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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45340	Samaria's downfall, or, A commentary (by way of supplement) on the five last verses of the thirteenth chapter of Hosea wherein is set forth, Ephraim's dignity, duty, impenitency, and downfall : very suitable to, and seasonable for, these present times, where you have the text explained, sundry cases of conscience cleared, many practical observations raised (with references to such authors as clear any point more fully) : and a synopsis or brief character of the twenty kings of Israel, with some useful inferences from them / by Thomas Hall ...	Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665.	1660 (1660)	Wing H440; ESTC R18060	150,640	184

King 22. 20 21. and fulfils his will wicked men oft break the will of Gods Commandement and yet fulfil the will of Gods Decree They serve his purpose and providence Materially when Formally and Intentionally they seek themselves As Iosephs Brethren did in selling Ioseph and the Babylonians when they carried the Jews into captivity and the Jews in crucifying Christ Act. 4. 27 28. Per accidens they did Gods will but perse their own 2 God often warns even wicked men before hee simte them God sends the Prophet Iehu here to tell Baasha of the evil that shall befall him before it comes 3 Wicked men are ungrateful men Baasha here sins against God who had exalted him from the dust and raised him from a contemptible condition to bee a Prince over Israel But hee instead of worshipping and acknowledging the God of his mercies worships Calves This sinning against mercy is often noted as a sad aggravation of sin As in Saul 1 Sam. 15. 17. In David 2 Sam. 12. 7 8. and Asa 2 Chron. 16. 7 8. 4 God is most true in his Threatnings Not one of them shall fall to the ground unfulfilled God threatned to root up the house of Ieroboam and now it is done Hee threatned to root up Baasha's posterity and it is done 1 King 16. 3 11. As all the Promises of God are most true and shall in due time bee fulfilled so all his Threatnings are most true and shall in their time bee fulfilled 5 Idolatry brings judgement upon a mans posterity No sin sooner than this as appears by the second Commandement Ieroboam thought to have setled the Kingdome on his posterity but his Idolatry roots up his family and the Kingdome is transferred to another stock So true is that Isa. 14. 20. The seed of evil doers shall never bee renowned Bildad speaking of the calamities of the wicked saith They shall neither have Son nor Nephew amongst the people Job 18. 19. Their fruit shall bee destroyed from the Earth and their seed from amongst the children of men Psal. 21. 10. 37. 28. 109. 13. 6 Parity in sin brings parity in punishment Baasha walks in Ieroboams steps and meets with Ieroboams plagues his house is ruined as the house of Ieroboam was Baasha cut off Ieroboams seed and Zimri cuts off his 1 King 16. 3 4 9. 4 Baasha being dead Elah the wicked Son of a wicked Father succeeds him Hee reigns two years current and is slain by his servant Zimri in the very act of drunkenness 1 King 16. 9. and that there might none bee left to avenge his death Zimri slaies all his house friends and kindred v. 11 12. and this hee did presently that hee might not bee prevented as indeed he had been for within few daies himself was burnt v. 13. Quest. But why was Elah thus punisht Answ. For the sins of his Father and for his own sins wherewith hee made Israel to sin v 13. Obs. 1 God sometimes smites wicked men dead in the very act of their sin So hee did Elah here in his drunkenness so hee did Am●●● 2 Sam. 13. 28 29. And Belshazzar Dan. 5. 2 30. When wicked men are most secure then judgement is nearest when men least dream of death then it comes and arrests them Luk. 12. 20. It is infinite patience that the Lord bears with any of us The Angels sinned but once and they were cast out of Heaven ●dam sinned but once and was cast out of Paradise wee have multiplied transgressions and yet behold wee live Admire the riches of Gods patience and let it lead us to repentance else that God which slew Elah in the act of his sin may also slay thee hee that slew Zimri and Cozbi in the act of uncleaanness if thou act such wickedness may slay thee hee that made the Earth to devour Corah and his followers for their opposing Moses and Aaron will not alwaies bear with our revilers of Magistracy and Ministery Obs. 2 When wee rebel against God then men rebel against us If Elah rise against his Lord and Master in Heaven Zimri his servant shall rise against Elah his Lord and Master on Earth So Ioash and Ammon two wicked Kings of Iudah were slain by their own servants All creatures are Gods servants if their Lord bee against us they are against us if hee bee for us they are for us This is the reason why subjects are more seditious and rebellious in Popish and Heathenish Countries it is because their Rulers rebel against God and therefore God in his just judgement stirs up some to rebel against them 3 Idols are vanities Elah provoked God to anger with his vanities vers 13. i. e. With his Idols Idol-gods in Scripture are oft called Vain things 1 Sam. 12. 21. and Vanity Deut. 32. 21. Jer. 8. 19. Isa. 41. 28. Nothing 1 Cor. 8. 4. An Idol is something Materially it is wood stone brass or gold but Formally it is nothing They have nothing of a God in them their Deity wholly consisteth in the Idolaters vain opinion 2 They can neither do good nor evil they can neither hurt nor help and so are nothing Psal. 115. 5. and Isa. 41. 23. and therefore the confidence that is placed in them is a vain confidence and they that serve them are bereft of true understanding in which respect they are said to bee vain 2 King 17. 15. 5 Zimri having slain his Master gate into his Throne Hee had been but seven daies in it when to save the Executioner a labour hee burns himself with the Royal Palace that neither hee nor it might fall into his enemies hands This may bee counted in our daies Roman but it is no Christian nor commendable valour When dangers beset us wee should humble our selves before God and beseech him either to mitigate the affliction or to give us strength to bear it and then bee it what it will wee may bid it welcome Obs. 1 Tyrants and Traitors usually reign not long Zimri's date is but seven daies The Roman Emperours were cruel and tyrannical of sixty three onely six of them died a natural death As if they had been exalted to those seats for no other end saith one Nisi ut ●itius interficerentur that their daies might bee shortened No violent thing is permanent wee seldome see an old Tyrant though for a time by fraud and force they may shift yet in the end divine Justice findes them out 2 Wicked men are Gods Rod. And when it hath done Gods work the Rod is burnt So it was with Zimri here God raised him up to cut off Baasha's stock and when that is done himself is cast into the fire 3 No fortifications can preserve wicked men from destruction Zimri gets into Tirzah a fortified City and then into the Kings Palace there and there hee burns Had wee all the power and policy of all the Princes and Politicians of the world for