Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 1736

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 carnal conhdence in Heathen Princes, for which they are fy in wortkipping efthtem, a warchidrvad, Iſaiah 44+ 12, &c. It is oft ſeverely reproved ; alchough theſe two ſins were commonly *Ezck. 16. a Metaphor borrowed from Whoredom to which Idolatry is oft joined together, and they ealily received Idolatry from thoſe Kings 20.and 29. compared, 5s Wherefoever you ſee an Idol erected, which was com- whoſe help they deſired. » With Precious Ointments, and parti- a6, monly done in Groves, or under great and ſhady Trees, which cularly with Balm, which was of grear price, and was a commo= both defended rhe Worſhippers from the heat of the Sun, and diry peculiar to thole parts, and was ſomerimes ſent as a Preſent. were ſuppoſed to ſtrike them with a kind of ſacred Horrour and Sec Gen. 43. It. Jerem. 8. 22. and 46. 11. o Didft ſend great quan« Rever:nce. See on Deuter. 12« 2- 2 Kings 16. 4. and I7. 10. F In | fities thereof to them to procure their aid. þ Into Afhria, which way of Sacrifice to their Idols, after the manner of the barbarous } Was far tram Judea. 9 Thou walt willing to ſubmit co the baſeſt Heathens; Of which ſee on Lev. 18. 21. Deut. 12. 3t- 2 Kings 21. 6. , terms to procure their aid. : FE th | and 23. 10. # Or, befide the brooks, which run in the Valleys : 10 'Lhou art wearied in the greatneſs of thy Way x» ho wrng war molt commedions foe or wi _—_ = ' yet ſaidſt thou not, There is no hope 5s; thou aſt allude to the Valley of Hinnom in whic E = | . : i ſed, Jer. 7. 31. enagh which alſo the Brook of K:dron is ſuppoſed | found the || life of thine hand #, therefore thou waſt to have run, x Which they choſe either for ſhade, or for thoſe |; not grieved , EE dark vaults and hollow pl:ces, which were either by Nature or | 7 Thou halt not eaſed or relieved, bur only tired thy ſelf with Act made in rocks, and which were convenient for, and frequent- | all thy tedious journeys, and laborious endeavours. _ 5 And yer Iy appoint:d to idolatrous uſes. thou waſt ſo ſtupid under all thy diſcouragenients and diſappoint 6 Among the ſmooch ſtones of the ſtream 3s thy por- | CY _ III ve _ thy AIE06 IO lott, and ; a | "7 a a as ended, but made worſe a | tion y ; they ore thy lot : even to them ating" thelcPrattices. # Thou haff found (i. e. Thou fal nl hy red a drink-offering, thou halt offered a meac-oltering , thou haſt found, or ſhalt aſſuredly find by theſe courtes) rhe fe a. Should I receive comfort in theſe b ? ; (i.e. the firength and vigour) of chine hand, that thine hand ig y Thou haft choſen for thy portion thoſe Idols which were ei- , ſtrengthned by rheſe Pradtices: Or, life by thine hand, i. e. by theſe ther made of thoſe ſmooth ſtones,- which were caft up by Rivers; ' endeavours and applications of thy ſelf ro others for help. : Or; or which were worſhipped upon Atars made of ſuch ſtones ; or thou haſt ſometimes found ſacceſs intheſe ways. « Thereforethou which were worſhipped by the ſides of Brooks or Rivers where | didſt not repent of thy fin and folly herein, but didſt periiit and. ſuch ſmooth ſtones commonly le, 2 Thou haſt foreſaken me and * applaud thy ſeif in ſuch courſes. , ET choſcn Mole for the-arent objet of thy Worſhip and Truſt a Toe II JOY whom _haft thou been afcaid or feared x; the devil is God's Ape, an olaters uſed the ſame rites and ofter- ! that thou haſt lie : yY *, ings ia the worſhip of Idols which God had preſcribed in his own, ' noe lid + mo: d - — yr ſt _ — ed the Dy N:mb. 15. 4, & b Should I be plcafed with ſuch a people, and : yY a: have not FE held my peace ſuch A&ions ? Maſt I not needs be highly provoked, and thew my | EVEN of old b, and thou feareſt ms not c / = ; : diſpleaſure by an exemplary puniſhment of ſuch wicked and foolith * x And what or who are they,-the fear of whom drives thee tai WPrek 16 ations ? This is an ujual Figure, called Meioſis, or Litotes, when theſe wicked and deſperate courſes ? Are they not men, weak and "6 leſs is ſaid, and more is underitood. - { mortal Creatures, ſuch as wholly depend upori me, and can do-no- Ag -* Upon a lofty ahd high mountain c haſt thou {et thy | thing to thee eirher againſt me or without me? » That thou haſk bed 4: even thither wenteſt thou up to offer ſacrifice. | Jt thus dilloyally and perkidiouſly with me, and ſought tor ſuck Pas : as oth oreign aſſtſtances, contrary to my Command, and thy ſolemn c In high places, which were much uſed for Religious Worlhip, * Haſt th : both by Iiraelites, and by Heath-ns. 4 Thine Altar, as 5h 'I Cen —_ —_ _ ova Soon L206 gone eings _— fice her ing, i idtt commit ſpi- | | : , 0 Jr ee mots Compare beck. £3, 17,40, | *ochec, andconſtancly performed, when thou haſt nor groſly vio= Ezek. 8. :-d * the d G4 he note heftchoe fer! lated the Conditions upon which they were made. @ Or-thusj toand 23. 8 Behind * the OOTs alto and tne Þ | * nor ſet me upon thine heart, as theſe very words are rendred, Cans. 8: m up thy remembrance f; for thou haſt diſcovered thy ſelf 6. And fo this is a repetition of what is ſaid in the foregoin m_—_ to another than me g, and art gone up <4: thou haſt en- _ in RG "aun mw _ is, Top haſten _— ink it for th : . «* ; aftectionately confidered what 1 am, how Al-ſufficient, and Faiths Marger larged thy bed * and | made 4 ras —_ _—_ k; | ful, and Cris for then thou wouldeſt not have diſtruſted - bancigirs, CROU Jovedft their bed || where thou awelr 1t 7. . diſobeyed me.bHave not I foreborn to reprove and puniſk thee for *Fzxck.rs &© Which by a Figure called Hendiadis may be put for the doerepoſts, this and for other ſins, from time to timey ever fincs thou waſt my 16,28, <> a5 If isexpreficd Deur. 11. 20. Behind the polts of the doors of thine People, that by this Goodneſs I might oblige thee to love me, and 3.12.6-;, Houſe: Where the Heathens are faid to have laced their rutelar | tg cleave unto me? &c Or, Therefore thou deft not fear or regard me. IOr, thou gods ro whoſe proteCtion they commirted themſelves and their Hous | Th, thou abuſeft mine indul gence and long-ſufftring raking oce mud: tes, that ſo they might have their Eyes and Minds upon them, Þ .£,, £5,054 thence to deſpiie me. : x | tm, whenſoever they went out or came in. Here alſo the Iſraelites | |