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1 With Conquest by enemies. Our Savi∣our told Jerusalem. The day shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench a∣bout thee, and compasse thee round, and keepe thee in on every side: And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children with thee, and thou shall not have in thee one stone upon another, because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation, Luk. 9. 43, 44.
2 Desolation, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou
that killest the Prophets & stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have ga∣thered thy childrē together, even as a hen gathe¦reth her chickens under her wings, & ye would not? Behold your house is left unto you desolate, Mat. 23. 37, 38. it is likely, by, house, is ment, the Temple; & by being Desolate, having no more Prophets, and messengers from God; (because he addes verse 39 For ye shall not see me henceforth &c.) which if it be, you may apply this place to the punishment which immediately followes, viz.
3 Deniall of the meanes of grace, such as Preaching &c. Paul and Barnabas told the Jewes at Antioch It was necessary, that the Word of G••d should first have been spoken unto you: but, seeing ye put it from you, and judge your selves unworthy of everlasting life, loe we turn to the Gentiles, Act. 13. 46. Imagine they had said thus, We were cōmanded to speak to you, first, whether you would heare* 1.1, and whether you would forbeare; you were to have the refusall of the Gospel. and we had com∣mission withall, if any were not worthy to let our peace returne to us, Matt. 10. 13. now as for our parts, we did not judge you unwor∣thy, We judge nothing before the time, 1 Cor. 4. 5. but seeing, by rejecting our letters of pardon, you yourselves have therein judged your selves to be those, who are unworthy,
we take the word: we are now at liberty to goe to the Gentiles.
4 Deniall of Grace it selfe. If thou hadst knowne, even thou, at lest in this thy day, the things that belong unto thy peace: but now they are hid from thine eyes, Luk: 19. 42. They are the words of our Saviour to Jerusalem.
So in John ch. 12, 35. he sayes to the Jewes, Walke while ye have the light, lest darknesse come upon you. What a madnesse is it, for a man that is walking in the darke, when another comes by with a lanterne, to stand still, and not make use of the op∣portunity! but especially if that party free∣ly offer to light him home. How can such a man either expect that that party should tarry for him, having elsewhere to goe; or find any fault in providence, if he loose his way, or meet with a fall. Our Saviour saith, that it is The condemnation of those that beleeve not the Gospel, (or the maine condemning thing in that their sinne) that they are so froward, as, when Light is come into the world, to love darkenesse rather then light, Joh. 3. 19.
5 Denyall both of GRACE and glory. Our Saviour in his parable of a man, that made a Supper, and invited divers, who pretending worldly busines, refused to come, brings in the master of the feast, speaking thus, I say
unto you, that none of those men that were biddē shall taste of my Supper, Luk. 14, 24. Those men which were bidden] 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, THOSE men; and 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, Those men which were BIDDEN: it seems to be spoken with an Emphasis of much anger, and detestation. Doubtlesse, Christ would be much displea∣pleased, when he knocks at a mans doore, not to be let in to suppe with him. Rev. 3. 20. but woe to that man who is invited to supper with Christ, and scornes to goe. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvati∣on? Heb. 2. 3.
Ezek. 2. 5.