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Matthew Poole — Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1
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Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 1681
I The Princes and Judges laſt mentioned. »» They ſhal take no root, asit follows, for Planting and Sowirg are in order to taking root, and are neceſſary to it. They ſhal not continue and flouriſh, as they have vainly imagined, but ſha] be rooted up and periſh, as is declared in the reſt ofthe Verſe, » Blaſt them, a…
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f What man or God? Was it not my alone work > The Ido's 14-141&@%» were ſo far from aſliſting me, that they did their utmoſt to oppoſe me in it. £ Into Beeing and Power, ſtirring up his Spirit, and for a man of Righteouſneſs, as Pride is put for a Proud man, Pſal. But who this Perſon is, is much difpured by Iaterpr…
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| on may ſeem to receive ſome contenance from wer. 5. 6. which a= grees wel! ro the practice of the Canaanites and Neighbouring Nati- ons; who upon Jraels March towards them were tilled with great * Conſternation, and uſed all poſſible diligence in ſeeking both co their Idols, and ro Men for helpagainſt them, as we…
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5 The iſles t ſaw 3t #, and feared x ; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came y. e Even remot Countries, as ver. 1- » Diſcerned the mighty Work of God in delivering his People, and overthrowing their E- nemies, in ſo wondecderful a manner. x Leſt they ſhould be in- volved in the ſame Calamity, as …
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25 I have raifed up x one y from the north, and he ſhall come : from the riſing of the Sun ſhall he |[call up- on my name z, and he ſhall come «por: princes as »pon morter 4, and as the potter treadeth clay, _ | , x You neither foreknow nor can do ary thing. ButI do now forete), and vill certaily eff:& a great Rev…
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ſengers- the ſingular namber being here pur for the plural, as ir is in many other places, to wit, my Prophets who ſhall forerel the - 28 For I beheld m, and rhere ivas no man n, even FH; amongſt them, and therewas no counſeller s, that when recurs. ten they uſed to be Carved or Poliſhed and Adorned : but under -. …
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wiltdo wnto or in or with or according zo ( for this prepoſition 1$ ofed all thoſe ways ) truth, 3. e. truly and fairhfully, nor conceal- ing nor corrupting it, asfalſe Teachers commonly do. So this 1s a CharaQter, like that which is given te Chriſt, Mar- 22. 16- Theu art true and teacheft the way cf God in trath: …
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f Heb. Jehovah : Who have all becing in and of my ſelf, and give bzeing to all my Creatures, and to all my promiſes, as this name I1gnifiess The everlaſting, and unchange«ble, and Omniporent God, who therefore both czn, and will fulfil all my premiſes, and plead the cauſe, and ſetup the Kingdom of my Son inſpighr o…
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g This may be underſtood ei: her, 1. Of che Converted Gentiles ; who ſhall be turned back from. their former ſinful courſe, and ſhall ſincerely grieve, and be aſhamed that they did truf, &c. as the word may be rendred; that they ſhould ever be guilty of ſuch wicked- neſs and madneſs to Worſhip and Truſt in Idols: O…
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not : for I have redecined thee c, I have called theeby. thy name 4, thou art mines s Bue notwithſtanding thy groſs inſ-nſibleneſs under former judgments, for which T mighe juſtly tend far heavier ones upon thee; yet | will deal mercifully with thee. b That made thee his p20. ple, 2nd that in ſo miraculous a manne…
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or let them hear and ſay, 1: is truth y. n--- r To plead the cauſe of their Idols with me: s This wonderful work of mine in bringing my people ovt of Capriviry, which I have already foretold, and ſhall furcher declare; and thar ſoexaCt- ly, that I fhall name the perſon by whom this work ſhall be begun, even Cyrus,…
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rances are ſcarce worth of your remembrance and conſideration. Which expoſition is confirmed ty two parallel Texts, Fer. 16. I4, 15. and 23: 7, 8. Fremall which Texts laid together irappears, thar this Jater deliverance, compared with that out of Egyps, js not to be confined to their freedom from the Babyloniſh Cap…
