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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55228	A commentary on the prophecy of Micah by Edward Pocock ...	Pococke, Edward, 1604-1691.	1677 (1677)	Wing P2663; ESTC R8469	247,381	128

of his own house For the Son dishonoreth the Father Not only those that are equal with a man but those also that are inferior to him and depend on him and are by all Laws of duty most bound to respect him and to endeavor to preserve his safety and reputation cast off all the respects that they ow by the Laws of God and nature as in these relations here mentioned and are ready to do him all disgrace despite and mischeif So that he need fear not only enemies from abroad in his own house and family he shall find them even among those from whom he might expect the greatest love and respect Much the same expressions in W ch the Prophet here bewails the corruption of his times doth our Saviour use in declaring such perillous times as should be under the Gospell also Matth. X. 21. and vers 35 36. And his counsel to be wise as Serpents and harmless as Doves and to beware of men there vers 16. and 17. agrees well with our Prophets caution here not to trust in any of them By the enumeration of these several instances is made good what was said vers 2. the good man is perished out of the Earth and there is none upright among men and that may seem sufficient for the connexion between these and the preceding words Yet others not unfitly make these words to follow as a more full explication of that perplexity which vers 4. he said should be upon or among them viz. that so great it should be as should make them forget all Londs of relation all duties owing from one to another and every one shifting for themselves and looking after their own concerns and safety take no care of nor shew any respect to those whom they owed most to but so behave themselves towards them as if they were strangers and enemies so that there was need of cautioning them that would be safe not to put confidence in any of them What some would have this caution to import that they should not trust or put confidence in their false Frophets who by fair speeches would deceive them and with feigned words make merchandise of them may by way of inference be accomodated viz. If the nearest relations shall not be faithfull much less will it be safe to put trust in those whose end is to deceive but is not that which the Letter seems to aim at 7 Therefore I will look unto the Lord I will wait for the God of my salvation my God will hear me Therefore will I look unto the Lord c. The times being so corrupt and such danger from all sort of men no fidelity in no security from even those who ought to be a mans greatest helps and supports what shall a man do whither shall he betake himself for refuge The Prophet speaking as of himself in the person of any godly and prudent man or of the true Israel or Gods People or Ierasalem or in the person of that Nation in captivity leads by his example the way and shews that God alone is to be trusted on in such times of difficulty who is a rock of Salvation a sure refuge and in his due time will not fail to hear and answer them who wait on him as shall be best for them he will not fail or frustrate their expectation they shall not in vain rely on him The Prophet having hitherto denounced judgments now according to the custom of the Prophets draws towards his conclusion with consolatory words and promises 8 ¶ Rejoice not against me O mine enemy when I fall I shall arise when I sit in darkness the Lord shall be a light unto me 9 I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him until he plead my cause and execute judgement for me he will bring me forth to the light and I shall behold his righteousness Rejoice not against me O mine enemy c. It will easily be conceived that the Prophet here speaks in the person of the Church or Nation of the Jews looking on her self as now under hard pressures and in that captivity under the hand of her enemies which the Prophets had foretold and bid her to expect and in that regard comparing her self to a poor distressed dejected woman and her enemies to a proud imperious insolent dame insulting over her as quite cast off and given up irrecoverably to destruction and destitute of all hope Who is her enemy that she speaks to Babylon say many more particularly which led her captive and triumphed over her Others understand it rather of Idumaea or the Edomites who are every where set forth as the most inveterate enemies of Israel that had a perpetual hatred against them And though they themselves were not able to do them so much mischeif as others yet they made it up in spite and when ever any calamity befell them rejoiced greatly at it and insulted over them and did the best they could to help against them Obad. ver 10 11 c. That both of these may be here well joined under that title may appear by what is said respecting both of them Psal. CXXXVII 7 8. Nor will it be inconvenient to take in with them any other that did shew like hatred to the Jews at that time and rejoiced at their calamity all those her enemies whose behavior towards her is described Lam. II. 16 17. Some of the Jews will have particularly to be meant Rome or the Romans whom they usually call Edomites and under that name comprehend other Christians whom they look on as their greatest enemies and expect and pray for their destruction more earnestly then for that of the Mahometans or any other and have much less kindness for But there is more then expression of their hatred to them in this their interpretation for from this granted they would make an argument to perswade that the Messiah is not yet come at whose coming they expect that these their enemies shall be totally destroyed That which she saith to her enemy is Rejoice not against me c. She represseth the enemies taunts and takes comfort to her self from her assurance that things shall not alwaies continue in that condition with either of them as they now are but there shall be a change to her for better by the mercy of God to whom she will turn by repentance and stedfastly cleave and to her insulting enemy who contemned God and despitefully used his People for the worse by his Justice in due time exserting it self though for a while conniving at them or making use of them for the correction of his children and bringing about his ends for his own glory not to give them cause of boasting of themselves and their own might Of such Gods method in correcting his People and taking vengeance on those whom he makes use of as his instruments for that end when they grow proud and