Obfl rv~tt. · ··;r VER S.1,J• .An Expofition, ~ith Notes CHAP·5• fo loofe from earthly comforts, as the confideration of the fcveral ways they may be taken from us :This evinceth our near dependance upon God,aFJd the abfolute dominion of Providence. And the ruft ofthem fhall be aWitnefs againffyou :]. 'Ti.s ufu!l in Scripture to afcribe: a tdlimony to things inanimate againfi: the Lmthankful and wicked : As to the Gofpd, Mat.z4. 1 4• For 11 Wit– nefs to thtm: The preaching of the Word will be awitoefs that men had warning enough. So to the dufi of the ApoO:les feet, Marft6.u. Sh.d~s offthe daft of your feet for a ttflimony againft thtm; that is, it lhall be cleM that you are free of their blood ; if there be no other wimefies,rhis dufllhall wimefs ir. So to the rufl here, it iliall be aWitne{s; that is, for the prefent 'cis an argument of conviction that you had enough,tbough you would not lay it out;: and hereafter it iliall· be brought by the fuprearn Judg, as a circum– fiamial evidence for your condemnation : Your own ·Confciences remembering the moth and the rufi, iliall bring to remembrance your covetous hoarding. Note hence, That in the day of Judgment tl. e leilft circumflances ofour ji;f. fHI aaions foal! be brought forth M arguments ofc·oiJviEliM. God cannot want wimeffes; the rufiy iron, the cankered filver, the moth-eaten clothes fhaH be produced; that is, by lhe recognition ofour Confciences. So fee Hab.tk. z. I 1. The ftone [ball cry out ofthe \VaiJ, 01Hd the beam out ofthe timber fhall.znfwer it; that is, the materials of the houfe built upby oppreffion fhall comeas joym wimelfes: The fiones of the ·wall tball cry, Lord, U'e w.er:e built up by r .flpme and ·l)i~lenr;e; ang the Beam fhall anfwer,.Trste Lord, tven fo it is : The fion~s Hull cry, Vmg~ance Lord upon our u.n· godly Owner; and the Beam lhall an(wer, V?o to him, hec~wfe he 6uilt his houfe with blood: The circumfianccs offiu are as fo many memori{{!s to put tl8 in mind of guilt, and eo put God in mind of vengeance. Well then, think or che f~ things for theprefent; thi1 rHft WJ4) be produced·agttinft me, thi1 pile ofbuilding, ehefe muftJ clothes in the Wardro be. Confc1ence is afhrewd.Remembrancer; it Wri>eth when it dothnot fPe~k..: Many times for the prefent it is f1lem, and feemeth to take no notice of thofe circHmfiances ofguilt ; but theyare all regifired,and produced at the laH day ; the very filth· 0f thy liDgets in telling money will bean evidence that thou. haft de~ filed-thy Soul with the love ofi.c. · . .d.nd foal/ ratJour jl.c{luu it Wl're.fire: ] Some interpret this. of · thofe
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