5Q4 Chap. 3t. An Expofltion typon the Book of J o B. Verf. 23. that ¡'hallfay, the burdenofthe Lord, ( that is, if any one (hall fay it with fcorne or derifion to the Prophet) ! willpunifb that man, and his boufe, I will be a burden to him faith the Lord ; Yea the Lord was fo offended with their abufe of this wordburden , that he commanded it fhould beno more ufed (as manywords which men have corrupted, are dif.ufed by men) (v. 35.) Thum ¡ball yefay every one to bit neighbour, and everyone to his brother, what kath the Lordanfwered, and what bath the Lord Token t As if he had fayd, Be lure you ufe this (corning word no more, but ifyou inquire of the Prophet, you (hall fpeake thus,what bath the Lord anfwered andfpoken, ( V. 3 6.) and the bode); ofthe Lord 'hallyou mention no more ; for every mans wordThal be his burden ; for you have perverted the words of the living God,of the Lordof boafts our God. (v.37.)Thue[halt thou fay to the Prophet,wbat bath the Lord anfwered ? and what bath the Lordfpoken ? Thus he repeats it a- gaine. And whereas notwithstanding thisprohibition, the peo- ple continued to ufe this word The burden of the Lord ; Marke what the Lord faith at the 38th verle ; Beeaufeyoufay this word, the burden ofthe Lord, and 1 havetent untoyou, laying, Te (hall notfay the burden ofthe Lord ;thereforebehold I evenI will utter- lyforgetyou, and l will forfakeyou, and the City that Igaveyou, andyourfathers, and raft you out ofntyprefence : and I will bring an everlaffin reproach uponyou , and a perpetualllhame, which ¡hallnot be forgotten. I have infiftedupon this notable Scripture only toPhew, howfamous that wordwas, The burdenofthe Lord, importing a prophetic that carried the lignification of the fore& difpleafiare ofGod in it againft a provoking people; as alto how that word became infamous when the people abufed it, fying in fcorne,The burden of theLord ; As they alto in (corne abufed that molt precious word,The Holy One of Ifrael. For,becaufe the Pro- phets were wont to Preface theirSermous,with,Thue faith the ho- ly One ofIfrael,or fomtimes toconclude them,with,The holyone ofIfrael bath fayd it ; Therefore the prophane onesamong that pceple fayd inderifion (Ifa. 5. r 9.) Let biro makefpeed andha- ffen his worke, that we mayfee it ; and let the Connfel of the Holy One ,f 1fraeldraw nigh that we may know it. Thus they in Ifaiab made a jets ofthat molt excellenm'Name ofGod, The Holy One of Iliad, as theft in 7eremie derided thofedreadful! Mtf ages of God by his holy Prophets, called, The Burden of the Lord. But 80
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