Chap. 3 J. An irxootretiox upon the Beo& of J o B. Verf, 3 t. 647 Sixthly What fayd the men of ?aka Tabernacle ? O that wee badcfhis fefh ! Hence obferve. Revenge is Crucll, it ìkeuld eat upend devoureall. Old ?acob upon his death- bed (remembring what his Sonnes Simeon and Levi had done to the Shechenoites) gave this cha- ncierof wrathful' anger, Curled be their anger fir it was /sate, and their wrath for it was Cruel! ( Gen. 49.7 ) When the spirit of revenge was upon them, they cared not what blood they drank, what flieh they devoured. `David defcribeth the likecru- el temper ofhis enemies (7)fal. 27. 2. ) when the wicked even wine enemies came upon mee to eat up mytoFh, they fl'umbled and fell. What were chefs enemies? were they Canabah?men eaters ? no I but to fhew their cruelty, he faith, They would even eat m1 R eh. TheChurch faith the fame (TM, 124. 3.) except the Lord had been on our (de when men rile upegoirl tee,they had fwall;,wed us down quick; they had even eat us up at amortell, they would have eaten us without fait as wee fay, That's a dreadful! Prophe- fie ( Zach.a i. 9.) And the refi (hall every one eat theß -fh of ano- ther : which was tullfilled when the Romans befiedged z r':d woke 7eru/alero; for then,not only lourethorow extreame hunger did eat the flefb of others, but fuck was their malice,thet they did eat one anothers fl:fh thorough revenge. ?ofepbue their Hiflorian re- ports what deadly feuds and factions there were among them- felves, within their owne walls, when the Roman Army hod be- girt them round about and was ready every moment to s`evoure them all ; Even then they were fo full ofIndignation, of wrath, of Jealoufies,of unholy emulations oneagainft another,that they could even have eaten one another. Some have fayd ofrevenge, © howtweet is it !Every thing pleafeth us, which fuites our prin- ciple, and therefore nothing is niorc pleafing to a revengeful; mind then revenge. 2Zero being enraged againft the Citizens of Rome, couldnot be fatisfied without their flefit, or the hardeft fisfferirgo ofir. He fet the City on fire, and then to thew what content he Cooke in it, betooke himfelfe to mirth and Muficke. Lafiiy, Whereas the menof his Tabernacle fayd, 0 that wee had ofhis flefh ! wee cannot be /atisfted. Oblervc. t./T'Lalicc
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