Chap. 31. tlx Expafttian upon the Book of ) o a. Vert. 29. $9 now proceed to the'particul2r explication ofthem. Verf. :9. IfI rejoyced at the dtfIralian ofhim that hatedmee.. Joy is apaillon ofthe minde, arifing from the apprehenfion of fome prefent or neere approaching good. Holy lob (it fames) never looked upon the evil which befell his enemy, as a good to himfelfe, and fo it was not to him a matter or occafion of joy. If I rejajced. The word notes a very Freth and aaive Joy, inch as appeares in menupon the liberal drinkingofwine ( Pfal. 104. 1 g. ) óvine anakethglad tkeheart ofman ; that is, it makes him heartily glad. And to fome, the tearer, yea the blood of their Enemies raft as sweetly, goe downe as pleafantly, and are as refrefhing as aCup ofthe moli delicious and rich: ft wine : It puts (as it were) a new life into them, to fee their enemies in the mares of death. fob was of another fpirit If I rejsyced( faith he ) as one refrefht with wine, when I faw the blood of nine enemies.; IfI Cooke content in their forrowes, or comfort in their groanes, Then let my for- rowes be multiplyed. If1 rej?yced at the deflruftion ofhim that hated met. Theword which we render deftruction, notes eater ruine, or `¡TB raja exiii. ruine without remedy, Poch a ruine as is not capable of reliefe ; >Em densrat n- or as the Lord threatens Babylon by the Prophet (Ifa. 47.9 ) rsn9paet mi udgement in its perfellion ofit; that is, a complcate and irreco- Eoìd. verable overthrow. Thebeafome ofdeftrstaion ( fpoken of Ifa.14. 23.) fweepes all away at once,even the moli precious Jewels and richeft treafureof finners are but as dirt and rubbifh before it. Its filch a cleane riddance, that ( as another Prophet, Táh: 1.9. exprefíeth it) s4fJltfiisníhallnsa rife up the fecund time. Some deftruftions leaveCome worke for a fecond, yea for a third de- ftruftion ; but there may be a deftru&ion which leaves nothing to be deflroyed, not (loose upon a flanc, asChrift prophecyed of the defru&ionof7erufalem. When 766 law his enemy thus de- ítroyed, and thole that hated him broken with a breach that could not behealed, and whichutterly difabled them for ever to doe him a mifchiefe, or revenge themfelves upon him, let be re. G. g g. g z. joyced
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