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ry The Ships of the Sea, as. that Word is uſed, Pſalm 48: 7* where ſire, by you ferch-d Riches and Precious things from the remote Parts of the Wor'd. LY | | 17 And the loftinefs of man ſhall be bowed down, 1nd the haughtineſs of men ſhall be made lows : and th LORD alone hall be exalted in that day. .
5 This he repeats again, partly roaſſure us of the certainty of it :nd parrly to fix :t deeper in mens Minds, becauſe they are very backward to believe and conſider things ofthis Nature. .
18 And || the 1dols he ſhall utterly abolith z.. - t God will diſcoverthe Impotency of Idols to ſuccour their Wor- dels ſhall ſhippers, and therby deſtroy their Worthip in the World. i9 And they «ſhall gointo the * holes of the rocks, and into thecaves of + the earth x, for fear of. the LORD, and for the glory of his majeſty, when he arif- Rey.5: 15: ech to lbake terribly the earch Jo | &9: 6;
away. *Hoſ. 10:8: - atk 3:39
L. The idolatrous Iſraelites. x Their uſua] places of retreat in caſes Heb; of D:nger 3 of which ſee Jof: 10: 15: Judg: 6; 2: 1 Sam: ,13: 6... Guſt,
Syrians and Chaldeans. z Theſe underrook ro dijcover ſecre:] Ether properly, or rather figuratively, to ſegd dreadfu) Judgments things, and ro forerel future contingent things, by the ſupertti |upv2 tus lakabitants of the Land.
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20 * In that day a man ſhall caſt Þ his idols of ſilver and his idols of gold, || which they made each one for
bimſelf to worſhip, to the moles and to the bats z.
= Into the meaneſt and darkeſt Places, in which Moles and Bats have their abode ; whereas before they ſet them up in high and honourable Places, where they might be ſeen and worſhipped. This great and ſudden Change proceeded either from true Repen- tance, which filled them with ſhame, and grief, and indignation againſt themſelves, and all the inſtruments of their Wickednelſs 3 or from a ConviQtion of the Vanity of their Idols, which afforded them no help in the time of their need ; or from a juſt Fear leſt Gods Judgment ſhould haye fallen more heavily upon them, if it
had found them in the PraRtice of Idolatry ; and that by his Pro-
feſſion ofRepentance, they might, if it were poſſible, either pre- |
vent or mitigate their Calamity. ; 21 Toeo into the clefts of the rocks, and into the
tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majeſty, when he ariſeth to ſhake
terribly the earth. TS 22 Ceaſe ye from man « whoſe breath iz in his no-
ftrils þ: for wherein is he to be accounted of c ?
aSeing God will undoubtedly bring down the higheſt and proud- eſt of the Sons of Men into ſo much Contempt and Miſery, from henceforth never admire nor place your truſt in Man. 6 Whoſe Breath, upon which his Life and Strength depends, is 1n his No- firils, and therefore is quickly ſtop'd and taken away. « What one real and valuable Excellency is there in him, to wit, conſide-
red in himſelf, and without dependence upon God ?
| CH AP. II.
Great confuſion on both People and Rulers for their Sin and Impuderice in it, 1——9. Peace to the Righteous, and Miſery to the Wicked, 10, 31- The.Oppreſſion ans Covetouſneſs of the Rulers, 12——15. The Pride of Women, and its Judg ments, 16——26.
| Fg behold 2, the Lord, the LORD of hoſts, doth,
take away from Jeruſalem, and from Judah, the ftay and the ſtaff b, the whole Ray of bread «, and the whole ſtay of water.
# Look upon it as a thing as certain as if it werealready done. b All the Supports of their State and Church. c Called elſewhere the ſtaff of Bread ; whereby is underſtood, either, 1, rhe Nouriſh ing power of Bread, which wholly depends upon Gods Bleſſing ; or rather, 2. Bread it ſelf, as this Phraſe is underſtood Lewir: 26: 26. Pſal. 105: 16: Exzek: 4: 16: and direQly explained Ezek: 5: 16: Bread which is the ftaff of Life. ;
2 The mighty man dJand the man of war,the judge e, and the prophet f,and theftprudent g,and the ancient. - 4 Strong and valiant Men. e The Civil Magiſtrates. f Either firiMy fo called, the want of whom is matter of grief, ſee Pſalm 74: 9. or largely, ſo as to include all skilful and faichful Teachers. 8 Whoſe Wiſdom and Condu& was neceſlary to preſerve them from zine. + Whoſe Wiſdom was increaſed by long Experience.
2 The captain of fifty ;, and the 4 honourable man &, and the counſellor}, andthe cunning artifcer w, and
the f eloquent orator». \ 5 There ſhall not be a Man left able to command and manage fif-
.ty Soldiers, and much leſs ſuch as could command Hundreds or
Thoufands, which yet were neceſſary. k Men of high Birth, and Place, and Power, and Reputation. | Wiſe and Learned Stateſ- men. m#» Who could make either Ornaments for Times of Peace, or Inftruments for War ; which therefore Conquerors took away trom thoſe Nations whom they ſubdued, 1 Sam: 13: 19, 20: 2 Kin. 24:14. » Heb: The skilfulef charm. Whereby he underſtands either x. Charmers, whom he threatens to take away,notas ifſuch Perſons were Bl::ilings to a Peaple,or the removing of ſuc h were a Curſe,but only becauſe they made great uſe of them, and truſted to them. And ſo he ſegnuſics that God would remove all the-Grounds of their Confidence, both right and wrong, and make their Caſe deſperate. As in like manner, and for the ſame reaſon, God threatens the 1/ael- ;tes that they ſhould be as without # ſacrifice, ſo without Teraphim, Ho: 33 4: Or 2. as moſt underſtand it, ſuch as could powerfully per- ſwade, and,as .it.were,charm that ungovernable Beaſt the Multirude of common People, by their Eloquence, to do thoſe things which were neceſſary for their Peace and Safety : For this word may be taken in a good ſenſe, as Divination is, Prov. 16: 10.
--4 AndI will give * Children to be their Princes, and babes ſhall rule over theme
_ © Either in Age. whoſe Minority corrupt Miniſters of State commonly abuſe to great Miſchiefs; or, 2. in Underſtanding,Ex- .Perience,' and Manners ; fooliſh, froward, unteachable, &c.