L ra. XIX. heart~ It was not for their eares, itwas for his owne bofome that Elifb• calledfor A Mufifk :that bi5 fpirits afte(tbeir zealou5 agitation, might lie fwee y compofed, and put into a meet temper, for receiving the calme vifion5 ofGod:Perhaps it was {ome holy Levite,that followed the Campe of Ieh•fophat,whofe min!lrelfie was required for fo facred a purpofe:None but a quiet breall is cap~ble of divine Revdations;Nothingis more powerfull to fettle a troubled heart then amelodious harmony;The Spirit ofProphecy was not the more invited, the Prophets Spirit was the better difpofed, by pleafirig founds: the fame God that will reveale his will to the P rophet,fuggells this demand;Bring me a Mi11j1rt!l; How many fay thus when they would put God from them ? Pro lane mirth, wanton muficke debauches the foule; and makes no leffe roome for the unclean fpirir, then fpiricuall melody dotb for the Divine. B No prophet bad evenhe Spirit at command; The band ofthe Minllrel can doe nothing without the band of the Lord .Whiles theMqfick founds inthe eare,God ljleakes to the heart of Elifoa. Thus faith the L~rd, Make this valley fi•ll •f dlt<hts;Te fball mt fre winde,neither fha/1ye fre r.ine, yet that vaUeyfba!tbe full•/ JPattr,&<. To fee winde,and raine in the height ofthatdroughr, would have feemed as wonderful, as pleafing; bot, to fee abundanceof water, without windeor raine, was yet moremiraculous;! know not how the fight ofrhe means abates our admira1ionof theeffeCt.Where no caufes can be found out, we arc forced to confelfe omnipotency;Eiijah relieved J(rael with water, but it was out ofthe cloudes,and thofe clouds rofe from the fe•; buc whece Elifha fhal fecch ir,is not more marvellous rhen fecret. C All that evening, all that night mull the faith of tfrael and 'fllli•h be exercifed with expeC:l&tion;At the houre ofthe morning facrifice no fooner did the blood of that Oblation gufh forth, then thefireames ofwaters gufi1ed forth inrotbeir new channells, and filled the Counrry with a refrdbing moifture: Elijah fetcht downe his fire,at the houreof the evening facrifice:Eiifba fetcht up his water,ac the houre ofthe morning facrifice: God gives refpecho his owne houres,for the encouragement ofourobferVJtion: lfhi5 wifdome hath fee us any peculiarcimes,wee cannot keepe them without a bletling: The devotions of all rme Jewes(all rhe world over)were in that houre combined> How feafonably doth the wifdome of God pick out rbat in!lanr, wherein he might at once anfwer both Eiifb.es propbecie, and his peoples prayers. The Prophet lmh affured rhe Kings, not ofwateronely, but of vic:tory 1 Moab heues ofenemies,and is addreffed eo warre;Tbeir own error fhall curcheirchroars; D they rH< foone enough to b€guile themfelves; the beames of rhe rifing Sunglillering upon thofe vaporous, and unexpe.!ted waters, caried in the eies of lome Moabitts a femblance ot blood;a few eyes were enough ro fill al eares with a falfe noife; the deceived fenfe mifcarries the imagination; This is b/oQd,the Kings are foreiyflain; mdthey IJ4ve (mitten one •not iter; now therefor~,M•ab, to the fpoile: Civill broyles ~ive ju!l advantage eo a commonenemy;Therefore mull the Camps be fpoiled,be· ~aufe rhe Kings have Imitten each other. Thofe that fhall be deceived, are givtn over eo credulity; The Moabites doe nor examine either the conceit, onhe report; but flie in,conlufedly, upon the Campe of Ifrad;whom they fins, too late,ro have no enemies but themfelves; As ifdeath would not have hallened enough to them, E they come to fetch it,they come to challenge ir;lt feizerh upon them unavoidably; they are fmitten, their Cities razed, their Lands marred, their Wells llopped,their trees felled1 as ifGod meam to wa!l them but once. No onfetsare fo furious as the lall a!faults of the defperate: the King of Moab now hopelelfe of recovery;would be glad to fhut up with a pleafing revenge, with feven hundred refoluce followers, he rulhes into the battaile,cowardsche King of Ed•m·as ifhewould bid death welcome,might hebut carie with him that defpighted n;ighbour; & now, mad with t.he repulfe,h~ rerurnes:& w.hetheras angry,~ith his de!liny, or as barbaroua y aff.:amg towm h1s cruel gods With fodear a facnfice he offers them with his own hand rhe blood of his elde!l fon in the fight of l{r.rt, and fends bira up in fmoake to thofe hellilh Deities. 0 prodigious at!,whether of · rage,
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