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moiſftned. q Or, Calamus, as this word is rendred, Exod. 3o. 23. which was *®Mal.2.17 uſcd in the making of that precious ointment, Exod. 30. 34. andas a perfume, or for the Incenſe, Exod. zo. 7. See Fer. 6. 20, The meaning of this clauſe ſeems to be this, Thou haſt been niggardly in my. ſervice, when thou haſt ſpa…
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4 My Spirit and Bleſſing, whichis frequently compard to Water ; As 2., and ſo it is expounded in the latter part of the Verſe. e Either 1.u- pon.him that deſires it. Or rather 2. upon him that is deſtitute of it; For what is here thirſty, in the next Clauſe it is called dry ground. f The gifts and gracesof my Spiri…
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13 The Carpenter » fſtretcheth out his rule: hemark- eth it with a line 0: he ficteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with a compaſs, and maketh it after the figure ofa man,according to the beauty of a man p;that it may remaing in the houſe 7. | . # He here ſpeaks ; Either 1. of the ſame Image. which is ſup-…
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lating to them. : | 15 Then ſhall it be fora man to burn: for he will take thereof and warm himſelf : yea he kindleth it,and | baketh bread ; yea, he maketh a god ; and worſhip- ' peth i# ; he maketh a graven image, and falleth down ' thereto . | u Having related the praQices of Idolaters, he now diſcovers the v…
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13. 25 That fruſtraceth the tokens of the liars q, and maketh diviners mad r;that turneth wiſe wer backward s, and maketh rheir knowledge fooliſh : 9 Of the Magicians, and Aſtrologers, and Sorcerers, who were numerous, and greatly employed and eſteemed in Badylet, 1/a. 47. 12, 13. Dan. 2. 2, 48. and who had foreto…
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# That all Nations may know it by my fortelling of theſe things ſo long before-hand z and by the wondertul Succeſs that I ſhall give thee, and by my over-ruling thine Heartand Counſels, and Vitto« ries, to the delive:ance of my People according to my Promiſe. 71 form thelight,and create darkneſs 0:1 make peace, an…
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make his People in Heaven #0 fit down to meat, and will come forth and ſerve them, Luk. 12. 17. But the Words ſeem to be berter rendred interrogatively, as they are in the Margent. and by ſome other In- terpreters, Do you, or, will you ack me of things to come concerning my Sons, and concerning the work of mine han…
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whence it was eaſlie to infer, that God would much more be gra- - cious to lus own People. Fraight. he ſhalt let go my captives, * not for price nor reward | in this Salvation. b © ſ- &, ſaith the Lord of hoſts. | _ SB " g Cyrus, who was named before, ver: T. h Not in a way of ab- Ch.44 223 ſolute Soveraignity, as…
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| ID is be aibamed x. ; a righte= 4q Or, ſbathe ſay, each orevery one of thoſe, whom he now ſaid, uſnſsand that they ſhould bow their knees to God, and ſwear by him, verſe frength, 23. Or, :xjball be (aid, ſuch a&ive Verbs being oft uſed imperſo- fHeb. nilly » By or from God alone, or the Meſſiah, who is the true …
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and compare me, that we may be like » ? | n» If you are tempted or inclined at any time to exchange Me for an ido), do me and your ſelves this Right, ſeriouſly ro coofider, Whether you can find another God, who will be more able, and more ready to do you foe than I have been ; Which if you can do, I am content you…
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a From thy Throne, as it follows. 6 Either neceſſarily, be- cauſe thou ſhalt have no higher ſeat : Or, voluntarily, as mourners do, bewailing thine approaching calamities. «c So called either, 1. Becauie ſhe had not yer been humbled and conquered. Or ra- ther, 2. Becauſe ſhe was render and delicate, as the next Clu…
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8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to plea- ſures, that dwelleſt careleſly, that ſayeſt in thine hearr, 1 am a, and noneelſe beſides me b; TI ſhall not ſit as a widow, neither ſhall T know the loſs of children c. a 1 am independent, and ſelf-ſufficient, and unchangeablez as that Phraſe implies, which t…
