396 si Commentary upon the Go(iel CíiaP.13 Proteflants. Oh that Godwould once cut off the names of thole idols, and caufe the uncleanfpirit to palle out of the land,according to his promife, Zach. i 3.2 ! Fiat, Fiat. Verfe 42. e,indf1iall ca, them into a furnaceoffire] Loe the Ceaforit leger good Angels are executioners of Gods judgements. There can. to iu G. not be a better and more noble aft then to do ¡Lattice upon obiti_ a,big cars ifcem nate ,malefadtors; Howbeit at Rome they would not fuffer the interd'cuar, common executioner to dwell within the City, nay not fo much urbndomieitie as once to be feen in it, ordraw breath in the acre ofit. This was carece votunr. very ftrict in them, and that was very juft inGod, thatTwifird Co:, pro Raba. whichwas executioner of Frith, Bayfield, Bainham,Tetrkefg_ Ad andMax. ry, Lambert, andother good men, died rotting above ground, to doe, t,46, that none could abide tocome near him. Verfe 43, ThenAwl the righteous fare] Thofe that have here lain among thepots, fmucht and tallied, !hall then outfhine the Sunne in his ftrength. Shine they Thall in their bodies, which (hall beclarified, and conformed toChrifis molt glorious body the ftandard, Philip.3. In their foules, thofe fpirits ofjuft men made perfedtly holy andhappy. And in their whole perfen, as the fpoufe ofChrift. Vxor fidget raa`js mariti, the fhall thine with the beams of his beauty. Three glimpfes of which glory were teen, inAlofes face, in Chrifts transfiguration, in Stevens coun. tenance. Who bath ears to hear, let him hear ] q.d. This is worth hearing. Lend both your ears to fùch a bargain as this is. What fhall We ,ay to thole things, faith the Apoflle afterhe had fpoke of glorification, Rom.8.3r? q.d. Wecan never fatisfie our (elves in !peaking, you fhould never thewyour telves fated in hearing. Enxu Verte 44. Life lento treys( re hid, &c. A Creature is an heap TiOi H eg ofprecious things laid up for future ufès. ]By the treafure in this ävov, text, we are to underftand either Chrill, or life eternall gotten for us byChrift, or the Gofpel that offereth unto us Chri(t, and withhim eternall life. The field wherein this tine treafure lies hid, is the Church. The fpades and mattocks, wherewith it is to be digged up and attained unto, are hands and eies, not poring in-the earth, but praying toward heaven. Hekideth it] Ne eum anteverta ,t, that none remove ir, ere hehash made himfelf mailer of 'it. Holding fait that hehaeh, that noman takehis crown from him. Thishe enfures to himtelt, and cannot refit till he bath done it. He likes not tohave with the merchant r
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