Ieremiah
23.33
.
And
when
this
People
,
or
the
Prophet
,
or
a
Priest
,
shall
ask
thee
,
saying
,
what
is
the
burden
of
the
Lord
?
thou
shalt
then
say
unto
them
,
what
burden
?
I
will
even
forsake
you
;
saith
the
Lord
.
IN
the
Words
,
there
lies
before
us
,
(
First
)
A
Question
,
supposed
,
to
be
propounded
,
wherein
there
is
two
things
:
1.
The
Questionists
,
this
People
,
or
a
Prophet
,
or
a
Priest
.
2.
The
Question
it self
,
or
the
matter
of
it
,
What
is
the
burden
of
the
Lord
?
(
Secondly
,
)
There
is
an
Answer
,
and
a
solemn
Answer
too
,
which
is
put
into
his
mouth
by
the
Lord
,
and
which
he
is
to
return
as
the
Lords
Answer
to
the
Question
?
thou
shalt
then
say
unto
them
,
what
burden
?
I
will
even
forsake
you
,
saith
the
Lord
.
In
which
Answer
there
is
three
things
.
-
1.
An
expression
of
Indignation
,
What
burden
?
-
2.
An
assertion
by
way
of
Answer
to
the
question
,
I
will
forsake
you
.
-
3.
A
Seal
of
ratification
,
in
the
last
words
,
Saith
the
Lord
.
God
having
before
dealt
with
the
Pastors
,
that
did
destroy
,
and
scatter
the
flock
,
as
in
the
beginning
of
the
Chapter
,
Wo
be
to
the
Pastors
that
destroy
and
scatter
the
sheep
of
my
pasture
,
&
ver.
2
I
will
visit
upon
you
the
evil
of
your
doings
,
saith
the
Lord
,
and
also
with
the
false
Prophets
,
that
prophesied
lies
in
his
Name
,
as
ver.
9.
My
heart
within
me
is
broken
because
of
the
Prophets
,
&
ver.
32.
Behold
I
am
against
them
,
that
prophesie
false
dreams
,
saith
the
Lord
,
and
do
tell
them
,
and
cause
my
people
to
err
by
their
lies
,
and
by
their
lightness
:
which
sort
of
Prophets
went
without
their
Commission
,
as
ver.
21.
I
have
not
sent
these
Prophets
yet
they
ran
.
He
proceeds
from
the
head
Rulers
,
to
the
people
that
were
seduced
by
them
:
for
by
this
means
their
hands
were
strengthened
in
sin
,
so
as
that
they
did
not
return
from
their
wickedness
,
as
ver
14.
It
was
a
usual
thing
for
the
Prophets
of
the
Lord
,
to
begin
their
Sermons
(
the
matter
whereof
was
minatory
,
wherein
the
Lord
threatned
them
with
just
judgements
)
with
that
Phrase
,
the
burden
of
the
Lord
,
as
will
easily
appear
if
you
consult
,
Isai.
13.1
.
&
15.1
.
&
22.1
.
&
30
,
6.
Now
they
do
in
the
words
of
the
Text
,
or
are
supposed
in
mockery
to
demand
,
what
Burden
he
had
from
the
Lord
,
for
them
.
For
the
opening
of
the
words
And
:
or
moreover
because
he
here
enters
upon
new
matter
:
this
People
,
or
the
prophane
sort
of
them
,
whom
the
false
Prophets
had
secuced
,
to
which
he
joyns
the
Prophet
,
and
the
Priest
,
in
hit
they
were
alike
prophane
,
as
ver.
11.
for
both
Prophet
and
Priest
are
prophane
,
yea
in
my
house
,
saith
the
Lord
:
and
when
Prophets
are
prophane
there
is
wont
to
be
a
pack
of
them
,
as
Jer.
5.31
.
The
Prophets
prophesies
falsly
,
and
the
Priests
bear
rule
by
their
means
,
and
my
people
love
to
have
it
so
:
shall
ask
thee
saying
,
viz.
in
a
deriding
way
,
not
out
of
a
holy
end
,
or
desire
,
What
is
the
burden
of
the
Lora
?
or
from
the
Lord
?
so
were
the
Prophesies
stiled
,
that
contained
in
them
,
Threatnings
,
Judgements
,
and
Plagues
,
2
King
.
9.25
.
as
if
they
had
said
,
what
hast
thou
further
mischief
in
thy
head
to
declare
?
further
Woes
and
Threatnings
to
pronounce
?
hast
thou
nothing
else
to
prophesie
,
but
Mischief
and
Calamity
?
What
is
the
burden
now
?
Thou
shalt
then
say
unto
them
,
the
Lord
know
what
they
would
say
to
him
,
and
tells
him
what
he
should
say
,
by
way
of
reply
,
What
burden
?
a
retorting
by
way
of
holy
indignation
;
ask
ye
indeed
what
burden
?
and
that
in
a
way
of
derision
?
are
you
of
that
strain
,
and
spirit
?
