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Ver. 9. Therefore will I returne, and take away my corne in the time thereof; and my wine in the sea∣son thereof, and will recover my wooll and my flaxe given to cover her nakednesse.
Because of this sin, the Lord giveth out sentence against them in diverse particulars. And first, that he will take these things from her, which were given for necessary use, and which she a∣bused, and that he will do this in a time when she expects most from them. Whence learn, 1. However the Lord communi∣cate
of his bounty with the children of men, yet he still retained the dominion of all the creatures in his own hand, that he may dispose of them at his pleasure: For, saith he, it is my corne and my wine, my wooll, and my flax, though she called all her own, v. 5. 2. Mens abuse of prosperity, especially to uphold a false Religi∣on, doth justly forefault their right thereunto before God, and doth provoke him to take away abused mercies; For, Therefore will I take away my corne, &c. 3. As Gods former bounty, will not secure prosperity to the abuser of it; (For, he will return and take away, or change his dealing, and take again his bene∣fits,) So he will take it away, even when it promiseth fairest, in the time and season thereof, when it is come to the harvest. 4. As outward mercies are given for the supply of necessity, (as to cover nakednesse) and not for fostering of luxury; So it is a special cause of Gods stroak that men do so far miscarry, because of that, without which they would be so vile: For, these things were given to cover her nakednesse, and she would be vile with∣out them, and yet she abused them; and therefore God will take them away.