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birations. CHAP FLVEEL | God reproveth their hypocriſie and obRinacie by his Propheſies, 1: 8. Hz! ſpareth them for his Names ſake: And that they may learn to know him aright, 9 11, Gox's powerful Salvation a motive to Obedience, 12 17. God lamenteth their kackwaraneſs, 18. 19. Dc:liverance | out of Babylon, 20, …
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b The ſame thing is repeated again and again, becauſe this was ſo illuſtrious a Proof of the infinite Power and Providence of the God of Iſrael, and ſo clear and full a diſcovery of the vanity of Idols. c Heb. YNes fromthen (of which Phraſe ſ{-e the foregoing verſe) thine ear was not opened. 1. e. thou didſt not he…
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thing, which he gladly would but could not effe&t; Or as if he wiſhed that to be undone, which was irrecoverably paſt and done; which is a vaia and fooliſh wiſh even in a Man; and much more | are ſuch wiſhes inconſiſtent with the infinite Perfettion and Happi- neſs of the Divine Nature: But they are only Significat…
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e To wit, for multitude, according to my Promiſe, made to Abraham: Whereas now I have, for thy Sins, made thee to know my breach of Promiſe, as is ſaid, Numb. 14- 24. and greatly di- miniſhed thy Numbers. p Which come out of thy Bowels, or Belly, or Leins; for all theſe are but various Expreſſions of the ſame thin…
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were ditated to him, 1 Pef. t: 11, and unto whoa alone they be- long, as we ſhal ſce So this Chapter 1s a Prophecy of Chriſt, which alſois very proper and ſcaſonable in this place, TheProphet having at large propheſied of the Deliverance of the Jews out of Babylon ; he now proceeds further, and propheſieth of the R…
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6 And he « ſaid, ||It is a light thing t that thou ſhould- Naw $. eſt be my ſervant to raiſe up the tribes of Jacob «, und #han that to reſtore the [|| preſerved of Iſrael: I will alſo ole thee for a * light to the Gentiles, that thou mayeſt efty Sc. , Or, &« be my ſalvation x unto the. end of the earth. * r= s T…
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-anif between Jews and. Gentiles, ard by eſtabliſhing Truth and Righ- fcouſn:{s and Holineſs upon Earth, and by ſubduing thoſe luſts and + Paſſions, which are che great diſturbers of Humane Society : which 1. ' wasthe deſign of God in ſending, and of Chriſt in coming into the 1.54 {Warld, r-That defolate-places may…
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o Heb. The Children of thine orbity or barren and Childleſ.-lots"? Thoſe Children which thou ſhalt have when thou art own ET the ordinary age aud ſtate of Child-bearing, as Sarab was made the More ther of a moſt numerous Poſterity : to which he ſeems here to allude Thoſe Gentiles which ſhal be begotten by thee, to …
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1 *Rev, 14* 1 20, & 16 | 6. | Or, new wine, | The Derelizto b with him, 5, FH. 2. 2 | Tee 2Kin & I, 4 This is another Sermon began here, and continued in the next Chapter. The main ſcope of it is to vindicate Gods Juſtice, and to convince "the Jews that they were the cauſcs of all their calamities which t…
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evidentiy and eminently verificd in Chriſt; and indeed ſeem to be meant direftly of him. For ſeing there are many other Paſſages in thts Prophecy, which are dircly meant of Chriſt and of his Miniſtry, and not at all of the Prophet, why may not this be added to the number of them ? eſpecially conſidering that there …
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"Ch. $1.8% 014 as a garment : the * moth hall eat them up '# £ n That dare attemptit, or canjuſtly do it. o Mine Acculſers and Enemies. þ Shall pine away in their iniquity, as God threatned, Lev. 26.39 ſhall be cut off and conſumed by a ſe-ret curſe andJudgrent of God, which is compared to aMoth,Hoſ, 5.12whie:ſt I …
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d From his own Countric and kindred to follow me to an unknown Land, where | promiſed chat I would multiplic and bleſs him, as is particularlie <xplained, Gen. 12. rn, 2, 3» e Heb» one, either :. Him onlie of all his kindred 3 for though he carried ſome fery of them with him, yet I called none but him. So this note…
