Chap. 3 t. .An Expofttine: upon the Book, of J o B. Verf. 8. 371 fhould befall them no more (1fa. 62. 8.) The Lord bath [worse by his right hand, andby the Arme ofhis ffrength, farely Iwill to snore give thy Corne to be meate for thine enemies, and the foils of f Chef} ranger Aallnot drinke thy wine, for whichth:u haft laboured ; but they that have gathered it !ball Bate it , and praife the Lord. And againe the promife runs in the fame termec(Ifa.65 21,2;.) concluding thus ; Udineelrtl !hall long injay the worke of their bands. A heathen Poet bewayles this ; o ( faith he) towhat a rrnpcs 'AV yam paffe bath difcordbrought us, have weefowne , and!hallthe wicked tuba nova11a Sonldier. !ball the Barbariancome in, and take all 10 fee for whom h ebrr ? have wee fowne our fields ? ba'boras hoOgees ? en quo Secondly , From the correfpondence of the fin and punifh dijcordia river rnenr,Let meefowe and let another eate,ifI have unjuft;y eaten the pe, (bait mije- labours ofothers, cos, en gad, c;nfuevitnes a Obferve. troy. Ovid. God doth often punifbf oe, in way ofretaliation. He punifheth fin in fuch a way, that you may read the fin in Julius ell ut f the punifhment: when they who have unjufily eaten what others quis bona alie- fowed, !hall have that eaten up which themfelves have lowed, na rapuir, bona is not this met Jutice ! Thu, the Lord threatned the cruel op- Etantutattls ra- preflors ofhis people,and their fubtle circumventers, (I/a.3 3. t.) Woe to thee that fpoyl: f, andthou waft net fp: yled, anddealei Crea. cheroa fly, and theydealt not treackeroufly with thee; when thou fhalt ceaje to fpoyle, thou ¡halt be fpeyled,axd when thou /bait make an end toBeale treacheroufly, they(hall deale treacherouflywith thee ; bee doth not meane, that they would' make an end of their treache- rous dealing, by giving it over in awayof repentance, but in way offatiety ; as if he had fayd , when yenhave filled andglutted your felves with the fpoyles ofothers, till ye cannot get downe a morfel more, then others !hall feed and fill themfelves with your fpoy les, ( Hab. 2. 8. ) Becaufe thou haft /puledmany Na. tions, all theremnant of thepeopleJballfpoyle thee, becaufe ofmens blood, acidfor the violence of tbe..Land, of the Cirie, and of all that dwell therein. Hotknotable is that acclamation of the Angel of the waters ( Rev. ) Thou at righteous 0 Lord, which art andwaft, and !hallbe,bécaufe thou haft judged thus : For they have flied the blood ofSaints andProphets, and thou haft given them, blood to driitke, for.tbey are worthy, To this vo} ce Ponheard ano- Ccc ther
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