ment : There will be ~eeping. anlhowling hereafter, but •twiil be to no purpofe; Calf him into utter dark..nefs, \vhere foal/ be Weep– ing arJdgnajhing ofteeth~ But I rather look upon it as athreaten– htg and denunciation of.Judgment, then an advice or invitation to repentance; Partly becaufe •tis ufual with the Prophets to utter their Threatenings in an Imperative and commanding form, efped· ally when they would note the furenefs ef Judgme~ts as if already come; as here, Weep, howl; and the .Prophets do fo to check their prefent fecurity and jollity to whom they fpeak; fee the I 5. and16. Chapters ofI[aiah, and Jer.4S. 36. &c. ·Partly becaufe our Apofile feemeth to cut off all hope from them ; For the miferies that fhall come upon you, not left miferies fha!l come upo1't you. Partly be– caufe his main drift is to fpeak to the poor Chriftians, that they might be the more patient under the oppreffion of .thefe great men, by iliewing that their profpericy fhould not always lafr. Ob– ferve hence, o bf ervat. I. . I. That many that fro/lick._away their days have more caufe to • n'ecp and howl. G9 to now,&c. tliat is, you are merry, and volup– tuous, and dream of not~ing but golden days , without the leafi: thought of the miferies that are hafrening upon you. After lue weather cometh a fiorm, and when the wind is fiill, the great rain falleth : They that were to go firfi: into Captivity had their merry Blnquets, Amos 6. the firfi 7verfes. Well then, learn, that they are not 'mf)ft happy Who have leaff trouble, but Who have leaft cau(e. . . ob[erv. 1. z, Again you may obf~rve from the preffingof the rich to howl, and his endeavor to wean them from their jollity, (jo to How, &c_. That riches ~tnd outward enjoyments m-e-aforry ground of rejor– cing : This is a joy that may <;nd in farrow; the rich ar~ called to howling. When rich men are .troubled, we ask, What fucb a man fhould ail? The barbarous Inili ask, why they mean to dye ? Bot k.lfai. 5 5.8. the Judgment of God and the world are contrary,; k hi.qhoughts are not ;u your thoughts: The world thinketh that none have more caufe to rejoyce, and God th~t none have more caufe to mourn. Well then,Jook to the g~ound of your rejoycing: P[a/.94•1.8. I~ the midft of my fad thoughts thy comforts delight my.Sol(-1. Chr~fiians lhould look eo the rife of thcir Cl!>ntentmem, and be fure their comforts be fuch as How from God. What a difference is there be– tween Davidand the carnal fool in th~ Gofpel? David biddeth • h~
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