I
will
even
forsake
you
saith
the
Lord
:
a
burden
heavy
enough
,
and
you
are
like
to
seel
it
so
ere
long
,
heavy
enough
to
break
your
Backs
,
to
break
your
Church
,
and
your
Common
wealth
,
and
to
sink
your
haughty
Spirits
,
when
this
Burden
shall
come
upon
you
,
in
its
force
and
weight
.
Doct.
That
the
Lord
may
even
forsake
a
People
that
have
been
near
to
him
,
and
he
hath
been
near
to
,
though
for
the
Lord
thus
to
do
,
is
as
fearful
and
hideous
a
judgement
as
can
be
inflicted
on
any
People
.
The
Doctrine
is
double
,
it
hath
two
parts
:
First
,
That
the
Lord
may
do
thus
.
Secondly
,
When
he
doth
,
it
is
a
very
sad
and
heavy
burden
.
It
may
be
prosecuted
as
two
distinct
points
.
-
1.
-
1.
What
is
meant
by
Gods
forsaking
a
People
.
-
2.
How
may
it
appear
that
God
may
forsake
,
even
such
a
People
as
the
point
speaks
of
?
-
3.
The
Reasons
.
-
4.
The
use
.
1.
What
doth
Gods
forsaking
mean
?
what
is
intended
thereby
?
Sol.
It
means
Gods
with
drawing
himself
,
as
the
Prophe
:
Hosea
phraises
it
,
Hos.
5.6
.
They
shall
go
with
their
Flocks
and
their
Herds
to
seek
the
Lord
,
but
shall
not
find
him
,
he
hath
withdrawn
himself
from
them
.
They
shall
seek
him
,
and
not
find
him
,
and
there
is
a
good
reason
,
he
hath
withdrawn
himself
,
he
is
gone
,
in
respect
of
his
gracious
presence
.
We
must
here
distinguish
betwixt
Gods
general
presence
,
and
his
precious
presence
.
In
respect
of
his
general
presence
,
he
is
not
far
from
any
one
of
us
,
for
in
him
we
live
,
and
move
,
and
have
our
being
,
Act.
17.27
,
28.
We
have
not
only
our
beginning
from
,
but
our
being
in
him
.
As
the
beam
hath
its
being
in
the
Sun
.
Of
this
general
presence
of
God
,
we
read
,
Psal.
139.7
.
There
is
no
flying
from
it
.
Whither
shall
I
go
from
thy
Spirit
,
or
whither
shall
I
slie
from
thy
presence
?
In
this
sense
God
is
every
where
,
as
it
is
ver.
8
,
&
9.
If
I
ascend
up
into
Heaven
thou
art
there
:
if
I
make
my
bed
in
Hell
,
behold
thou
art
there
.
He
fills
Heaven
and
Earth
,
and
there
is
no
hiding
from
him
,
Jer.
23.24
.
Can
any
hide
himself
in
secret
places
,
that
I
shall
not
see
him
,
?
saith
the
Lord
do
not
I
fill
Heaven
and
Earth
?
saith
the
Lord
.
He
hath
Heaven
for
his
Throne
,
and
the
Earth
for
his
Footstool
,
as
it
is
,
Isai.
66.1
.
This
general
presence
of
God
,
if
believingly
apprehended
,
and
strongly
believed
,
might
be
of
great
use
.
But
it
is
not
this
general
presence
that
is
meant
:
but
his
especial
presence
,
his
favourable
and
gracious
presence
,
the
removing
whereof
,
is
that
that
is
intended
,
by
the
forsaking
that
the
Text
and
Point
speaks
of
.
God
is
said
to
forsake
a
People
two
waves
.
-
1.
As
to
Affection
.
-
2.
As
to
Action
.
1.
As
to
Affection
,
when
he
discontinues
his
love
to
them
,
when
he
takes
away
his
love
from
a
people
,
then
he
takes
his
leave
of
a
people
.
My
mind
is
not
toward
this
people
,
Jer.
15.1
.
a
very
heavy
Judgement
,
and
sad
removal
.
Be
instructed
O
Jerusalem
,
least
my
Soul
depart
from
thee
.
2.
As
to
Action
,
when
God
takes
away
the
signs
of
his
presence
.
1.
When
he
takes
away
merciful
and
gracious
providences
,
when
he
carries
not
towards
them
as
he
was
wont
to
do
:
but
vexes
them
with
all
manner
of
adversity
,
Deut.
31.17
.
I
will
forsake
them
,
and
many
evils
and
troubles
shall
befal
them
:
when
he
ceases
to
protect
them
from
evils
,
and
enemies
,
as
in
times
past
,
and
provides
not
for
them
,
as
he
was
wont
to
do
.
2.
When
he
takes
away
his
Ordinances
,
and
bereaves
a
people
of
the
glorious
things
of
his
house
;
or
take
away
his
spirit
from
accompanying
them
,
whereby
the
glory
ceases
,
and
the
ordinances
are
rendered
in
effectual
for
the
saving
good
of
a
people
.
