Hath he smitten him] God dealeth not so roughly in chastising them, as he doth in taking vengeance on their adversaries by whom he chastised them: partly, because he mixeth judgement with mercy to the one; Hab. 3. 2. whereas he ministreth justice without such allay to the other. vers. 11. James 2:13. partly, because after some time of chastisement over, he restoreth the one; vers. 6. 13. whereas he utterly and irrecoverably destroyeth the other. vers. 11. Chap 26. 14, 19. as he smote those that smote him] Heb. according to the stroke of those. Chap. 10 26.