clefiaſtical, whoſe Duty it is to ſhew thee the right way. Or, as tHeb:ſwals others, They that bleſs thee, 1,es thy falſe Prophets, which flatter 10W up.
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ak:r;2 5. deſty. 4 Becauſe few Men ſhall ſurvive that dreadful Stroke- They |
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F323 18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery
| lOr,nzts of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their || gk,
cauls d, and their round tires like themoon e.
4 As for this and the other Hebrew words here following, I judge it unre eſſary and improper to trouble the Evgliſh Reader with the differing Interpretations given of them by Learned Men, which the Curious mayfind in my Latin Synopſis, It is agreed by all that they were Ornaments uſed by that People in thoſe Times,and made Fewel to their Luſts. And 1t is of no concernment to the Direc- tion either of our Faith or Manners, exa&ly to underſtand the Na- ture and D.ffferences of them. And therefore I ſhall take them as they are in our'Tranſl:tion. e There were in ancient Time, and at this day there are ſome Jewels or other Ornaments worn, which carry a-manifeſt reſemblance to the Moon or Half-moon. Com-
oe Pare Juag: 8: 21, 26. : [fr jo 19 The] chains, and the bracelets, and the ||muflers. 10r fan 20 The bonnets f, and the ornaments of the legs,and
'd 0rn#- the head-bands,and the F tablets g,and the ear-rings. ments. f Theſe were Oriiaments to cover the Head, common both to +Or,houſes Men, as Exod: 39: 28: and to Women, as here, g Heb. th? houſes of
of excellent Perfumes, which are of great efficacy to revive our drooping Spirits, and to that end are ofc applied to ſuch as are ready to faint away. :
21 The rings, and the noſe-jewels h. | & Which were faſtned to the Head, ard hang down upon the Forehead to the beginning ofthe Noſe. Of which ſee Ge#: 24: 22 47: Judg.8. 24,&c. : |
22 Thechangeable ſuits of apparel, and the man- tles, and the wimples, and the criſping-pins z.
£5 Of Silver or Gold, either uſed to curle the Hair,or rather faſt- ned and worn in the Hair ; which Cuſtom is not altogether diſuſed at this day.
23 The glaſſes &, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
k The Looking-glafles,as we call them, though in Truth they were not made of Glaſs, but of bright and burniſhed Braſs.
24 And it ſhall come to paſs, that inftead of ſweet fell 1,there ſhallbe ftink ”; and in ſtead of a girdle », a rent o; and in ſtead of well-ſet hair, baldneſs ; and In ſtead of a tomacher,a girding of ſackcloth ; and bur-
ning p, inſtead of beauty. I Thoſe Perfumes mentioned v.20. »» From their Scabs mentioned wv. 17: or from other ill ufages of their Enewies, » Which were fine - and coſtly, and uſeful to gird their Garments about them; o Either the rending of their Garments for grief; or torn and tatered Gar- ments, not ſufficient to cover their Bodies. p By the heat of the Sun, to which they are now commonly expoſed, from which they uſed formerly to guard themſelves with great care;
Heb, 25 Thy men (hall fall by the ſword, and thy + migh= "jt ty men inthe war,
26 And her gates qſball lament and 'mourn, and ſhe [Or, emp- being [1 +.deſolate, ſhall fit upon the ground 7. tied, q The gates of Zion or Jeruſalem, which, by a Figure very uſual in t Heb, Sacred Scripture, and all Authors, are ſaid to lament, to imply the
tunſed, great Deſolation of the Place; that there ſhould be no People to go out.and come in by the Gates, or to meet together in the Gates, as they uſed to do. r Like a mournful Woman bewailing ths loſs of
her Husband and Children. C H A P. IV.
In the Extremity of Evils, Chriſts Glovious Kingdom ſhould appear to thoſe
. who ave left alive, 1, 2. They ſhallbe Holy, 3 Purged, 4. £ Glory and a Defence upon them, 5, A Sanfuary fromEvils, 6.
" A Nd in that day a ſeven b womenſhall take hold cof 'S one man 4, ſaying, We will eat our own bread,
and wear our own apparele: only Þ let usbe called by
Heb. Le:thy name ff, || totake away our * reproach g.
th namebe @ Of which he hath hitherto been ſpeaking, C#ap: 2: and 3: and uldupm us frill continueth to ſpeak. In that calamitous Time, 5 Many. A |Or, 74k certain nzmber for an uncertain. c Shall ſue to him,and even lay hands upon him, contrary to their Cuſtom, and their natural Mc-
who before were net contented with their own Husbands, are now glad of a ſeventh part of a Husband. e We will eaſe thee of rhat Charge, which otherwiſe would fall upon thee by Gods Law, Exod: 21:10; fOwn us for thy Wives. g Virginity was eſteemed a Reproach, eſpecially among rhat People,becaule it was a Token of Contempt from Men, and of the Curſe of God ; Children, the uſ- ual Fruit of Marriage, being both an Honour to cheir Parents be- fore Men, and a great Bleſſing of God,eſpecially to that People,from Wk ſome of whoſe Loins the M-ſiah was to ſpring. eb:beaus
9a £"-reautiful and glorious,and the fruit of che earth ſhal be ex-
fHeb. fs Cellent & and comely | for them that are eſcaped } of
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If ſradl. h About and after that time : when the Lord ſhal have waſhed away ( as this time is particularly exprefſed, wv. 4. ) the filth of Zion, by thoſe dreadful Judgments now deſcribed. 7 Either, 1. the Church
i the ſoul. the Soul, or, of Life, or, of Breath. Whereby he ſeems to mean Boxes | (
| promiſed to do to the Jews, Zech: 12:
| would be their Proteor, and their Glory. « Upon all that Church
Eyes, but evenin the Eyes of
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wy ; FFT : p © was made barren, upon their Repentatice and return to Chriſt ihall recover its former Fertility. Under this one Mercy he ſeems to underſtand all Temporal Bleſſings, which, rogether with ſpiri- tuaJand eternal, God ſhall confer upon them; and withal ro inti- mate the Fruitfulneſs of the People ( the Earth or Lond being oft
Put for its Inhabitants )in Knowledge, and Grace, and all good
works, 1 That ſhall ſurvive all the forementioned Calamities.