IN the beginning of this Chapter we find mention of a controversy between God the Plaintiff, and his People the Delinquent. The action, an action of unkindness and ingratitude after two great deliverances; from the tyranny of Pharaoh in Egypt, from the subtlety of Balaam in Moab. And this is an high aggravation of injury when it is done by a friend, the Philosopher tells us, Rhet. lib. 1. [Greek or Hebrew], you know was the deepest wound that Caesar felt; and Moses is at the self same figure, Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people, and ⟨p. 2⟩unwise? Is not he thy Father? Deut. 32. 6. Job complains of it as of one of his greatest afflictions, They whom I loved, are turned against me, Job 19. 19. yea he that was greater than Job at Jobs greatest excellency of patience, cannot but complain of this, that his wounds like Amnons were given him in the House of a friend, Zach. 13. 6. The kiss of a Disciple did no less pierce him, than the Nails of a Soldier. His Enemies that wounded him found mercy, when his friends that betrayed him found none.
IN the beginning of this Chapter we find mention of a controversy between God the Plaintiff, and his People the Delinquent. The action, an action of unkindness and ingratitude after two great deliverances; from the tyranny of Pharaoh in Egypt, from the subtilty of Balaam in Moab. And this is an high aggravation of injury when it is done by a friend, the Philosopher tells us, Rhet. lib. 1. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, you know was the deepest wound that Caesar felt; and Moses is at the self same figure, Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people, and ⟨p. 2⟩unwise? Is not he thy Father? Deut. 32. 6. Iob complains of it as of one of his greatest afflictions, They whom I loved, are turned against me, Iob 19. 19. yea he that was greater than Iob at Iobs greatest excellency of patience, cannot but complain of this, that his wounds like Amnons were given him in the House of a friend, Zach. 13. 6. The kiss of a Disciple did no less pierce him, than the Nails of a Souldier. His Enemies that wounded him found mercy, when his friends that betrayed him found none.
