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HF P A: | Chap. XXVi Wh 4 And the glorious beauty which 3s on the head of Fil the fat valley, ſhall be a fading flower, and as the haſty fruit » before the ſummer : which when he that lookech fo upon it, ſeeth it, while it is yet in his hand, he þ eat- + rev. ||| eth it up 0, EOS LOTS ATE OT WeTae ET | ſwalowetl | n= Which coming before the Seaſon, and before other Fruits, 1 is moſt acceptable. o Which, as ſoon as a Man ſees he covets it, and plucks it off, yet doth not long enjoy it, but through greedi- neſs devours it, almoſt as ſoon as he can get it into his hand. And ſo ſhall it be with Ephrain's glory, which his Enemies, as ſoon as they obſerve, ſhall covet and 1poil, and devour it greedily, and with delight. NE 27 |
5 In that day p (ball the LORD of hoſts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty 9 unto the reſidue of his people 7: WY
Þ When the Kingdom of 1ſ-ae! ſhall be utterly deſtroyed. q God ſhall give them eminent Glory and Beauty. r Unto the Kingdom of Judah, who ſhall continue in their own Country, when {rel 55 carried into Captivity. WI 6 And for a ſpirit of Judgment to him that ſitteth in Wi judgment, and for ſtrength s to them that curn the bat- Wie tle to the gate ?. |
s He explains how, or wherein God would glorifie and beaurifie them, even by giving wiſdom to their Rulers, and courage to their Souldiers,; which two things contribute mich ro the ſtrength and ſafety, and glory of a Nation. tr To their Warriors ; whom he deſcribeth by this Phraſe to intimate, That their Valour thould . be crowned wich ſucceſs, and that they ſhould not only drive their Enemies from their own Gates and Land, but ſhould purſue them into their own Lands, and befiege them in their own Cities; which Hezek:iab did, 2 Kings 18: 8. 48 :
7 But they alſo 4 have erred through wine, and through ſtrong drink are they out of the way x : the prieſt y and the prophet z have erred z through ſtrong drink, they are ſwallowed up b of wine : they are our of the way through ſtrong drink, they err in viſion c, chey ſtumble iz judgment 4. 45
# But alas ! Judah is guilty of the ſame fins with 1#ael,and there. - fore they alſo muſt expe the ſame Calamities; of which he ſpeaks afrerward. x They run into the ſame exceſs of Wine and ſtrong Drink, whereby they beſot themſelves, and fall into many errors and miſcarriages,borh in ſacred & civil Things. The many empha- rical Phraſes and Reperitions of the ſame thing in other words, in this verſe ſeem to evince, That he here ſpeaks of Drunkenneſs pro- perly ſo called, although he afrerward chargeth them with Igno« rance, and Error,and Stupidity ; which alſo were the Companions and in part, the Eff:&s of that Sin. y To whom ſtrong Drink was expreſly forbidden, in the time of their Sacred Miniſtrations leſt they ſhould thereby be led into errors in their work, Lev. 10. 9,10. z The Teach:rs,who ſhould have been patterns of Sobriety to the People, and ro whom Sobriety was abſ-lutely neceſfary for the right diſcharge of their Office. . 4 In their Converſation, and in their holy Adminiſtration. b They are, as we fay, drowned in it; their Senſes and Reaſon are ſwallowed up,and lolt in it. They deſign only to ſwallow it, but indeed are ſwaſlowed up by it. c The Prophets miſcarry in their Sacred Employment of Prophe. ſying or Teaching, which is called Y;fon, Prov. 29: 18. and <&ſe..
where. d The Prieſts miſtake in pronouncing the Sentence of the Law, which was their duty, Dewt- 17. 9, 10, 11.
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e At which the Prieſts. and prophets, and other Jews did eat and drink. They hardly made one tober meal : Drunkenneſs was: their daily praftice. f No Table, or no part of the Table; no nor ” much " the holy Places, in which the Prieſts did frequently eat their meals.
9 Whom (ball heg teach knowledge ? and whom ſhall he make to underſtand F dodrine? them that are weaned from the milk,a»d drawn from the breaſts hb. _
# To wit, the Teacher which is eafily underſtood, : out of the following Verb; either &od, or his Prophets, or Miniſters. þ Who bi there 200g =__ __ w_ _ and willing to be taught the good knowledge of God ? A Miniſter may as toon tea 1 Child. as theſe Men. F TS
10 For precept || muſt be upon precept 7, precept upon precept ; line upon line &, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little. | | |
;/ They muſt be taught, like little children, lowly, and by -Jeiſure, the ſame things being oft repeated, becauſe of their great 'dulneſs. - k One line of the book afrer another, as children are taught to read. : |
11 For / with f * ſtammering lips »s, and another 4 pq; tongue || will he ſpeak to this people o. Pakenars...
1 Or, therefore, as the Particle is oft uſed. For this ſeems to ings of pre be the puniſhment of their dulneſs. m Either 1. in the way of * 1Cor. condeſcention, as mothers and Nurſes teach children, liſping and 14: 21. | ſrammering with them. Or, 2. ia way of Judgment; which fuirs || Or, he », || beſt with the next clauſe. » By people of a ſtrange Language, hath ſpoken || whom he ſhall bring among them, and 1nto whoſe power He ſaall deliver them 3 which is a great aggravation of their Miſery, ſee Deut. 28: 49- Jer: 5:15. Exek, 3.5. o Seing they will nor hcar Him ſpeaking, by His Prophers and Miniſters, in their own Language, they ſhall hear their Enemies ſpeaking ro them in a ſtrange and
22 To whom he ſaid p, This q is the reſt r wherewith ye may cauſe the weary to reſt s, and this zs the re- freſhing ; yet they would not hears. .. . _ : p To which People the Lord, by his Miniſters, ſaid. - q This Doctrine or Precepr, as it is expreſſed, ver.g,1o. or the Word of the ;/
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