378 Chap. 31. .eln Exposition upon the Baoke of J o s. Verf 8. N tt,ee (ecchning as it were) out ofthe Altar, even TO Lord Gtel Al- mighty , True and righteous are thy?udgements. Yea we may fay, that the _judgements of the Lord are not only trues and righteou, but crincall and curious, when they that have hied blood tin tiff. Iv, fee their owne blood flied ; when they are made drunke with their own blood, who have drunke the blood of others. This al- Co is the Lords (entente againft Babylon ( Rev. 18.6.) Reward ber even as fhee rewardedyou, and double untoher double according to her workes ; in the Cup which Acebath filled, fill to ber double. The Cup that Babylon filled was a Cup of blood, and therefore faith God, Babylon fhall have a double Cupof blood. Shee shall have the lame in kinde, anddouble in meafure, or degree. The puni(hment of many 'inners to RI a gleffe wherein they mayfee the filthyface anddeformedportraiture of their fin. From the lait words, Let my e ff-spring be rootedout. Note. The lffe ofChildren is thegreatefi outward lofe. When ?ob would with upon himfelfe the worft of outward evills, be goes offfrom wifhing any further lofíe of his goods,. and wífheth the lofie of his children. The fevereft threatning which the Lord commandedM,fes to denounce against Pharoak if he should refute to let Ifraelhis fon,bisFirfl-borne goe to ferve him, was this ; Behold Iwillfl ay thyfon thy firfborne (Exod. 4. 23. ) And though the other nine plagues were full ofterror and afftonifhment, yet we doe not read that eyther Tbaroab or the Egyptians madea great cry till this was executed (Exad.12.3o.) And when bloody Herod commanded all the male children to be thine, Tken ( faith the Gofpel, Mat. z. 17, 1g.) was fulfilled that which was(poker; by Ì eremie the Prophet, faying, In Rama was, there a voice heard, lamentationand weeping andgreat mourning,. Rachel weeping forher children, and would not be comforted, be cause they are not. Children are not only parts of our (elves, but even ourwhole felves multiplyed, and therefore tender- hearted parents feele as many deaths themfelves as they have children. dye. How obftinate is that forrow which refolves against, the only meanes of its removal!, comfort; Some who have lots the folace oftheir children,have found no folace but in forrowing for them. And though this was inordinate.forrow,or the overat ing af'
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