2.
How
may
it
appear
the
God
may
forsake
finch
a
People
?
It
may
appear
by
what
God
hath
threatned
.
What
God
hath
threatned
,
to
such
as
the
point
speaks
of
,
may
be
inflicted
on
them
:
but
God
hath
threatned
such
judgements
to
such
a
people
.
My
anger
shall
be
kindled
against
them
,
and
I
will
forsake
them
,
as
near
as
they
are
to
me
,
and
as
dear
as
they
have
been
to
to
me
,
Deut
,
31.17
.
Many
such
threatnings
are
found
in
the
Scripture
against
Israel
,
who
are
stiled
a
people
near
unto
him
.
In
that
such
as
have
been
near
to
God
,
and
he
near
to
them
,
have
complained
of
their
being
forsaken
by
God
.
Thou
hast
forsaken
us
,
is
one
of
the
bitter
moans
,
on
record
,
that
the
Church
of
God
did
often
make
unto
him
What
God
hath
inflicted
on
such
,
may
be
inflicted
on
such
again
;
what
God
hath
done
to
some
,
he
may
do
to
others
,
in
the
same
state
,
and
relation
:
for
he
is
unchangeable
.
Those
that
were
once
the
only
peculiar
people
of
God
,
near
to
God
,
and
had
God
near
to
them
,
yet
what
is
is
their
condition
at
this
day
?
A
forsaken
condition
,
is
the
condition
,
of
the
Off
spring
of
Abrahaem
Gods
Friend
,
a
seed
whom
he
had
chosen
,
and
hath
been
so
,
for
above
sixteen
hundred
years
.
God
hath
been
angry
with
them
,
and
forsaken
them
,
as
they
were
foretold
long
ago
.
How
is
it
with
the
Churches
of
Asia
,
that
were
once
famous
golden
Candlesticks
?
that
had
Epistles
written
to
them
.
Are
they
not
in
a
forsaken
condition
?
not
the
face
of
a
Church
to
be
found
amongst
them
.
In
that
they
may
do
that
,
which
may
deserve
a
forsaking
,
therefore
they
may
do
that
which
may
actually
procure
it
.
They
may
do
that
which
may
deserve
a
forsaking
,
they
may
through
the
corruption
and
unbelief
of
their
hearts
forsake
God
,
and
God
may
in
just
judgement
retaliate
,
and
thereupon
forsake
them
.
This
is
spoken
to
in
the
forequoted
place
,
Deut.
31.16
,
17.
They
will
forsake
me
,
and
break
my
Covenant
which
I
have
made
with
them
:
then
my
anger
shall
be
kindled
against
them
in
that
day
,
and
I
will
forfake
them
,
and
hide
my
face
from
them
.
So
again
,
2
Chron.
15.2
.
But
if
you
forsake
him
he
will
forsake
you
;
the
first
is
supposed
,
if
you
forsake
him
,
the
latter
is
imposed
,
he
will
forsake
you
:
But
why
doth
the
Lord
forsake
such
a
People
?
The
Reasons
:
1.
To
shew
that
he
hath
no
need
of
any
,
he
hath
forsaken
many
,
and
may
forsake
many
more
,
to
shew
that
he
hath
no
need
of
any
.
God
would
have
all
the
world
to
take
notice
,
(
that
though
all
men
have
need
of
him
,
yet
)
he
hath
no
need
of
any
man
.
2.
To
testifie
his
Sanctity
,
and
severity
against
sin
.
He
will
not
spare
them
,
that
have
been
near
him
,
if
they
will
not
spare
their
sin
for
him
.
He
is
a
holy
God
,
and
if
they
will
have
their
sins
,
and
their
lusts
,
and
their
wayes
,
and
their
lovers
,
he
will
vindicate
his
holiness
,
by
inflicting
this
judgement
on
them
.
3.
To
be
a
warning
to
all
that
enjoy
his
gracious
presence
.
That
they
see
that
they
make
much
of
it
,
and
that
they
take
heed
that
they
do
not
sin
against
him
,
and
forsake
him
,
and
provoke
him
to
forsake
them
also
.
Caut.
The
point
is
to
be
understood
of
a
people
that
are
visibly
and
externally
near
and
dear
to
him
,
and
these
may
be
totally
and
finally
forsaken
of
God
:
and
yet
here
it
must
be
noted
,
that
God
may
exercise
a
deal
of
patience
,
and
forbearance
toward
such
as
he
is
about
to
forsake
,
he
did
so
with
the
old
world
,
he
did
so
with
the
Israelites
of
old
,
he
did
so
with
the
seven
Churches
of
Asia
:
he
is
not
wont
suddenly
,
and
at
once
to
forsake
a
people
,
that
have
been
near
and
dear
to
him
;
but
he
is
wont
to
give
them
warning
,
and
in
patience
to
bear
a
while
with
their
frowardness
,
and
wait
to
see
if
there
be
any
returning
to
him
,
before
he
doth
inflict
this
heavy
and
sharp
judgement
.
