Chap. 31. An Expofltion upon doe Book of J A B. Vert. 30. 635 ofthem upon the heads ofthe Jewes,whom he forethewed cruci- fying Chrift (Pfal. 69. 22, 23, 24.) Let their Table become aS fnare before them,andthat which Jbouldbave beenfor their welfare let it become a trap ; let their eyes be darkned that theyfee not, and make their loines continually to Jbake, powre out thine indignation upon them, and let thy terathfull anger take hold of them. Thefe curies are repeated by the Apoftle ( Rom: 11.9.) And `David faith, let their table become a fnare, anda trap, and a fumbling blocke, anda recempence unto them ; let their eyes bedarkned that they may not fee, and bow downe their backe alway. We read allo, that when aCaptaine was fent up with his fifty to apprehend E_ halo ( 2 Kings t. ro, 1 t.) He prayed, and fáyd ifI be a man of God, then let fire come doornefrom heaven, and confume thee and thy fifty ; and there came dowry firefrom heaven and confumed him, andhis fifty. And when chik.ren mocked Elifhahis fucceffor, and fayd, Geeup thoubald head, gee up thou bald-head ; he turned back and lookt upfn them, andeurfed them in the name of the Lord and prefently there cameforth two thee beares out of the wood and tare forty and twochildrenof them ( 2 Kings 2.24 ) Doris not Paul curie falle teachers ( gal: 5. 12.) I mould they were evencut that trouble you. And wehave an irrecoverable code p-onounced by the fame Apoftleupon all falle hearted profeffors ( rC,r:16. 22.) Ifany man love not the Lord ?elm. Chrifl,let him be Anathe- maMaranatha ; that is, lethim be accurfed till the Lord come, let him be everlaftingly accurfed, then furely it is not lawful! to curie. I anfwer ; Fmk, That place in the Pfalme is rather a prophetic then an imprecation, or'tis a prophetical) imprecation, fore. tel- ling from God what evil! fhould fail upon the Jewes, net a with fromhimfelfe that evils fhould fall upon them. The Spirit ofGod fore- feing how the obftinate unbeleevingJewes would he hardned againft and a$ their malice to the utmoft upon Chrift when he (honk( corne in the flefh, flirted up and directed theSpirit of David todeclare thisheavy doome againi them. Secondly The Prop'ets and holy men mentioned in Scrip- ture, who curled others,mav beconfidered eyther asprivate per- fons, and as to their perfonal concernment; and in than capacity they ufed all meekneffe of fpeech, and curlednone ; or they may be confidered aspublick perlons, imployed in Gods werke, or . Mmmm2 called
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