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and the worm ſhal eat them like wool b : but my righ- teouſneſs ſhal be for ever, and my ſalvation from ge- | neration to generation. #* a Your Reproachers ſhal be eafilie deſtroyed, and ſo God will re. venge your cauſc upon them, and deliver you from their Reproach- es. b Like a woollen Garment, which isſooner co…
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* ſtretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations | 9. 8. of the earth? and haſt feared continually every day, - wag 2: |ecauſe ofthefury of the oppreilor,as ithe |were ready "= " to deſtroy p? and where is the fury oi the oppreiſour 4 ? | O44; Re o And doſt not confider ihe inflaite power of that God. who mg…
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4 For thus ſaith the Lord GOD, My people went s. down aforetime into* Egypt to ſojourn there »,and 0 * the Aſſyrian p opprefſed them without caule 9. © n Where they had proteftion and ſuſtenance, and therefore owed ſubjeRion to the King of Fgypf. And yet when he oppreſſed them I puniſhed him ſeverely, and delivere…
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k Thy Miniſters who ſhali deſcry the approach and ccming of this heavenly King and Kingdom. | partly to give notice to all People of theic giad tidings : and partly by way of cxultation, to ſing forth the Praiſes of God for this glorious day and Mercy as it here follows, m They ſhall underſtand, and ſo be able to t…
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Heipnt and 5 "Ip , ants. Chriſt but cannot without great force b> applied to Teremab, we had _ oreater honour or favour Gone him by the Chaideans at the taking of ſeruſalem, than to be left at liberty to go where he pleaſed, Jer 40 4. aid who after that time met with great we pn and hardſhip from hi: own Countrey-…
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and as a root out ofa dry ground 4 3 he hath | 1- &# th. Chap. LIL | no form nor comelineſs e : and when we ſhal ſee him, there is no beauty that we ſhould defire him f. d And the reaſon or cccafion why the Jews will {5 :encrally rejet their Meſſiah, 1s becauſe he ſhall not come into the World with ſecular pomp, …
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z All mankind, the Jews no leſs than the Gentiles. uv Which are iniquities of ſimple and fooliſh Creatures, and exceeding apt to ſtraggle and #* 4/1 #0 loſe themſelves, x From God, and from the way of his Pre. er on hire cepts, in which he put our firft Parents, - and in which he com. mauded us to walk. y In genera…
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4 8 |] He was taken from priſon and from judgment e: [Orgbewas . a 2 Zakenawgy 22d who ſhal declare F hisgeneration g? for he was hy diſtreſs cut Off b out ofthe land of the living ; for the tranſ- and jadg- greflion of my people } was he ſtricken 5. nent. e Theſe words arc underſtood either, 1+ Of Chriſts Humilia…
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Joſeph, who is ſaid tobe both Rich, Mat, 27, 57. and -Sag-9romy ay 15. 43: which they conecive to be intimated as a token of Favour and Honour ſhewed tohim. Which to me ſeems not probable Parte ſy becauſe this diſagrees with the former Clauſe, which confeſſedly ſpeaks of the diſhonour which was done to him; and par…
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Son a Sacrifice, by givinghim up to death for the attonement of mens 2» 24. - | ode PS Ii. Dt» or two at moſt, excepted, where it is mentioved, And Chritt is faidto juftifie Sinners meritorioully, becauſe he purchaſech ans procur- eth it for us, as God theFather 1s commenlyſaid to doit authoritatively beeauſc he a…
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the Goſpel in which ali chat is bere ſaid was or will be remarkably fulfilled. And therefore as the foregoing Chapter doth dire&ly and literally ſpeak of Chrift, ſo dorh this literally ipeak of the Church of Chriſt, or of the Kingdom of the Mefſliah, of whom the ancieat Hebrew Do&ors underitood it. And this Church,…
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the Church of the Jews, which had been married to Godfor many |} ages, until by her Apoſtacy from God, and trom.her Meſſiah, ſhe provoked Go34 to piit her away, He alludeth here either ro the Hiſtory of Saraþ, who was long and uaturilly barren, but by the s Wirth kindneſs to thee and thy ſed through all ſucceeding …