Vse
It
serves
to
admonish
us
,
not
to
bear
our selves
too
high
,
upon
the
account
of
priviledges
.
It
is
a
great
priviledge
to
have
the
Lord
near
us
,
and
to
be
near
unto
him
:
and
some
lean
upon
this
though
they
abide
in
their
sin
,
Micah
3.10
,
11.
They
build
up
Sion
with
blood
,
and
Jerusalem
with
iniquity
,
yet
will
they
lean
upon
the
Lord
,
and
say
,
is
not
the
Lord
amongst
us
?
But
if
our
deportment
be
not
according
to
our
priviledges
,
if
we
do
not
carry
it
thereafter
,
by
becoming
an
humble
,
fruitful
,
and
holy
people
;
the
Lord
will
bring
forth
this
heavy
burden
against
us
,
we
shall
be
rejected
,
and
forsaken
of
the
Lord
,
whatever
our
external
priviledges
be
.
But
the
second
part
of
the
Doctrine
;
That
it
is
the
heaviest
burden
,
or
the
sorest
of
Judgements
for
the
Lord
to
forsake
a
people
.
There
may
be
two
things
spoken
to
in
the
management
of
this
truth
.
1.
Arguments
to
evidence
it
.
2.
The
Uses
of
it
.
1.
If
God
hath
threatned
it
as
a
very
sore
judgement
,
then
sure
it
is
so
.
Now
when
God
hath
been
angry
with
a
people
,
he
hath
manifested
the
same
by
menacing
them
with
his
forsaking
them
:
when
he
hath
been
designed
to
do
them
a
deep
dispseasure
,
upon
the
account
of
some
high
provocation
he
is
wont
to
threaten
them
not
by
taking
away
this
,
or
that
outward
comfort
from
them
;
but
by
taking
away
himself
from
them
.
And
that
is
a
woe
indeed
,
a
woe
with
a
witness
,
Hos.
9.12
.
Yea
,
woe
also
to
them
,
when
I
depart
from
them
:
this
is
the
wofullest
day
that
such
a
people
are
wont
to
meet
with
.
2.
Gods
forsaking
a
People
is
a
sore
judgement
,
in
that
it
exposes
them
to
all
judgements
.
Sin
is
a
great
evil
in
that
it
exposes
to
all
evil
this
is
a
great
evil
of
punishment
,
in
that
it
exposes
to
all
punishments
.
If
God
be
gone
,
our
guard
is
gone
,
and
we
are
as
a
City
,
in
the
midst
of
Enemies
,
whose
walls
are
broken
down
.
Our
strength
to
make
resistance
,
that
's
Gone
,
for
God
is
our
strength
,
as
a
carcase
without
life
,
is
a
prey
,
to
beasts
of
prey
;
so
are
a
people
forsaken
of
their
God
,
to
all
their
devouring
enemies
,
and
to
infernal
,
and
cursed
spirits
:
they
are
exposed
to
mischief
,
and
the
malice
of
all
their
malignant
enemies
.
When
the
Lord
had
forsaken
Jerusalem
,
the
Romans
quickly
made
a
prey
of
it
;
when
they
were
destitute
of
God
,
their
habitation
became
desolate
.
There
is
no
Protection
to
a
People
,
whom
the
Lord
forsakes
;
but
they
are
perplexed
on
every
side
.
3.
Because
the
evils
that
are
on
such
,
whom
God
hath
forsaken
,
they
are
only
evils
.
The
Prophet
Ezekiel
sometime
hath
the
expression
,
Ezek.
7.5
.
Thus
saith
the
Lord
God
,
an
evil
,
an
only
evil
behold
is
come
.
This
is
such
an
evil
,
an
only
evil
to
a
people
.
An
evil
whilst
God
is
present
,
may
have
much
good
in
it
,
the
Lord
may
sanctifie
it
for
abundance
of
blessing
:
there
is
hopes
of
this
whilst
the
Lord
continues
amongst
them
;
but
if
he
be
gone
,
it
is
an
only
evil
,
and
the
evils
that
come
upon
them
are
such
,
they
have
nothing
but
evil
in
them
.
4.
Because
no
creature
can
then
afford
any
help
;
for
what
can
creatures
do
when
God
is
departed
,
he
makes
the
creatures
useful
and
helpful
,
but
without
him
they
can
do
us
no
good
,
stand
us
in
no
stead
:
they
may
say
to
thee
as
the
King
of
Israel
,
said
to
the
Woman
,
that
cried
Help
O
King
,
He
answered
,
If
the
Lord
done
help
,
whence
shall
I
help
thee
?
all
creatures
may
say
if
God
be
departed
,
we
cannot
help
:
Nay
the
very
Devil
cannot
help
if
God
be
gone
:
when
God
departed
from
Saul
,
he
sought
help
from
the
Devil
,
1
Sam.
28.15
.
