General and extraordinary judgements are such as alway come from the wrath of God. Instance the judgements which were inflicted on the Israelites in the wilderness. They were general, as in handling the next doctrine we shall show: and extraordinary, as the several kinds of them do show. And they are oft noted to come from the wrath of the Lord, eThe Lords anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them. fThe wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague. gThe anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel: and the Lord said unto Moses, take all the heads of the people, and hang them up, &c. But not to insist on more particulars, the Psalmist rendereth this as a general cause of all the judgements that were inflicted on them, hThe wrath of the Lord was kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. Now experience showeth that a plague is both a general and an extraordinary judgement. General it is, for it useth to spread far and near, from person to person, from house to house, from street to street, from town to town, from city to city: and it taketh away all of all sorts, young, old, male, female, weak, strong, mean ones, great ones, &c. Extraordinary ⟨p. 86⟩it is, because the immediate hand of God in sending it, in increasing it, in lessening it, in taking it away, is more conspicuously discerned then in other judgements. It is observable to this purpose, that when David chose the plague, he thus expresseth his mind, iLet us fall now into the hand of the Lord.
Generall and extraordinary judgements are such as alway come from the wrath of God. Instance the judgements which were inflicted on the Israelites in the wildernesse. They were generall, as in handling the next doctrine we shall shew: and extraordinary, as the severall kinds of them do shew. And they are oft noted to come from the wrath of the Lord, eThe Lords anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them. fThe wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague. gThe anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel: and the Lord said unto Moses, take all the heads of the people, and hang them up, &c. But not to insist on more particulars, the Psalmist rendreth this as a generall cause of all the judgements that were inflicted on them, hThe wrath of the Lord was kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his owne inheritance. Now experience sheweth that a plague is both a generall and an extraordinary judgement. Generall it is, for it useth to spread farre and neare, from person to person, from house to house, from street to street, from towne to towne, from city to city: and it taketh away all of all sorts, young, old, male, female, weake, strong, meane ones, great ones, &c. Extraordinary ⟨p. 86⟩it is, because the immediate hand of God in sending it, in increasing it, in lessening it, in taking it away, is more conspicuously discerned then in other judgements. It is observable to this purpose, that when David chose the plague, he thus expresseth his mind, iLet us fall now into the hand of the Lord.
- eNumb. 11. 1.
- f—33.
- g—25. 4.
- hPsal. 106. 40. A plague is general and extraordinary.Psal. 106. 40. A plague is generall and extraordinary.
- i2 Sam. 24. 14.
