o ROVERBS. C apa. againfl them : for that their hearts (hall be filledwith agii- ¿t:on and anguifh, and their tongues (hall be compelled, through extremitie of torment and danger, to cry to him whom they haue contemned, but to no purpofc, and with. ouriuccelle : for bee will not anfwere them, that is, grant their iequefls, but will teflitïc his wrath, and increafe their forrow by denying the things they pray for: yea, the greatneir_ of their diflretic (hall inforce them to feek him Barely, very di- ligently and carefully they (hall !part nopaines; yca, they !hall breakc their ticepes in the morning ; and yetj&41 not finde hire gracious and merciful! to them in their griefcs and perplexities. Thereforewill I laugh , dc.] Contemptuous and obflinatc fìnners (mall finde no fauour fromGod in their miferie. They regarded it not when it v as offered vnto them, as thinking they fhould neuer Hand in neede of it : and now when theywouldhaue it, they Ilia!' baue all te(limonies of his.hatted in field thereof: bee will not in pittie bernone their cafe, but as one that were glad of their trouble, w ill rnocke at them : bee will not comfort them with his pre- fence andpromifes,nor helpe them with his hand, but ter- rific them more with his angry countenance, and purfue them with addition of iuc'gements. It ss apeople ofnone vn- derfanding,(faithone ofthe Prophets) therefore hethat made them "hall not haue compajfion on them., and hee thatformed themfall haue no mercy on them. What thenwill iiiuevpon it ?Therefore their iniquitieflog6e vnto them, as a breach that feed", or afwelino in an high wall, lvhofe breaking commeth fodainly in a moment, and the breaking thereof is like the brea- king of a Potters pot, which is brokenwithout pitty. and in the breaking thereof is not found a (heard to take f re out of the hearth, or to take water out of the pit. And another of the Prophets faith, taffyGodwill call themaway, besaufe they did not obeyhim. Fill, it flandeth with equine, that the Lord fhould haue them in dirilion when their punifhment commeth upon them, for that they had his Mcirengcrs and Counfeis in
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