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WE heard in the words immediately going before, how sharply the Lord doth reprove and threaten the unbelieving Jews, for that they hearing of rumours of wars, did not go unto God by prayer, but unto the Egyptians by gifts, as if Pharaoh were more able, or more willing to help and succour them then the Lord himself: as also how the Prophet Isaiah was sent unto them, to assure them that the Egyptians would not help them, or if they would, they could not: nay, that they should be so far from helping them, that they should do them all the mischief that possibly they could, and therefore ⟨p. 132⟩he proclaims unto them that their strength was to sit still, that is, to keep themselves at home in their places and callings, and to rest upon God, whose strength they should find to be every way sufficient to defend and maintain them against all their adversaries.

WE heard in the words immediately going before, how sharpely the Lord doth reproue and threaten the vnbeleeuing Iewes, for that they hearing of rumors of warres, did not goe vnto God by prayer, but vnto the Egyptians by gifts, as if Pharaoh were more able, or more willling to helpe and succour them then the Lord himselfe: as also how the Prophet Isaiah was sent vnto them, to assure them that the Egyptians would not helpe them, or if they would, they could not: nay, that they should be so farre from helping them, that they should doe them all the mischiefe that possibly they could, and therefore ⟨p. 132⟩he proclaimes vnto them that their strength was to sit still, that is, to keepe themselues at home in their places and callings, and to rest vpon God, whose strength they should finde to bee euery way sufficient to defend and maintaine them against all their aduersaries.

Now because they were drunken with passion and fear, and would not hearken to the proclamation of peace, therefore doth the Lord send out against them a proclamation of outlawry; and chargeth them with rebellion and high treason against his Majesty: and that it might be of more force with them, he commandeth the Prophet [to write it before them in a table] that so every one might take notice thereof: yea not only in a table to shame them for the instant, but in a book, that it might be for the time to come, even for ever and ever: that is, that it might stand in record for their perpetual disgrace and reproach. Now because they would hardly yield unto this charge; to wit, that they were traitors against God in seeking unto the King of Egypt for aide, but would object that they did it in policy and in good meaning, for the benefit of the Church and Commonwealth, and did rest on God nevertheless, he puts off that, by saying that they were [lying children] full of hypocrisy and dissimulation; pretending to send into Egypt in godly wisdom, whereas it proceeded indeed from their wretched unbelief: and because it was not safe for him to say this in general, unless he could prove it, therefore he allegeth