Again, where any Interest is so connected with shedding Blood, that the Cry of innocent Blood goes also with it; he points out their Care to keep innocent Blood from crying against them, in the Similitude of a Man's stopping his Ears to prevent a Sound from entering his Head; _They stop their Ears from hearing Blood_: And where they know that Wickedness is committed, he points out with Care, that they do not by an unguarded Friendship with the Authors of it, appear like unconcerned Lookers on, but as People so deeply affected with Sorrow, that they cannot endure to stand by and behold it; this he represents in the Similitude of a Man _shutting his Eyes from seeing Evil_. _Who amongst us shall dwell with devouring Fire? Who amongst us shall dwell with everlasting Burnings? He that walketh righteously and speaketh uprightly. He that despiseth the Gain of Oppressions, that shaketh his Hands from holding of Bribes, that stoppeth his Ears from hearing of Blood, and shutteth his Eyes from seeing Evil_, Isa. xxxiii. 15. He proceeds in the Spirit of Prophecy to shew how the Faithful, being supported under Temptations, would be preserved from that Defilement that there is in the Love of Money; that as they who in a reverent Waiting on God, feel their Strength renewed, are said to _mount upward_; so here their Preservation from the Snare of unrighteous Gain, is represented in the Likeness of a Man, borne up above all crafty, artful Means of getting the Advantage of another; _They shall dwell on high_; and points out the Stability and Firmness of their Condition; _His Place of Defence shall be the Munition of Rocks_; and that under all the outward Appearances of Loss, in denying himself of gainful Profits for Righteousness Sake, yet through the Care of him who provides for the Sparrows, he should have a Supply answerable to his infinite Wisdom; _Bread shall be given him, his Waters shall be sure_. And as our Saviour mentions the Sight of God to be attainable by _the Pure in Heart_, so here the Prophet pointed out, how in true Sanctification the Understanding is opened, to behold the peaceable harmonious Nature of his Kingdom; _thine Eyes shall see the King in his Beauty_: And that looking beyond all the Afflictions which attend the Righteous, to _a Habitation eternal in the Heavens_, they with an eye divinely open _shall behold the Land that is very far off_. _He shall dwell on high, his Place of Defence shall be the Munition of Rocks, Bread shall be given him, his Waters shall be sure. Thine Eyes shall see the King in his Beauty; they shall behold the Land that is very far off_, Isa. xxxiii. 16. I often remember, and to me the Subject is awful, that the great Judge of all the Earth doeth that which is right, and that he, _before whom the Nations are as the Drop of a Bucket_, is _no Respecter of Persons_. Happy for them, who like the inspired Prophet, _in the Way of his Judgments wait for him_, Isa. xxvi. 8.