432 Chap. 3r. An Expofition upon the Took of Je a. Verf. 14. Vert, 14. what then /hall Idoe, when Gad rifethup ? andwhen he vifiteth, what ¡ball Ianfwcr As ifhe had fayd, whenGod fhall be awakened by the cpyof my oppreffed fervants, what then will become ofme ? There are the words ofa man in diftrefre, or in a (trait; He turnes himrelfe this way and that, he thinkes ofthis and that, but nothing will doe; And then in much amazement offpirit, he cryes out, What (hall I doe ? I know not what to doe. Such was the language of good king yebojhapbat (a Chron. 20.12.) we know not what to doe, but our eyes are upon thee. This phrafe,What ¡hall l doe ? may have a threefold lignifica- lion. Firft 'Tis aword of enquiry , What fhall I doe ? faith he, that asketh councell and advice, not knowing and being unre- folvedwhat to doe; that's the loweft fence. Secondly It is a word of griefe and trouble ; What ¡ball 1 doe ? faith he, that bemoaneth his owne fad cafe , or bad condi- tion, being perplexed inmind about what he hathdone or feares to fuller. Thirdly, ( which is the height ofit )'Tis a word ofdefpayre, What /ball Idoe ? faith he, that thinkes he is quite undone. lob might fay in all there fences, what [hall 1doe ? Tabs faire deal- ing with his fervants, did not proceed meerly from the ingenuity and gentlenes of his nature, much leffe from a feare ofhumane lawes, but from a holy feare ofGod in his righteous judgements. What ¡hall 1 doe ?1f 1 have done that whichGod and my owne confcience beare me witnes, I never did def?ifed the caufe of my man.fervant, or ofmy maid-fervant, when they contended with me. Ifthat were my cafe , in how wofull a cafe were I ? What fhall l doe when God rifeth up ? Properly GodBoth neycher fit nor rife, but there pollutes are Deus Judex attributed toGod in Scripture figuratively, or after the manner (edere chaise of men who fometimes fit and (=crimes rife. God is fayd .to gkusdo jus red- fit in Allufion to earthly Judges, who fit toheare caufes and ds, anexecari ive (entente and when-God proceeds to execution,. then he is ne fenteara i g ' dew qua( for- fayd to rifeup. To rife up notes a read¡nes or precut prepared- Zit. Dcùf. ins for speech or a&ion. He that rifeth up buckles htmfelfe to fome
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