Per .2.9.3o. PaoVERBS. in tune o f their trouble,and pron;ifeth to deliver them.paith and la1; d= faithful! mens examples aifure them that no mifery can be mifcrable to (-Lich, fo long as they hauea tongue or an heart to cry to God , and God-hathan care tohearken tothem, or an hand that is ready to help them. Prayer brought fuc- cour to Jonah againc1 the boiaerous billowesand forges of the Sea : Prayer brought fuccour to Dauid againa fiouds ofwickednes, and fnares of deaths Pfal z 8.4.5. Verle z 9. Becaufe theyhatedknowledge, anddidnot chu e thefeare ofthe Lord. Verfe 30. They would atone of my cosnfell , but defpifedall my correCifors. HEe infìfketh i1i11 upon the point in hand, and iuGiheth his accufation, by repetition of thofe finnes which would caufe them to be fo fearefully plagued, and in recko- ning themvp, bee begìnneth with that wherewith bee had ended his expofiulation, their hatred of knowledge : and whereas beforehee vpbraideth themwith the refufillofwife- dores gracious offers; and that theyregarded then, not, hee maketh it good by this , that they chofe not thefeareof the Lord, they wouldnot learne to be religious andgodlywhen meancs and opportunities were minilired vnto them. And before it was laidvnto them, Tee haue defiifedallmycounfell, andwouldnoneofmy correFlion. Heere it is laid of them , they wouldnone ofmy counfetl , but haue dtlifedall my correllio s : the fenfe is the fame,though thewords be fomewhat varied. Verle 3 t. Therefore (hall theyease of thefruit oftheir owne ' way, andbe filled with theirowne deuifer. T He former twoverlescontained a rehearfall of the com- plaint, and this a reuengeofthe threatning, whereinhe declareth their deaaruaionto be iuf}, and according to their owne deferts, by a fimilitude in this manner : Euen as it is e. quail that the planters or plowmen fhould Bate of the fruits M Z or
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