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n Oh thou my poor Church, who haſt frequently been,and wilt | Out money, and without PriCCe. ; Te again and again be in a moſt afflicted and comtortlets candition for | # Not only Jews but Gentiles. The Propet having largely dif- a time ; be not diſcouraged thereby. o I will make thee excceozng courſed of Chriſt, ch.…
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and Happin-ſs, which is more fully promiſed in the following | yenant with you »», .even the * ſure mercies of David ». . _ «1 werieh, and which God, when he ſees fit, will confer upon his : k —_— —— and obediently to my Counſel ; hearing Cm Kon : ceing oft put for obeying, as Deut. 18, 15. 1 Sam. 15. 22, 23. Pſal. 9…
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for the holy One of Iſrael ; for he hath glorified thee 7. I Ton, O Meſſiah, of whom he now ſpake, v. 4. and to whom he ſuddenly turneth his ſpeech, as is very common inthe Prophers. | m To wit, unto thy ſelf, and to the knowledge of thy ſelf, as ap- Pears from the following words,and by theeunto acquaintance ai:d …
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may give ſeed to the fower, and bread to the eater h. f Which in its ſeaſon contributes to the fruitfulneſs of the Earth as well as the Rain. g To wit, void or without effeR, as it iscx- preſſed in the next verſe: or immediately : it is not drawn up a- gain as ſoon as it 15come tlown, but abides for a convenient ti…
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m "The ſtranger; as the jon of man is the ſame with the man. v. 2.the Gentile, who by Birth isaſtranger to God, and to the Common- wealth of rat. n» That hath rurned from dumb Idols to the living God, and to the true Religion : for ſuch ſhall be as acceptable to me as the Itraclites themſelves, and the partition-wa…
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deſired to be witer than their Teachers.k Of God's Will and Word, and of their own and the Peoples duty,and of the true Meſſiah. They are alſo ilothful and negligent in inſtrufting the people, «nd do nor faithfully reprove them for their ſins, nor warn them of their dan= gers, nor keep them from Errours and Corirup…
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3 But draw near hither 1, ye {ons of the forcerels m, the ſeed of the adu!tereſs, and the whore ». 1 To God's Tribunal, to anſwer for your ſelves, and to hear what I have to ſay againſt you, and to receive your ſentence. 2» Not by propagation, but by imitation; ſuch being frequently called a Man or Woman's Son. th…
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mnzthe der the clifts of che rocks x? whom they deſircd or expeRed help in their ſtraits. And fo the Oaks. r Heb. being enflamed, &c. luſting after them, and mad upon Prophet paſleth here from their Idolarry to another ſin, even * 2 Kings them, as the Phraſe is, Ferem. 50. 38. fervent both in making and | 0 their car…
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12 I will declare thy ri e, | for they ſhall not profit thee f.:. 4 IT will no longer be ſilent and patient towards thee. ' may be put for the Righteouſneſs of thy Works by taat fo figuce; | of which ſee the firſt note on verſe 8. whereby he means their wick« edneſs, which he calleth their Righteouſneſs, either Ir…
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deſtroy-him, and leave'him to periſh in his own ways, yet of my meer Mercy, and for my own Namts ſake, I will piry them, and them from their fins, and bring them out of their troubles. c Or, to wit, | the copulatiye Conjun&ion being put expolitiveiy, & it is frequently: : 4. To -thoſe who are humbled under God's H…
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thers, either hard Service, above the ſtrength of your Servants, or beyond the time limited by God for their dervice, of which ſeean Inſtance, Jer. 34. 13, 14, 15, 16. or debts, v hich you require either withuſury, orat leaſt with rigour and cruelty, when either the ge- neral Law of Charity, or God's particular and…
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Synecdochically for the Body or Perſon, as is uſual in Scripture, Gen. 46-18, 22, 25. Lev 2. 2,4. and 7. 20, 21, 27. and 22. y Here th2 Prophet ſets down thoſe external geſtuies and poſtures 1n par- ticular, which they did joyn with their hypocritical faſts, as he had mentioned it before in general. To bow down, bo…
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