upon we, neither t?s,l! wee fee fívord nor famine. N,,,tt as evil) men put the evil! day farce from theirtifclves, and falle Prophets put it farther from them, fo godly men feldome thinke that the evil' day is fo neere as indeed it is. Yea they may have a f; cret hope that theevil! day will not come at all, but that they (hall dye in their neft,as lob once Paid;Bat as God prevents us often with his mercies & lov;ngkindneffes;Da- vidhoped he would ; The god of my mercy fhall prevent met, ( Pfeil. 59. a o. )and he prayed what he would, (Pfal79 8.) O remember not againff to our former iniquities, let thy tender mercies fpeedily prevent eu ; for n es are brought very loan. And as Godfornetimes cloth it, beyond both our hopes andprayers. ('l'fal. z t. 3. ) For thou treventeff himwith theblefings cfgood- neffe thou fettefi' a Crorvne of pure gold upon his bead. Now (I fay) as Godhach preventing mercies, he fends in mercy,or filch a fpe- ciall mercy, beforewee looke for it ; fo it is as trite , that God path preventing judgements,and that bee fends in at$ &ions be- fore theyare looked for ; fad troubles, fad fickneftes, fad break- ings, fad loffes, fad mifcarriagesof fervants and children come unlooked for upon many of the fervants of God. David expe- rienced this alto, (Pfal. 18. 5.) The forrontes of bell camp.ffed mee about, thefnares of death prevented mee ; That is, deadly mares, filch mares asendangered my life furprifedme , when I had no thought ofany fuch.mifchiefe. Lafcly , Note. Z>nexpefted 47itl ions , afflli u3 mof$. evil! (hail molt certainly come upon thofe tanners whoex- pet`$ it not, (Amos 9. io. ) 1.411 theinners ofmy people¡hall dy by thefword,which fay, the evil!(hall not overtake, nor prevent us. So it will be moti terrible to them when it comes. As to miffe the good that wee looke for (which was obferved before) fo to mette with any evil! that wee looked not for, cuts to the quicke. lob looked for good, but it came not, He looked not for inch troubles, and' they came. Thedayes of evill prevented him. As wee may looke for good , fo evil! (hould not be un looked fó.. If
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