Isaiah 16

REFLECTIONS UPON CHAP. XVI.—How unwilling is God that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance! Injustice towards God or men is a ready mean for depriving us of all we have. Never do any protect or cherish the people of God in their distress, but he remarkably rewards them in kind. Nor is it ever wise to stand aloof from them; for, though they fall, they shall quickly arise; though now they wither, anon they shall flourish in glory and honour. When sin abounds, rage against the church flames, and pride towards destruction and anguish are at the door; and carnal mirth shall quickly be turned into weeping and wailing. And, when God rises up to punish the guilty, no idol can help, avert, or defer, his stroke