Wherefore
(
saith
the
Devil
)
askest
thou
of
me
?
seeing
the
Lord
is
departed
from
thee
.
5.
It
appears
to
be
a
sore
judgement
,
by
the
anguish
and
distress
,
that
such
have
been
in
,
that
have
been
sensible
that
God
hath
forsaken
them
.
Sin
hath
flown
in
the
face
of
such
,
and
terified
them
:
Oh
the
blessed
God
is
gone
,
and
if
he
is
gone
,
mercy
is
gone
;
and
Oh
for
such
and
such
sins
,
that
lie
upon
me
!
what
shall
I
do
?
what
a
moan
have
Saints
themselves
made
in
such
a
case
?
as
David
,
Psal.
22.1
,
2.
My
God
,
my
God
,
Why
hast
thou
forsaken
me
?
Why
art
thou
so
far
from
helping
me
?
and
from
the
words
of
my
roaring
?
Oh
my
God
,
I
cry
in
the
day
time
,
but
thou
hearest
not
,
and
in
the
night
season
,
and
am
not
silent
.
Oh
how
Saul
roared
out
his
distress
!
and
that
on
this
account
especially
,
that
God
was
departed
from
him
,
not
so
much
that
the
Philistines
were
upon
him
,
had
not
God
been
gone
,
he
could
have
dealt
well
enough
with
them
;
but
here
was
the
misery
,
and
the
sting
of
the
misery
,
God
was
departed
from
him
.
6
It
is
a
sore
punishment
,
in
that
it
is
a
great
part
of
the
punishment
of
Hell
.
The
essential
parts
of
that
punishment
,
is
pain
of
loss
,
and
sense
,
and
the
sormer
some
reckon
the
greater
.
Vse
1.
How
foolish
are
sinners
that
do
even
bid
God
depart
from
them
?
as
we
read
,
Job
21.14
.
Therefore
they
say
unto
God
depart
from
us
,
for
we
desire
not
the
knowledge
of
thy
wayes
.
But
do
they
know
what
they
say
?
Oh
sinners
is
this
your
wish
?
if
it
be
granted
it
will
prove
your
woe
for
ever
.
Happily
Gods
presence
is
now
your
trouble
;
but
I
tell
you
his
absence
would
be
your
torment
.
2.
Se
here
what
an
evil
it
is
to
forsake
God
,
is
it
a
judgement
of
judgements
to
be
forsaken
of
God
?
surely
then
it
is
the
sin
of
sins
to
forsake
him
:
the
evil
of
punishment
is
in
being
left
by
God
,
and
the
evil
of
sin
is
in
leaving
God
.
What
,
forsake
God
,
who
is
our
only
good
?
God
who
made
us
,
and
possest
us
from
our
beginning
,
God
that
hath
been
the
guid
of
our
Youth
,
that
hath
been
good
to
us
,
and
fed
us
all
our
dayes
?
Jer.
2.19
.
Know
therefore
and
see
,
that
it
is
an
evil
thing
and
bitter
,
that
thou
hast
forsaken
the
Lord
thy
God
.
And
there
is
an
aggravation
of
it
,
ver.
17.
Thou
hast
forsaken
the
Lord
thy
God
,
When
he
led
thee
by
the
way
.
As
a
guid
to
direct
thee
,
as
a
staffe
to
support
thee
,
as
a
convoy
to
guard
thee
,
as
a
Fathe
to
provide
for
thee
,
that
thou
hast
wanted
nothing
:
well
may
it
be
said
,
how
evil
and
bitter
a
thing
is
it
,
that
thou
hast
forsaken
the
Lord
?
He
adds
in
the
31.
verse
.
Oh
Generation
!
Generation
of
what
?
of
what
you
will
;
God
leaves
a
space
that
you
may
write
,
what
you
please
,
generation
of
Vipers
,
or
Monsters
,
or
any
thing
rather
then
Generation
of
Gods
people
.
See
ye
the
word
of
the
Lord
behold
your
face
in
that
Glass
.
So
your
causless
apostasies
,
have
I
been
a
wilderness
unto
Israel
?
Have
you
wanted
any
thing
,
Oh
ye
degenerating
crooked
,
and
wilful
generation
?
God
may
say
to
such
sinners
,
as
Pharaoh
to
Hadad
,
when
he
would
be
gone
,
1
King
.
11.22
.
But
what
hast
thou
lacked
with
me
,
that
thou
seekest
to
be
gone
?
what
hast
thou
lacked
sinner
,
that
thou
seekest
to
be
gone
from
the
Lord
?
The
sinner
must
answer
with
him
,
nothing
howbeit
let
me
go
in
any
wise
.
He
came
to
him
in
his
distress
,
and
when
his
turn
was
answered
,
away
he
packs
.
They
forsake
because
they
will
forsake
.
3.
Wonder
not
that
Gods
Saints
have
been
so
solicitous
with
him
,
not
to
forsake
them
.
Thus
David
,
Psal.
