Doctrine I.
That, Sometimes Gods Israel, Gods own endeared People, may lie, as it were among the Pots, in deepest Distresses and Afflictions.
This Doctrinal Lesson is evidently fluent from the first Branch of the Text. For Unfolding and Impro∣ving whereof, I shall chiefly Manifest. 1. That, Gods People being in deep Distresse and Afflictions, is like ly∣ing among the Pots. 2. Why God suffers his Church and dearest People sometimes thus to lie as among the Pots, in deepest distresses and tribulations. 3. What Inferences may readily result here upon.
I. That, The lying of Gods endeared People in deepest Distresses and Afflictions, is like lying among the Pots. For,
1. They that lie among the Pots are in a very low, mean and abject condition; Scullions, of the meanest rank, are wont in the Camp or Leaguer to lie among the Pots: So they, that are in deep Distresses and Af∣flictions,