Ofthe/ fiiritualleteit irohichaceoxpanyworidlyéhings.' 785 ofvifitation, and fitteth in his affizesto judge the earth? Of which fearefull vengeance executed vpon proud potentates we haue manyexamples, as in Pharaoh drownedin the redtt.Sam.ta.zf,, fea, in Coraband hisconfederates, f.vallowedaline by the earth, in Abimelech killed by awoman, Ablalonhanged by his owne haire,and Hamaaon his owne gallowes,A.h4liah, Nebuehadnezer, Herod,' and manyothers. And thus alto ri- cherbeing immoderately loued, do cicpofe thole who haue them to Gods wrath, and bring vpon them .his fearefull iudgements.So Zophar fpeaki ngofthecovetous worldling, faith, that as he loathdeuouredfnbilaace, fohe(hall vomit it a_ Iab io.ì 5'1 6. gaine ; for God'hall drawit out ofhisbelly:hefhallfiecke thegait ofaf»es, and thevipers tonguefhallflay him, &c. And thePro- phetEfay denouncetha fearefull woe againti thetn,who ioy_ Efay f.a. sadhoufe to hemp, and field to field, as thoughthey would dwell alone vpon the earth : and the Prophet Habaeuklikewife,woe lievntohim,(faithhe) that conereth anemia couetoufneffe to his Habac.z.9.1o. bQuf, that he mayfit his nes`f on high, to efcape thepower-ofe- uiX.Fhou huff confultedjhame to thine donebouf,bydegroying runnypeople, andhaft finned againif thine ownefoule: for the ffone/hallcrieout ofthewall, andthebeanie oftimber (hall an- fwereir. An exampleofwhich fearefull vengeance executed vpon the couetous we haue in Achim, who was-deflroyed withall his Familie; in $akram,who wasflaine with the Ma- dianites, foraf£e6uing the-reward of-iniquitie. In Gebezi, who together with all his polleritie werefnittenwith le- profie. In Tyre,whohad heapedvp'Ghser asduff, and gold as the mire in the fireets, whô the Lord threatnethhtofpoileofZach,9 .4 al herwealth,and to confumeher with fire,though thewere enuironedwith thefea,andwanted nowater to quench it. The like altomay be Paid of voluptuous pleafures, which makeva liable toGods wrath and vengeance, when wefet our hartsvpon them,and take more care topleafe our (clues, then to pleafe God. And thus the Lordpunifhed that de- lightwhich ourfirfiparents tookein eatingoftheforbidden fruit, with the loffeofParadzfe, and that whichwas worfe, with the lofie ofhis favour; Noahs drunkenneffe with the fcorneand contempt ofhis tonnes ; Lotsinccft withacurled E e e poleritie,
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