1198.
Oh
forsake
me
not
utterly
.
He
might
well
be
solicitous
in
this
matter
,
for
he
understood
what
it
was
to
be
forsaken
of
the
Lord
.
They
press
hard
with
the
Lord
whatever
he
doth
he
would
not
leave
them
,
nor
forsake
them
.
Jer.
14.9
.
Leave
us
not
.
And
no
wonder
,
there
are
such
moans
,
when
the
Lord
may
have
seemed
,
to
have
forsaken
them
.
4.
If
Gods
forsaking
be
so
sore
a
judgement
,
it
should
make
us
more
cautelous
,
and
wary
least
we
pull
down
this
judgement
on
our
heads
.
Men
should
be
afraid
of
this
heaviest
of
judgements
,
more
then
the
Child
of
whipping
.
5.
Let
Gods
dear
ones
take
heed
of
concluding
against
themselves
,
that
they
are
under
this
judgement
.
They
are
readiest
to
conclude
against
themselves
,
and
yet
really
in
the
least
danger
.
Thus
we
read
,
Isa.
49.14
.
But
Zion
said
,
the
Lord
hath
forsaken
me
,
and
my
Lord
hath
forgotten
me
.
But
why
said
Zion
so
?
it
was
from
diffidence
:
as
Saints
do
not
forsake
God
as
others
do
,
Psal
18.21
.
I
have
not
wickedly
departed
from
my
God
:
so
God
will
not
forsake
them
as
he
forsakes
others
not
utterly
forsake
them
:
His
forsaking
of
his
is
but
temporary
,
and
partial
.
But
here
a
question
may
be
moved
what
is
the
difference
betwixt
a
sinner
forsaken
and
a
Saint
forsaken
?
for
the
Lord
doth
not
forsake
both
alike
.
1.
When
God
forsakes
his
own
,
yet
they
cry
after
him
,
he
withdraws
himself
from
them
sometimes
,
yet
so
as
that
he
draws
their
hearts
after
him
as
a
mother
may
hide
away
from
her
Child
,
that
it
may
seek
and
cry
the
mor
earnestly
after
her
.
2
They
retain
good
thoughts
of
him
in
his
withdrawment
,
or
absence
.
As
the
Spouse
in
the
Canticles
,
she
calls
him
her
beloved
still
.
As
the
faithful
wife
:
she
retains
good
thoughts
of
her
husband
,
and
keeps
up
her
respect
,
though
he
be
gone
from
home
but
the
wicked
when
the
Lord
forsakes
them
,
harhour
hard
thoughts
of
him
.
Is
this
to
serve
the
Lord
,
and
walk
in
his
wayes
?
what
good
have
I
got
by
all
I
have
done
?
see
how
he
hath
served
me
.
3.
They
will
seek
him
,
till
he
return
again
,
when
the
Lord
forsakes
others
,
the
will
sees
after
vinities
to
make
up
the
want
of
Gods
presence
.
The
Adustress
in
her
Husbands
absence
will
seek
after
other
leavers
.
The
true
Saint
will
be
satisfied
in
nothing
else
but
the
Lord
till
he
return
.
Moreover
there
is
a
difference
in
Gods
forsaking
the
sinner
and
the
Saint
,
when
he
forsakes
the
wicked
〈…〉
in
darkness
:
but
when
he
withdraws
from
his
own
he
leaves
some
light
,
whereby
they
see
which
way
he
is
gone
,
he
leaves
some
glimmering
light
,
by
which
they
may
follow
after
him
,
and
find
him
.
And
again
,
when
he
leaves
his
own
,
yet
his
bowels
are
owards
them
,
Jer.
31.20
My
bowels
are
troubled
for
him
,
I
will
surely
have
mercy
upon
him
,
saith
the
Lord
.
He
hath
an
eye
towards
them
for
much
good
,
in
his
forsaking
them
.
Vse
.
2.
Of
Exhortation
:
1.
To
thankfulness
to
God
,
or
that
he
hath
not
yet
forsaken
us
.
Whatever
he
hath
stript
us
off
,
he
hath
not
yet
stript
us
off
himself
,
he
hath
not
as
yet
forsaken
us
.
He
might
have
done
it
,
and
have
done
us
no
wrong
;
but
he
hath
not
yet
done
it
.
2.
To
do
our
utmost
that
he
may
not
forsake
us
.
And
here
there
may
be
added
Motives
and
Means
.
1.
Consider
Gods
lothness
to
forsake
us
.
This
is
a
thing
that
he
is
not
desirous
of
he
doth
not
willingly
afflict
us
with
this
fort
of
Affliction
,
or
grieve
us
with
this
grievous
stroak
.
God
hath
shewed
himself
loth
to
depart
from
those
that
have
departed
from
him
;
but
have
warned
them
of
his
displeasure
,
that
they
might
stay
him
.
It
goes
near
Gods
heart
to
forsake
a
People
that
have
been
near
to
him
.
