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A89517	A brief commentarie or exposition upon the prophecy of Obadiah, together with usefull notes / delivered in sundry sermons preacht in the church of St. James Garlick-Hith London. By Edward Marbury, the then pastor of the said church.	Marbury, Edward, 1581-ca. 1655.	1650 (1650)	Wing M566; Thomason E587_11; ESTC R206281	147,938	211

man is he that desireth life and loveth many dayes Psa 24.12 13. that he may see good Keep thy tongue from evill But of all kind of evill speaking against our brother this sinne of Edom to sharpen an enemie against our brother in the day of his sorrow and distresse this opening of the mouth wide against him to insult over him in his calamity is most barbarous and unchristian Yet I denie not but that God giveth matter of joy to his Church when he destroyeth the enemies thereof and it may be sometimes lawfull to open our mouthes wide in the praise of God for the destruction of the ungodly as I finde joy in the Campe of Israel for the devouring of proud and cruell Pharaoh and his Armies in the Rea-Sea Then Moses taught them a Song Exo 15. not only of thanksgiving unto God but of insultation over those enemies wherein they said Pharaohs Chariots and his Hoast hath he cast into the Sea his chosen Captaines also are drowned in the Red-Sea The depths have covered them he sanke into the bottome as a stone The horse and his Rider hath he throwne into the Sea This was the first Song that we do read of in holy Scripture the ancientest Song that is extant in the world upon record And therefore it is a Type of the jubilation of the Saints in heaven for the destruction of the Beast and it said that they Sing the Song of Moses the servant of God Rev. 15.3 for there was more cause of joy in the whole Church for the fall of the Beast then Israel had for the fall of King Pharaoh for indeed that of Israel was but a type of this But Moses was warrant enough for the one and the same spirit which directed Moses shall authorize the other Yet here is a dangerous way and exceeding slippery and wonderfull circumspection must be used and Davids caution I said I will take heed that I offend not in my tongue for Christ hath put a duty upon us which in his Evangelicall law to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to speake well and do well There is in the enemies with whom we have to doe a double opposition which maketh a double quarrel 1 They are opposite to God himselfe when they oppugne the Church of God or any member of that Church for Gods sake this is Gods quarrell 2 When they personally violate the servants of God in life goods or good name this is our quarrell whether in passion the case be ours or our brothers in compassion There is a double respect to be had to enemies 1 As they are men 2 As they are enemies This ground being layed these conclusions do result concerning this point 1 That no man ought to rejoyce at the ruine and destruction of a man as he is a man for this is a naturall tye that bindeth us one to another and Religion doth not unbind the bonds of nature rather it is religatio and tyeth them much faster The reason is for though the Image of God in which man was created were much defaced in the fall of man yet was it not wholly extinguished for the image of the Trinity is an indelible character it cannot be wholly lost not in the reprobate I may adde not in the damned for even they also are the workmanship of God Therefore as they are the creatures of God we do owe them love and pity in honour of the Image of God in them and ought not rejoyce to to see the blemishes of Gods Image So the Samaritane shewed kindnesse to the Jew that fell among Theeves although as the woman of Samaria said they converse not together And so Jacob cursed the cruel furie of his sonnes for destroying the Shechemites though Aliens from Israel and usurping their land And so God hating both the Moabite and the Edomite yet he avenged the cause of them against the King of Moab saying For three transgressions of Moab Amos 2.1 and for foure I will not turne away the punishment thereof because he burnt the bones of the King of Edom into lime But I will send a fire upon Moab and it shall devoure the Palaces of Kerioth And to go lower when the rich man in hell-fire saw Abraham afar off and besought him for helpe he answered him by that loving compellation Son thou in thy life time c. hell would not take that from him but that he was Abrahams sonne according to the flesh And whilst we live here we ought much rather to doe all offices of humanity to our enemies because they are men and because only God knoweth who are his and they may be converted and come into the Vineyard at the last houre 2 As they are enemies 1 We consider them as Gods enemies so we hate them not their persons but their vices for that as Augustine defineth it is odium perfectum a perfect hatred and indeed it is the hatred that God beareth to his enemies For the wrath of God from heaven is revealed against the unrighteousnesse and ungodlinesse of men not against their persons they are his workmanship and carry his Image in some sort though much disfigured but against the unrighteousnesse and ungodlinesse of men by which their persons do stand obnoxious to his displeasure And thus I find the Saints of God have insulted over the wicked as Israel over Pharaoh and the Gileadites over the children of Ammon Rom. 1.18 not rejoycing in the destruction of Gods creatures but of Gods enemies and wishing with Deborah and Bareck So let all all thine enemies perish O Lord. This is no mo●e but an applauding of the judgment of God and a celebration of his justice and of this we have examples both in the Militant and in the Triumphant Church 1 In the Militant Babylon where the Israel of God were captives and despightfully intreated and where they hung up their Harpes and were scornefully and sarcasmatically required to sing one of the songs of Sion is thus insulted over O daughter of Babylon who art to be wasted Rom. 1 18 happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us Happy shall he be Psa 137.8 that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones Lift ye up a Banner upon the high mountains Isa 13 2. exalt the voice unto them shake the hand I have commanded my sanctified ones Jer. 50.2 I have also called my mighty ones for my anger Declare ye among the Nations and publish and set up a Standard publish and conceale not say Babylon is taken Bel is confounded Merodach is broken in peeces c. In the triumphant Church Rejoice over her thou heaven Rev. 18.20 And ye holy Apostles and Prophets for God hath avenged yea on her Yet I will not conceale from you that many learned expositors of the Revelation do understand this Text of the Militant Church But no doubt the Saints judging the world