Chap. 31. An expofitien capon the Rook of J o B. Vert. rO. 399 ashe haddone before»other cafes;but even to a blot ofgreatei c? neritU, effie difhonour upon his name and family in this cafe. Fourthly, holy f me 75b did not with bis Adultery might. be puuil:ed with his wives R" b",, adultery ; 1 ut he fpeakes thus to thew, that by the law of coon- I npreca:ioris ter.paffion he deferved it should be fo, ifhe had done fo, This is' yeah rends, one ofthe moft unnatural) willies that any man can make, yet it feel yea inaticat, contaìnes the moft connaturall or proportionable punifliment ie d1et imaginable to the fin in revenge whereof he wifheth ir. An adul- ct.eni ,hors tor- tercus and unfaithful) wife is the ñttett afflif$ion for an Adulce- rapt( 4 sous and unfaithful' husband. Breach of the marriage covenant Conteo'inter (e is a due reward for MarriageCovenant-breakers, font, homo me ab(iinenr aliens Hence Obferve, Firtl. rnatri,.cr.ij net God mayjußlá give up their wives to be abujed by others , who iaú give themfelves up to abufe ether mens reives. To doeJuÍtice by the laves of retaliation is the moll exquifite justice; And though the Jafticeofman cannot, may not aiwayes proceed by that rule, yet on Juflice of God both can and may. He can make afin a punilhr ient, who is himfelfe free from the least toutch offin:he can punifh the husbandstidultery with the wives, and thenpunifh the wi '"e for her Adultery roo. What the Lord did in ` Davids cafe, (and char was a very fad one) was very mere this. Davidwas overcome by th °,t temptationover which fob protefted himfelfe ( through grace) a'conquerer 'Davids heart was deceivedby a woman, and being deceived, bee upon the matter (layd waite) at his neighbours doom (agodlyman for one Aámay fin as bad as the wort) of (inners i; cannot be de- nied but in that adDaviddid fo, fur ) he 'titled after his neigh- bours wife, he folicited her chaflity, and obtained his e fire ; and how did God ehafife this Great fin ? The HolyStory tells us, his wives were given up to another,as Nathan threatned (2 Sam. 12. i r ) Thusfaith the Lord; behold Iviii raife up eviii againß thee cut of thine, canoehou; e, and Iwill take thy wives before thine eye., andgive them to thy neighbour, and he ¡h ll lie with thy wives in thefight df this Sun. For tison didß it feere*ly, but Iwill doe this thing bef re all Ifrael, a+:d before this Sun. °Davids heart was heat once deceived bya woman, and God feared himnot ; yea puni flied hire in filch away, as might well mak. his heart not only ake but bleedat the remembrance ofhis fin; nor indeed could he haare
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