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Apfe Sermon. 71elcah, ler. ^, 2 J ytS, 29 yS 0,^1. As a cage isfull ofbirdsfo aretheir houfofuU ofdeceit : He means wealthhoarded up by diflioneft gaine, therefore they are betomegreat,and maxen rich: They are waxen fat, theyfhine,yea,thcy overpaffe the deeds of the wicked: theyjudge not the catife ofthefatherleffe,yet they proffer, andthe right of the needy, they doe not jftdge.shall I not ^uifitethefe things^ faith the LO RD?shall not my foide Be avenged enfuch a nation as this?asifhchadfaid, I will be moft ccrtainely, andfeverelyrevenged of it. k_A wonderfull and horriblething is committed in the Land, theProphets prophecyfalfely, and the Priefls beare rule by their meanes, andmy people love to have ttfo. ^yindwhat willyou doe inthe end thereof? CAiicah ^.9, 10,11, 12. Bearerthis,Ipraf you, yeheads oftheho;ife ofjacoh.^and Princesofthe hoafe cf Ifrael, that abhorre judgement, andpervert alleqnity. They buildup Sion with blood, andlerufalem with iniquity. The heads thereofjudge forreward Jand the Priefls thereof teach for hire ; andtheProphets thereofdivine for money ^ yet will they learnupon the LO RD, and fay , is not the LORD amongfius ? None evill can come upon us.Therefore fhaU Sionfor your fake beplowed up as afeld^ anh lerufalem jhallbecome heapes, andthe mountaines ef the houfe as thehigh places of the forreB,Unrighteous Minifters alfo, as well as wickedMagiftrates doe agreac deale of mifchife to a State,and haften captivity. Their unjuft dealings intheir place, are by fo much the more peftilent,by how much the condition of their calling is of itsowne nature moft excellent, Degeneratio optimipefma, K 3 Sec