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Vers. 19. O LORD to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilder∣nesse, and the flame hath burnt all the trees of the field.
20. The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wildernesse.
The fifth argument is, that the Prophet foreseeing, and lay∣ing this stroak to heart, could not but cry to God, considering how these insects, or the drought, had like a fire consumed all
the pastures, even in the deserts; how the trees were burnt up; and how the beasts were made to cry through want of drink and pasture. Whence learn, 1. They who invite others to mourne, would essay it themselves, and Ministers would be affected with the judgements which they denounce in Gods Name, that so their example may be a mean to affect others; Therefore the Prophet draweth an argument to repentance from his own pra∣ctice, O Lord, to thee will I cry. 2. The Lords anger is a dreadfull party, and can easily consume all creatures, to ruine the sinner that will not repent; for, here it makes pastures and trees be burnt up as with a fire, and drieth up rivers of waters. 3. As the cries of beasts in their necessity, is expounded by God, as di∣rected to him, Job 38.41. Psal. 104.27, 28. & 147.9. that so he may much more encourage needy sinners to come to him: So the distresse and perplexity of beasts, should stir us up to be sensible, and their cries to God in their kinde, when they are in want, should make men ashamed to lie behinde in their duty: for, saith the Prophet. O Lord, unto thee will I cry, because the beasts of the field cry also unto thee. 4. This smiting of all crea∣tures by God, and their crying to him in straits, may also teach us, what the alsufficiency of God is, from whom the ordinary and daily provision of all creatures cometh, and who can take it away, or restore it at his pleasure. See Psal. 104.27, 28. and 145.15.