Chap.36. 44 Expoftion upon the Booke of JoT ;. Verf. 3t. 2$5 of the Lord, ( 34. ) Then will I caufe' to ceafe from the Citie of tsdhb , and from the frreet, of ferufalem , the vo_yce of mirth, and the voice ofgladnes, the voyce ofthe bridegroarne, and the voyce of'the bride, for the Land fhallbe de/elate, And againe, ( ler.25.10. ) Moreover Iwill take.from them the voyce ofmirth, and the voyce of gladnefe the voles of the bridegroorne, and the voyce of the bride, the loond ofthe mi /frones , and the light of the candle. And if yerufalem bath felt fuch changes, fha11 Babylon efcape ? we areaffured thee-thannot. ( Revd. 12.21, Zz. 23. ) vind a mighty Angel t00%e up aProne, l ke agreat mil-fr.ne, and calf it into the Sea, Paying, thus withvs lotee¡hcell that great City Babylon be tbrowne downe, and(hall be found no more at all. And the voyce of harpers and muficians, andof pipers and trumpeters_ /hall be beardno moreat all in thee, and no Craftfman of what foe - ver Craft (hall befound any more in thee, and the foundof a mil - frene/hall be heaard no more in thee, &c. All this is prophecied of Babylon, when the (hail fing her fòng, flit a 2eene, andam no widdow, andfhwllfee no [orrery ; That is, AU is well , and will be well withmee, {hall be 'Babylon: Fong. But what faith God; Reward her even as Thee bath rewarded thee; double unto her dou- ble according toher workes ; in-the Cop whichThee gobfilled, fill to her doable. Babylon had harpers and trumpeters, tomake her lovers merry, but they (hall be heard no more at all in her. The voceof mirth maycease in ?erufalem, thee may have a to- tal chaa ge ofher profperitie But the voyce of mirth (Bail he heard no more at ,all in Babylon, her profpericie (hai! have a finalschange, Hers (hall be perpetual! defolations. And forafmuch-as the Lord hath and doch turne mirth into mourning, and joy into forrow, let us not reckon upon many good dayes much leffe that all our dayes that' be good, that is, dayes of mirthand muficke, dayes of peace and joy, harpe and organ dayes inthis world. The Apoflle minds Ws ofavery receffary doftrine (1 Cor.7. 29.) This Ifay Brethren, the time is ¡port ; and he gives us a ve- ry ufefull inference from it,in the words immediately following ; It remaineth, that both they that have wives be as ifthey hadnone, and they that weepe as though they wept not , and they that rrjoyce, as though they rejoycednot and they that buy as though they po¡- feffed not, and they that Ale this world ne not abùfsng it, for the fa- Time fhion of this worldpafetb away.
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