$'er e. I . R ER help refieth wholly inmen,and tholenot thegodly which might dire6t them,or pray for thern,but finfull perlons as bad as them- fdues,whole fauor & power they trufl vnto,but in vaine,for they aredeceiued by them : but the righteous are not or need not to be dviuen to fuch fhifts , the Lord 1r fus Chrifl their root vnder- taketh their preferuation,and Bothnot onclymake a film there- of,but eife6lually pertort.'eth it It is the property of(inners one to retie upon another. It was Dorf, an ordinary thing with thegodly Kings andgood people of llracl toprevent plagues and dangers by fa:thfulneife and obedience toGoi, and to reroou.e them when any came,by humiliation & paler tohint : and it was ordinary with the wicked Kings,and fii:iull people toprocure plagues by rebellion agairìtl God,and to fecke remedie , by flying from him to his enemies . Sometimes, they repoled vpon /.Egypt, as Ifaish complaineth , and threat- neth them for it,Caying, Woe vnto then: t hatgoea'oirne into efgypt bay 31.Tv fer helpe,andflayvponhorfes , and trtrfl an chariots,becaas; a theyare many,and to horfe men , beta,; e they arevery firong ;bit they lake not vnto the holy one of Ifrael, nor(eeke vnto the Lord . Sometimes their confidence was Asfhasr,as ,oéea laieth to their chare:when Hofe.5.13 Ephraimfan) hisfckne jTe , and Judah his wound, thenwent Ephraim unto Arjhrar,andPent vnto King lareb :Jet couldbe not healeyoas,nor cureyou ofyour wound. Firfl they are fenfuall, and lookewith a flefhly eye,and then .neano>'t there is great likelihood ofhelpe andCuccour to be found at the hand ofmany wicked men,becaufe their power feemeth fogreat and their fauour fo much towards fuch as are like to them- fclues. Secondly , God is anenemy to them , and theybe enemies to goodmen,and therefore they haueno expeaation tobe relicued ofhim,or to bee comfortedby them . And this is al ledged as a I,Sam.2,1 caule why Sa,lconful red with thewitch , becaufe the Lord anfree- red himnot ;neither by dreams, noryet by l7rrm,noryet by Prophets. Thirdly they hase prouokedGod fo far,that he is purpofed to execute his iudgementvpon them, & therefore theyare left to themfelues,to take fuch a way,as wil work themwo,but dothem nogood . For it hath beetlealready declared in theformer chap - y 3 ter.
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