Methinks
I
hear
him
saying
thus
,
How
shall
I
give
thee
up
,
Oh
New-England
!
thence
speaking
to
warn
us
,
of
.
our
forsakings
of
him
,
and
to
be
instructed
,
why
?
least
his
Spirit
depart
from
us
,
Jer.
6.8
.
Be
thou
instructed
Oh
Ierusalem
,
least
my
Soul
depart
from
thee
,
least
I
make
thee
desolate
,
a
land
not
inhabited
.
You
may
easily
stay
him
,
the
matter
is
not
so
far
gone
,
but
you
might
yet
stay
him
were
we
but
as
loth
he
should
forsake
us
,
as
he
is
to
forsake
us
,
he
would
never
leave
us
.
His
gradual
motions
from
a
people
argue
his
lothness
,
and
unwillingness
to
leave
them
.
2.
Consider
what
the
Lord
is
to
us
,
or
what
relation
he
stands
in
to
us
,
while
he
is
with
us
.
He
is
our
friend
,
we
have
found
him
to
be
so
,
and
a
special
friend
too
:
men
in
the
World
are
not
willing
to
forego
a
Friend
,
a
good
Friend
:
he
is
as
faithful
,
skilful
,
powerful
,
and
tender
hearted
a
Friend
as
ever
a
people
had
,
he
stuck
by
us
when
also
we
had
been
in
a
woe
case
,
Psal.
124.1
.
If
it
had
not
been
the
Lord
,
who
was
on
our
side
may
Israel
now
say
.
And
had
not
the
Lord
been
on
our
side
,
may
New-England
now
say
.
He
is
a
Father
,
and
a
tender-hearted
Father
,
Isai.
63.16
,
Doubtless
thou
art
our
Father
.
Can
children
be
willing
their
Father
should
leave
them
?
he
is
a
Husband
,
Isai.
54.5
.
For
thy
Maker
is
thy
Husband
,
a
loving
,
careful
,
tender
husband
too
;
can
the
Wise
be
willing
to
part
with
her
Husband
?
if
the
Lord
forsake
us
,
we
are
bereft
of
our
friend
,
left
friendless
,
he
is
all
friends
in
one
,
none
can
be
our
friend
,
if
he
be
not
.
If
he
leave
us
,
we
shall
be
as
Orphans
,
for
he
is
related
as
a
Father
,
and
how
sad
is
the
state
of
poor
Orphans
:
and
we
shall
be
in
a
state
of
Widow-hood
,
a
very
solitary
,
and
sorrowful
state
.
He
is
our
guide
,
and
our
pilot
;
what
will
become
of
the
blind
if
their
guid
leave
them
?
and
what
will
become
of
the
Ship
if
the
Pilot
desert
it
?
thus
the
Lord
is
to
his
,
and
well
may
he
say
,
as
Mic.
6.3
.
Oh
my
People
what
have
I
done
?
or
wherein
have
I
wearied
thee
,
or
given
thee
any
cause
to
be
weary
of
me
.
3.
Consider
there
are
shrewd
signs
of
Gods
intent
to
leave
us
,
unless
somewhat
be
done
.
If
you
enquire
what
?
I
Answer
:
1.
The
sins
for
which
God
hath
forsaken
others
are
rife
amongst
us
.
The
sins
for
which
God
forsook
the
Jews
,
are
our
sins
.
1.
Horrid
Pride
,
Hos.
5.5
.
The
Pride
of
Israel
doth
testifie
to
his
face
.
Pride
in
Parts
,
and
pride
of
Hearts
,
pride
in
Apparel
,
and
Vestures
,
and
in
Gestures
,
and
in
Looks
,
how
lofty
are
their
eyes
!
New-England
is
taken
notice
of
abroad
,
for
as
proud
a
People
,
of
a
professing
people
,
as
the
World
affords
.
When
a
People
are
humble
the
Lord
will
say
with
them
.
If
our
immunities
,
which
are
Gods
mercies
,
puffe
us
up
,
God
will
empty
us
:
he
will
blast
that
to
us
that
we
are
proud
of
.
2.
Deep
and
high
Ingratitude
.
Do
you
thus
requite
the
Lord
?
Deut.
32.6
.
So
the
Prophet
Hosea
taxes
them
,
Hos.
2
,
8.
God
gave
her
Corn
,
and
Wine
,
and
Oyl
,
silver
and
Gold
,
but
she
consumed
them
on
Baal
.
We
have
been
blest
but
hath
God
had
the
glory
of
our
blessings
.
3.
Oppression
.
Amos
8.4
.
Ye
that
swallow
up
the
needy
.
These
Jews
were
like
the
Fishes
,
the
greater
did
devour
the
less
.
Some
are
like
wild
Beasts
,
like
Wolves
that
tear
off
the
fleece
,
and
eat
the
flesh
of
the
Flocks
.
There
is
more
justice
to
be
found
in
hell
,
then
amongst
some
men
on
earth
:
for
there
is
no
innocent
person
oppressed
there
.
