biz Chap. 3 r. An Expofition ttpon the Books of J ® Z. Verf.29. him : As if id had (ayd , When divine vengeance followed and overtòoke mine enemy, I did not lift upmy felfe. Hence none. 3udgement willreeks after ungodly men, till it finds andover- takes them. Let a man hide his fin as much as he can, Godwill find it out, and let a finner hide himfelfe as much as he can, punifhment will find him out ; Though he goeth into the clefts of the Rock, though he defcends to the depths of the Sea,yet punifhrnent will find him our ( Prat. 14c. t t.) Evill/hall hunt the violent man to overthrewhim. 'Tis an allufion to hounds that are ofa quicke fent, and purfue the game with p!eafure; they doe not fee the deere, or the hare, yet they follow upon the fent. And though fometimes they have a very coldand dead fent, yet they will fol- low and worke it out ; Thus evils fhall hunt theviolent man to overthrow him : and though fometimes he hath as it were, got out of the viewor fight of evil' , and thinkes himfelfe under co- vert, yet thefe evills like aCompany of greedy hounds, will pur. fue, till they have overtaken and overthrowne him. That ofMo- fes to the two Tribes and a halfe,is full to this purpofe,when they defrr'd to flay on the other fide of7erdan ;. he there gave them a graveexhortation to fearch their own hearts,andthen concluded, ifye willnot doe fo ( according to my Counfell) then, (faith he) Beholdye have finnedagain( the Lord,and beforeyour fin willfind you out ( Numb: 3z. 23. ) As ifhe had fayd, Ton may makefaire pretences to me, but ifyoso doe not as Ihave Counfelledyouu, to goe over 7ordan Armed to kelpe felfeyour Zirethren in theirpof e>Tons. Ton h,evefinned againfi the Lord, and though Iffindyou not out,yet your finwill, what excaefesfoeveryou make, what colours foever you put upon it, you will find this to beyour fin; Andyourfin (in the efitis or punifhmenes of it) will findyou out. The Lord threa- ten'd his ancient people theJewes by the Prophet,That he would, rake a courfe with them, notwithftanding all their Refuges and hiding places; And therefore he gives it under thofe elegant me- taphors ofl(hing and hunting ( Per: 16. 16.) Behold 'willfend Fifhers among yew, and theyfall fi¡h you ; And after that I will findformany hunters, and they 'ballhunt them from every main.. saine,andfrom every hill,and out ofthe holes of the Rocks ; That is,. you
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