2 4 vl Commentary tepot9j.he Go(iel Chap.6. Affe, that, for that caufe, they -Would not endure the found ofa trumpet : So many are departed fo farre from Popich falls, that they faft not at all ; and fo open the mouthes of the adverfaries. But acquaint thy felf with this duty, thou that wouldefl be ac- quainted with God. It is a fore-tart of eternall life, when in holy pra&ifes we tail the fweetnetre of that heavenly Manna, this An- gels food, thofefoulfatting viands, that makes us, for a time, to forbear our appointed food. It is a help to the underflanding of zo, heavenly myfteries, as Daniel found it, It fits us for converfion, Joel 2.12. and furthers it, flits 9.9. Hence it is called a day of Humiliation, or of humbling the foul, Lev. z 6. becaufe God ufu- allyby that Ordinancegives an humbleheart, to the which he bath promifedbothgrace, i Per.5.5, and glory, Prov.i5.33. It ferrets out corruption, and is to the foul as wafhing to a room, which is more then fweeping ; or as fcouring to the veffel, which is more Cor 9.a7. then ordinary wafhing. It fubdues rebell-flefh, which with full- Ezek. r6, nelic of bread will wax wanton, as Sodom, Iefhurun, Ephraim. Deut.; z, 5. It teftifies true repentance, by this holy revenge, z Cor.7. z z. IL,z8. ,a. whiles we thus amerce and unilhour felves, by a voluntary for- s'ataritas parit p Y Y ferociaaa, goingof the comforts and commodities of life, as altogether un- worthy,Pfal. 3 5.13 What (hall I fay more ? Hereby we are dai- ly drawn tomore obedience, and love to God, faith in him, and communion with him ; a more holy frame of foul, and habit of heavenly-mindedneffe : Whence our Saviour, after this direetion for falling, immediatly fubjoins that of layingup for our felves,trea[lire inheaven ,ver.z9, zo. And laftly our prayers (hall be herebyedged,winged,and made to foar aloft, which before flag- ¡ejmúum ore- ged,fainted, and as it were groveledon the ground. Therefore tio> :em roborar: our Saviour,here,nextafter matter of-prayer, adds this offalling, aratjojeju,nara which is aneceffary adjun& of prayer ( that which is extraordi- fardi tficat. nary efpecially as that which very much fits the heart for prayer, Berg. ,n Goa and thefevere praftifeof repentance. Hence it is, that elfewherc dra &rf 4' thefe two a inn and prayer go coupled, for moltpart, as Luk z. Ìi5 P y g P P 37. Matth.17.2z. z Cor.7.5, &c. A full belly, neither fludies, nor prayes willingly. Falling enflames prayer, and prayer fandifies faking; efpecially, when we fait and weep, Joel 2.13. fall and zvatch,witch and pray,and take heedCo both,Mark,z 3.3 3 Be not as the hypocrites] For they fait not to God, Zech.7.5, Quid prod 11,12. but to themfelves,they pine the body,but pamper the Beth, tonuarf abfni. they hang down their hraás, ííà.5 8.5. but their hearts (land bolt upright
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