Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
Ver. 14. Go and cry unto the gods, &c.] He commandeth them not idolatry, but upbraideth them with it; layeth it in their dish, and showeth them how little they have profited by it. See the like in Deuteronomy 32:37,38 1 Kings 18:27. And were we not ready to think in our late unnatural troubles, that God had even abandoned us, whatever he may do yet, and to say of England, as he once did of Rome, Nunquam magis, iustis iudiciis, approbatum est non esse curae Deo securitatem nostrum, esse vindictam? a That God had cast away the care of our safety, but not of our utter destruction?
a Tac., Hist., lib. i. cap. 11.