7912. WICKED MEN COMPARED TO BULLS. BookiY. M E T A P H 0 R. P A R A L L E L. .Leavings. . And though their Confciences many times, li ke a hungry Stomach, puts them to pam ; yet they are not convmced of the Nece!Ety of a Chrifl:, but ao on in ·their own carelefs and wicked Courfes, never eating of that which is truly go~d. XVI. Dogs are commonly fhut XVI. So wickedM en arefhut out of t.heChurch, out of .D oors, and not fulfered to and fhall not be fuffered to abide in the New ]e– .be amongfl: the CIJJldrtn. nifalem,among the Saints: Witbout.are Dogs, &c. _Rev. XX!J. 15 . -METAPHOR. '·I SOME Doo-s are faid to be . more faithful than Servants, watching in the .Night, a_nd oft· times giving Notice, by thw Lark– ing, of Thieves or Strangt·rs, that may approach the Houfe, when the Family are afieep. D l S P A .R I T Y. I. BLIT fome wicked. Men are la unfaithful, that mfl:ead of glVlng the leafl Notice of any approaching Danger, to their o-odly Neio-h– bvrs, that live quietly and fecurely by them, they w;ll rather conceal tt: And fo far are they from pr_cven_ting Danger, that thc:y will encouragt', and JOl!l wtth any, let them be never fo wickedly in– clined or deligned to do Mifchief; as it is fa id of thou confentedjl with bim, and hqjl been Partaker them, When thou fmuef/: a 'Thief , with Adulterers, Pfal. 1. ]I. Some Dogs are very loving, I!. But fame wicked Men regard neither Supeand fi1ew crreat regard to their riors nor lnferior;s ; nay, fo far are they from .na– Maflers, . an~l feem to delight in tural Love t<: fuch as are •f:eir Mafl:rrs, if godly, their Company, and will n9t do that many, of them defptfe not only Father and any Injury to any of the Famtly. Mother, Bt other and Stfler, but theu own Wtves and Chtldren, tf there is but the leaf\: appearance of God in·them; nay, they love not any that.are not as ungodly and wicked as them· felves but do them all the Injury they can. ni: ·Some Do<>s will not only III. But fome wicked Men clo deoan the not fly upon She~p or Lanibs to greatefl:. Hurt imaginable to the Sheep and Lambs hurt them, &c. bm wtll fomettmes of Chnfl:, nay, much .wotfe t~an Doo-s; for in– fetch in that which fl:ragleth from fl:ead of guidmg them into Chrifl's Sh~epfold, or the refl:, and afftlr the Shepherd tO keeping them within the Hounds of his Pafl:ures, bring them to the Fold, and keep they drive them om, and not fuffer them, if pof– them within the Bounds of thctr lible, to feed m the green Meadows of Gofpel – own Pafl:ure. Truth, but would lltterly dtfl:roy them, were it not for the Care of Jefus Chnfl:, who is the <>reat Shepherd and Bifi10p of their Souls, Jobn x. _14. r Pet. ii. 25. 0 I N F E R E N C 'E S. I. IT fi1cws to what a dreadful degree Men are deger.erated, from what they were in their fu·H Make. 11. I; fi 1ews .how hateful and.loathfome Sin is to God, that the Spirit in the 'Nord fhould compare wicked Men, perfecuting Men, fuch as worry and dd!roy his Peopic, unto Dogs. IlL It fhews the Greatnefs of God's .Power and Love to his People, to prcferve them in the Midfl: of fl,ch Beafl:s of Prey, as Liocs, Wolves, Dogs, &c. lV. ]t fpeaks great Comfort to thofe that are rruly godly; for ~hough the V1'icked do often gna0 1 their Teeth at them, yet God hath broken thetr Teeth, they cannot bite as they \', oulJ. WICKED MEN COMPA RE.D TO ·B U .L .L s. Many Bulls compaffid me·about, Jlroug Bulls ofBaOJan, l'fal. xxii. 12. THE Hebrews call the Bull '!'or, or 'l'aur.; which the Cald~<e call ?lbir,.for ·a Jhong Ox; the Grecians,.'lauros; the Laons, 'l'aur~s ; the l[altans ?.auro; the French, Taurcais; the G~1 mans, ein 15teir, ein UmtcberJfetr, das Uncher, ei.n Mumme/jieir, ein Hligen,
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