6. Jer. 31. 33. and 32. 39. &c. yet their want of this grace was | hereby to look to above all things. s Either 1. Anevil heart enclin- n . « ZZ. J2. . . |
ing you to ſuch curſed Idolatry, and bringing forth bitter fruits. Or,rather, 2. Some ſecret and ſubtile Apoſtate who lurks and works like a 10ot under ground, and fliely conveys his poiſon to the in- fettion of others; for both the foregoing and following words ſpeak of ſome particular perſon. # (z.e.) Which though for the preſent ir may pleaſe your fancy, yet in the end, aſſure your ſelves, will produce bitter fruits, not only diſtaſteful ro God, but alſo poiſon- ful and deſtruttive to your ſelves.
19 And it come to paſs when he « heareth the words of this curſe x,that he bleſs himſelf in his heart y, ſaying,
I ſhall have peace z, theugh I walkin the || imagination f ara
of mine heart «,to add + drunkenneſs to thirſt b : u (i.e,) That root, or that man mentioned verſe 18. that oath mentioned werſe 12. wherein he ſwore that he would keep
hears of it from others. y (7.e, ) Flatter himſelf in his own eyes, as Pſal. 36. 2. with vain conceits and hopes, as if God did not mind ſuch things, and either could not, or would not puniſh them. Compare Pſal. 49. 18. Jer: 2. 20, Zech:'11.5. & (6. e.) Safety and proſperity, # Though in my pra&tices and worſhip I do not fol- low God's command, but my own devices,and whatſoever my fancy beſt liketh, minding nothing but the gratifying of mine own fancy and humour. 56 (7. e.) Nor only to ſatisfie his thir#, 7.e. his concu- piſcence and inclination to wickedneſs, but even to exceed it, as drunkards take oft-times more than their appetite deſires, and drink out of meer wantonneſs, or from a deſire to be drunk ; and as filthy perſons commir lewdneſs with others more than their natural incli- nations deſire, or theirſtrength can well bear,meerly from a wicked mind, and from contempt of God, and becauſe they will do ſo! The words may be rendred, to add thirſt to - aw Hong the particle eth, which is a note of the Accuſative caſe, being joined with thirſt, and not with drunkenneſs, and fo the ſenſe may be this, That when he hath multiplied his ſins, and made himſelf as it were drunk with them, yet he 1s nor ſatisfied therewith, but ſtill whets his appetite, and provokes his thirſt after more, as drunkards commonly will uſe means and temptations to make themſelves thirſt after more drink, that they may drink more abundantly. Or thus, 10 add the moift or moiſtening to the, thirf, (7. e.) In ſtead of reſtraining and mortifying,as he ought to do, fully and greedily. to ſatisfie his idolatrous or wick-
to the drawer of thy water & ;
- . # Such ſtangers as had embraced their Religion. & All forts of
perſons, yea, even the meaneſt of them, ſuch as theſe were, of. g. - 27. all ſorts and ranks of feryants.- :
ed inclinations, and reſolved to give up himſelf to all the deſires
of his own heart. Compare Job 34. 7. Prov. 23. 35. Iſa: 30. 1. and 56. 127 Eph: 4. rg. ;
20 * The LORD will not ſparc him, but then the anger
bboyu- x (ie) Of,”
} Heb: 7h
covenant with God, and that with a curſe pronounced againſt him- ;7,,yken ſelf if he did not perform it. Now if when he reads this again, or ;;, thirflp
math
j He' that 15 write.
+ He where the L( hath it ſuck:
*Gen. 24,25,
| Or, n had not given 1 them ar
rr101 F Heb. divided
"Lev. :
*Excki 14 7, 6.
"&2 p. XXX.
anger of the LORD, and his jealouſic ſhall ſmoke e, a- inft that man, and all the curſes that are written 1n
chis book. ſhall lie upon him: and the: LORD ball blot
out his name from under heaven 4. c (2. e.) Shall, burn and break forth with flame and fmoak, as it were from a furnace, Compare Pſal: 18.8. & (i.e) deſtioy his perſor! and memory from amongſt men. : . 21 And the LORD ſhall ſeparate him unto evil e, out of all the tribes of I{rae},according toall the curſes of the
covenant f, that + are written in this book of the law:
j Heb. e (i.e.) Unto ſome li d 1 1 - He will un” -« peculiar and exemplary plague ; He w1
m— make him a monument of his diſpleaſure to the whole land. f He mY intimates that the Covenant of Grace, which God made with them,
hath not oaly Bleſſings belonging to it, as this foolith perſon 1ma- gined, but curſes alſo to the tranſgreſſours of it. : 22 So that the generation to come of your children
that ſhall riſe up after you, and the ſtranger that ſhal!
+ Heb. come from a far land, ſhall ſay g, when they fee the wherewith plagues of that land, and the ſickneſſes + which the
z LORD ORD hath laid upon it 3
bath made £ The words following, verſes 24, 25, ©.
_ 23 And that the whole land thereof is brimeftone,and ſalt, and burning 4, that is not ſowen, nor beareth, nor any graſs groweth therein, * like the overthrow of So- dom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the
LORD overthrew ia his anger, and in his wrath. h (i.e.) Is burnt up and made barren, as _ brimſtone and ſalt. See Jude: 9.45. Pſal, 157: 34: Jer: 17: 6: Exek: 47: 11. 24 Even all nations ſhall ſay, * Wherefore hath *rKing. the LORD done this unto this land ? what meaneth the
g heat of this great anger ? 25 Then men ſhall ſay, Becauſe they have forſaken the covenant of the LOR D God of their fathers, which he made with them, when he brought them forth out
of the land of Egypt. re: we 26 For they we:t and ſerved other gods, and wor-
rs ſhipped them ; gods whom they knew not, and || whom
given unto he had nor 7 given unto them 7z. ; them any #7 (i: e:) Whom God had notgiven or divided to them, as their portion. Portion, or fortheir worſhip, but hath divided them wnto all Nations, + Heb. Aa: itis ſaid, Deut 4: 19: not for their worſhip, but for their uſe and divided, ſervice. So h. ſpeaks here of the Sun ani; Moon and Stars, which were the principal gods worſhipped by the neighþouring Nations Or, to whom none hath given this, 7. e: ,That they ſhould be worſhip- ped, or, to whom no worſhip belongs. So this 1s an argument a- gainſt Idolatry. Or, who had not give unto them, to wit, any thing: It is an Elliphs of the Accuſative, which is very frequent: gods known to them by no benefits received from them, as they had from their G0d, whom therefore it was the greater folly and ingrati- tude to foreſake.
27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled againſt this land, to bring upon it all the curſes that are written
in this book. 28 And the LORD rooted them out of their landin