4q0 Chap. 3 r. An Expofttion upon the Book of Jo B. Verf. io. hereof, or be told what had been done by, his Son, but he mutt fee or be told by his owne confcience, what himfelfe had done. When the people of Iliac! had committed fpirituall Adultery, and(as the Prophet fpeaks,Hoj.4.rz.)hadgon a whoringfrom un- der their god;they are {hewed their punifbment in the i 3 thverfe, Therefore your daughters fhall commit whoredome, andyearJj aujes Jhall commit Adultery. Yea as the Lord in much wrathpunifhed that former finwith this fin, fo he told them inmore and further wrath,that he would leave thefe latter fins for atime,poffibly for the whole time ofthis life (as to any outward appearance) alto- gether unpunifhed (v. 14. ) I will not punijh your daughters, when they commit whoredome, noryourJeufes when they commit a- dultery ; As ifhe had fayd, I will let them alone in their adulte- ries ; they (ball be as wicked asthey will, I will not hinder them, I will not at prefent checke the courle or full career oftheir tn1ls by any vifible renal evilor affiidion. Not that the Lord owned or allowed them for a moment in thofe impute adsanti noyfome abominations, but he gave them up in Judgement to the power oftheir lulls , and would not give them any trouble how much foever theydeferved. God fometimes leaves tons or daughters to their Iufts,inJudgement to their fathers,as he leaves a wife to fach like lufts in judgement to her husband ; So it follows in the Pro- phet,/ will toot punijli your daughters when they commit whoredome, noryourfpoufes when they commit adultery, for themfelves (that is, their fathersand husbands)are feparated with whores,and theyfa- crifice with harlots. Some expound it of fpirituall others ofcor- porall uticleanne(fe,but take the words eyther way,they hold out the fame Generall truth,that the reafon why their daughtersand fpoufes were given up to the vileft uncleaneneffes, was becaufe themfelves were vile and uncleane. This the Lord bath often done, andwe mutt adore his Juftice ( though leyere) indoing it. Secondly , Obferve. Thedifloyaltyofawife, % oneofthegreatef evills that can be falla husband. It is a very great evil becaufe of the difhonour of it. It is, a greater becaufe of the trouble andvexation of it. It is greateft ofall becaufe ofthe fin and filthineffe ofit. yob knew not how to
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