4.
Weariness
of
Gods
Ordinances
.
Amos
8.5
.
When
will
the
Sabbath
be
done
?
They
that
are
weary
of
the
service
of
God
,
and
the
Ordinances
of
God
,
they
are
weary
of
God
.
God
indeed
hath
fed
us
to
the
full
,
as
to
Ordinances
:
and
we
are
glutted
,
and
surfeited
,
and
have
lost
our
esteem
.
When
mens
Commodities
bare
but
a
little
price
in
a
place
,
they
will
remove
the
market
!
if
Gospel
Ordinances
are
but
a
cheap
commodity
,
have
lost
their
price
,
and
men
are
weary
of
them
:
God
will
let
out
his
Vineyard
to
another
People
.
If
our
mercies
become
our
burdens
,
God
will
ease
us
of
them
.
5.
Cousenage
in
mens
dealings
,
making
the
Ephah
small
,
and
the
Shêkel
great
,
selling
the
refuse
of
Wheat
,
Amos
8.5
,
6.
They
pick
out
the
best
Grain
for
themselves
,
and
the
refuse
is
to
sell
.
6.
Idolatry
,
which
is
Spiritual
Adultery
,
and
is
there
nothing
of
this
?
chusing
of
new
Gods
.
7.
Incorrigibleness
,
or
opposition
of
a
spirit
of
reformation
.
When
God
calls
to
a
People
to
return
,
by
repentance
,
but
they
will
go
on
still
in
their
sin
:
God
calls
to
them
by
his
judgments
,
and
by
his
Rod
;
but
they
will
not
hear
,
as
't
is
Ier.
5.3
.
Thou
hast
stricken
them
,
but
they
have
not
grieved
;
thou
hast
consumed
them
,
but
they
have
refused
to
receive
Correction
:
they
have
made
their
faces
harder
than
a
Rock
,
they
have
refused
to
return
.
When
it
is
thus
with
a
People
,
God
will
pluck
up
and
be
gone
;
so
Ier.
7.13
,
14
Because
they
would
not
hear
,
and
would
not
answer
the
call
of
God
,
I
will
do
to
this
house
,
as
I
did
to
Shiloh
,
why
?
what
did
the
Lord
do
to
Shiloh
?
ver.
12.
Go
to
Shilch
,
and
see
what
I
did
to
it
,
for
the
wickedness
of
my
People
Israel
.
Go
,
and
view
it
,
and
you
will
see
what
he
did
,
he
left
tokens
of
his
wrath
upon
them
,
and
forsook
them
.
2.
Another
sign
of
his
intent
to
forsake
us
,
is
,
in
that
he
is
dealing
,
with
us
as
he
is
wont
to
deal
with
them
that
he
is
about
to
forsake
.
He
takes
away
those
that
are
mostly
with
him
.
He
will
take
away
his
Moses's
those
that
stand
in
the
Gap
,
and
binds
his
hands
with
their
Prayers
,
when
he
is
designed
to
pour
out
wrath
upon
a
People
:
he
will
remove
be
lights
,
when
he
is
about
to
darken
a
land
.
W●●e
men
send
away
their
Plate
and
Jewels
and
choice
things
;
it
intimates
their
intention
of
removal
3.
Another
sign
is
our
Luke
warmness
,
and
Indifferency
in
Religion
:
a
usual
forerunner
of
its
removal
When
a
People
care
not
for
God
,
and
the
things
of
God
,
he
hath
lest
them
in
some
measure
,
already
,
and
if
that
Spirit
abide
he
will
not
tarry
long
with
them
.
Vse
1
Of
Direction
.
1.
Examine
and
humble
your selves
,
for
all
your
departures
from
God
,
your
forsakings
of
him
;
humble
your selves
for
them
,
confessing
with
bitterness
your
evil
therein
bemoaning
your selves
before
the
Lord
upon
the
account
thereof
.
May
the
Lord
hear
his
People
,
from
Dan
to
Beersheba
bemoaning
themselves
,
Ephraim
like
,
then
the
Lord
will
hear
,
and
have
mercy
,
and
not
leave
us
,
for
his
Names
sake
.
2.
Judge
your selves
worthy
to
be
forsaken
,
because
of
your
forsaking
of
him
.
If
you
judge
your selves
worthy
to
be
forsaken
,
God
will
not
judge
you
worthy
to
be
forsaken
,
1
Cor.
11.31
.
3.
Pray
the
Lord
not
to
forsake
you
,
the
Lord
is
sometimes
staid
with
Prayers
:
Prayers
have
prevailed
with
his
Majesty
often
,
and
may
do
again
.
4.
Forsake
your
sins
,
whereby
you
have
forsaken
him
.
Nothing
less
then
this
will
prevent
this
mischief
,
coming
upon
us
.
If
there
be
any
,
either
Son
or
Daughter
that
will
not
leave
their
fins
for
God
,
God
will
leave
such
.
FINIS
.