Chap.a 2. decardiig to St MA T T r3 al vv. fllows, paft grace, as we fay, had faces hatcht all over with im- pudency, and that could blufh nomore then a fackbut. Sin had woaded fhamelcfues in their fore- heads, and they were as good atreflft ing theholy Ghof1, asever their fathers were, Verfe38. This is the heir, Come, &c.] So that theft huf- bandmen the Pharifees knew, and yet crucified the Lord of glory r And all this ont ofdefperate malice, which had debauch- ed their reafon, and even Satanized or transformed them into fo manybreathing devils : they fell into that unpardonable finne, .Mat.I 2.31. Let tea ceife on his inheritance ] Covetoufncffe is bleudy, Ezell, 22.13. Pre.I.I I,13. a Kix.21.lo. Ahab longed for a fallet out ofNaboths vineyard, and rru{'c have it, though Nahoth die for it. 9uidnon mortmaliapeldora eogit,aurifora fames I red e felleth his Matter for thirty-pence. Vale s9. CO him out ofthevineyard, andflewhim] By wic- ked hands, e'l61. 2.23. and are therefore abhorred of God and men, and exiled out ofthe world, as it were, by a common con- tent ofNations for their inexpiable guilt. And in Confiantinople andThefjalenica ( where are many thoufand Jews at this day ) if they but ('cirre out of doors at any Fatter time between Maunday- Thurfday at Noon, and Ea('cer-eve at night, the Chriaians, among whom they dwell, will (lone them, be- caufe at that time they derided, buffited and crucified our blcffed Saviour. Vale 4o. What Will he doe, &c.] Nay, what will he not do? God willrun Capon them, even on their neck,upon the thick. boffes oftheir bucklers. They that would kill their enemy, ftrike not where he can defend hirdajfelf. But fo doth God, he ftrikes the- row all, yea thorow the loins, Tent. 73. II. even to the very foul, 7er.4.1o. This made Mofes cry out, Who knoweth thepow- er of thine anger?Pf.9o.1 i. Surely it is loch, as none can either a- voidor abide. Verf;41. Theyfay untohim, he Will milerably, &c. ] Here they unwittingly read their owndef'ciny. as D avid likewife did his, 2 Sam.t 2 5,6. The wickedare prefently felfcondemned, Tit.3. a I. and flralt at Tall day {land fpeechleff , Matth.a I .I a. out of the convictionoftheirown confcicnces. Verle 42. `Didye never read in the Scriptures?] Yes, full oft, but never applied fuch a place as this to themfelves. A godly man L l 2 reads 5xt Eiddulgb. J011.15.16. ua7c4 zrclttirlsi .c'u7tlá. YiJerurparono mafinh.ec i» proverbils;n.-
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