Chap. 3 I. An expo/Won upon the Book of J QB: Verf. 29. ' .éo7_ God for our owne mercies and - deliverances, we-fin not in our rejoycings. Thus we may be both innocently troubled at the ri- fïng, and glad at the nineoftholewho hate us. Or take it thus ; We muff not re;oyce, no not at the deffru- cton of the woríf enemies,out of a defire of revenge upon them, or wrath again(( them. But we may rejoyce. Firff , Becanfe in their fall Gloryarifeth to the°narne ofGod. Secondly, Becaufe the downfall of our opprefforsmay terrific others fromoppreffing us. Thirdly, Becaufe it is a Convi &ion upon all that God go. c, jerverJic s vernes Rules and orders the world ('Pjal. 58. io, 11. ) The ornrripctent per - rightecua /bah' rejoice whenhe Teeth the vengeance fo that a man cTrlfir, condlrn. Mallfay,Yerily there o a God that yudgeth in the earth.\Vhen Gad ptrcm,r r e fmires the wicked, we fhould grieve at the miferyof him that is eo "g uden, um (mitten, and congratulate the Juf}ice of him that frame him ; isfltt s*lids; that fo we may neither fhew our (elves revengefull towards man, t;t nee person'! nor unthankful) towards God. rrer;usaávrrtà Fourthly , Becaufehereby good men are Incouraged in the ,iinec i,a,dican fervice of God. Thus Zachary prayed in his Song (Lune 1, 74) ti deo invenia- That Godwould grant unto tu, that we being deliveredout of the roue ingrarà, band ofall our enemies, might ferve him without feare, in holinefe G:er: ìih or. And rightecufneffe before him all the day ere ofcaer life. free liberty cai). es. to ferve God is one of the choiceft finites of the detfruc` ion of evil) men. When theenemies were eyrher appeafedor fuppreffed ( Afts 9.31.) Then had theChurches rrft throughout all ?ram, andGalilee, andSamaria, andwere edified, walking. in thefeare of the Lord, and in the comfort of the holy Çhcft, were multiplied.: When thole tweet and bleffed mercies accrew to the Churclt, and peopleofGod, by the fall of enemies, there's matter of grert Joy. Laftly We may rejoyce at the defiruc`fion ofcommon ene- mies, becaufe by thevifible demonftrations of divine difpleafure agáinff them, Tome may be not only (as was toucht before) con- vinced of the righteoufneffe of Gods waves, but converted from the error oftheir own wayes. This effort was eminent in the de fîru±ion of Haman, that profeffed enemy of the Jewifh Nation- ( Heft. 8. 17.) Many of the people ofthe land became yewes, for thefears of the ?ewes fell upon them,. And (w?ich is moremtter ofrejo sing) Tech common enemies whole perfons furvive the de..
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