Israels prayer in time of trouble with Gods gracious answer thereunto, or, An explication…

What have I to do any more wi•h Idols? ¹] It is Interrogatio cum Indignatione, an Interrogation not only importing a negative, I will not any more have to do with them, but also a vehement detestation of them, and indignation against them, as that of David to Abishai, 2 Sam. 16.10. and that of Elisha to Jehoram, 2 Reg. 3.13. and that of the Devil to Christ, Matth. 8.29.

What have I to doe any more wi•h Idols? ¹] It is Interrogatio cum Indignatione, an Interrogation not onely importing a negative, I will not any more have to doe with them, but also a vehement detestation of them, and indignation against them, as that of David to Abishai, 2 Sam. 16.10. and that of Elisha to Iehoram, 2 Reg. 3.13. and that of the Devill to Christ, Matth. 8.29.

1. 1Gloss. Rhetori. Sacra. Tract. 2. cap. 5.

With Idols.] The Original word signifieth likewise sorrows and grief of mind, a fit word to express their sin and repentance. What have we to do with these Idols and sorrows any more? They can produce no good, they can hear no prayers, they can work no deliverance, they can bring nothing but evil and anguish to us, and therefore we will not follow or seek unto them any more. Here then is a solemn detestation as of all their other sins, so of that especially which had most dishonoured God, most wounded their own consciences, and procured most sorrow unto themselves, with Gods confirmation of it.