f: ,51,o t.4 Commentary upon the G4 e1 Chap,23, fuitfulneff:. The Cyprefíe tree , the more it is watered , the lefle fruitfull ; fo many of us, the more taught, the more unto- ward. e rndWent into aferre countrcy ] As the impious husband-men imìgined, who put far away theevil day. But God Chaff ih<ot at fuck With anarrow, f ddenj'ball they be Wounded, Pfa1.64.7. A3 H eron.in1 r, a bird is with the bolt, whiles he gazeth at the bow. Mom dig en- diaam,fieneriaduplo pcnfatur. God paies men at length for the new and the old. Vetfe 34. Hefeat hisfervants] feil, His Prophets and Mini- flers , whom the Lord fendeth tohis people continually , not to teach them only, but to take account of their fruitfulnes, to urge and exact of them growth in grace, according to the means, That Ccr,G,i, they receivenot thegraceof God in vain. Vcrfe 35. 'Beat one, and killed another] This is the worlds wages; this is the meature Gods Minifkers meet with from the foes of men : never have any, out of hell, fuffered more then loch. Perfecution is, Evangel il genius, faith Calvin, the e- vil Angel that dogs the Gofpel at the heels. And , 7'radica- re nihil aliad eft, gaedm derivare iK fc fiirerenv, &c. faith Lea- ther. To preach faithfully is to get the ill will of all the world, and to fubje& a mans fell to all kinde of deaths and dangers. Verfe 36. «gain helent other f rvants ] O the infinite good- neffeand long fufferanceofAlmighty God 1 7onae upbraided him with it moll unworthily, in that brawl of bis, chap. 4. a. Pan! admires it, Rom.9,22, teachingus to improve it to the pratliee ofrepentance, Rom2.4, Ez.ekeldefcribcs it by Gods lying on one fide for threehundred and ninety years together, which mull needs be very troublefeme. We cannot lie for a few hours, on one fide, but we muff turn us, David, for the abufe of ,his Em- baifadours, fell very foul on the Ammonites. Rehoboam for one fervent of his flain by the ten Tribes, raifed a nighty army to chaflife them. But God bears with mens evil manners, though he have power enough in his hand to deal with them at his plc afore. Verfc 37. Theywill reverence my jnne ] They will 1 ,ok ano- Te9 v7W, ther way for fhame (fo the word imports) they will never be able to look him in the face, they will be fo aba(hed of their for- mer villanies. But it fell out far otherwtfe : for thefe fren:leffe fellows,.
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