23 How canſt thou ſay «, I am nor polluted, I have Bn not gone afcer Baalim x ? ſee thy way ... in the valley y, | fl know what thou haſt done = ||: rbots art a ſwift droine- jor, & | dary a, traverſing b her ways. ſwift Dro®|
# with whar face canſt thou go about to excuſe thy ſelf, or medary. | deny what is ſo evident, and fo truly charged upon thee, werſe 20. x The word 1splural, as ccmprehenſive of all their Idols, Hoſ. 11. i. and is a Name uſually given to ſeveral of them, as Baalzebub, 4 Kings 1. 16- and Baal-peor, Numb, 25. 3-and therefore their worſhips ping of many. Beczuſe they had the Temple, and Sacrifices, &c; chey ſtill periwaded themſ:1ves, that they worſhipped the true God, though they joined their Idolarries with it, as the Papiſts; though they make uſe of Idols ia worſhip. yer would not be coconnced Þ- dolarers. .*. The filthineſs thou baſt-left behind thee, whereby thou may '{t be Traced, where thou lefteſt, as it were thy Foorſteps and Monuments of thy frequent Idolatries. y Thy frequent Courſesin the Valleys, whether of Hinmon where they burnc their Childrens bones in Szcrifice, chap 7: 31: or, in any Valleys where thou haſt been frequent itt thy Icolatries ; it ſeems to be thus largely taken. z Look on and conſider thy ways, as ve. 19; # Or thou art as, &ci or, O Dromedary, a Beaſt much uſed by Carriers in Arabis, being rife theres See on 1a. 60: 6. b A Metaphor taken from Creatures. that are hunted, that keep no Cire& path, alluding tothe Nature of the She Dromedary, which in gendring time 12ns capering this way, and croſſing rhat way, cy \ 2 many Vegaries to find out ſome» times one Male, ſomerimes arorher withoutany Ruleor Order, ſet- ting forth hereby the Diſpoſition of this people, rhat were ſo mad upon their Idols, that they ran ſometimes afrer this, and ſometimes after that, called Wandring, ver. 20: and thar with preat Eagerneſs, fitly termed :raverſng, much like the Deſcription of a Whore, Prov. 7: 11, 12: The werd being no where fcurd but here, and being de- rived from a word thar fgnifies a Shoe-latchet, IF any be curious, Jer the Learned conſult Symp. Critic. and the Engliſh Reader, .the Eigliſh Annotations on the place. .
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Thee, I will not ſerve thee; q. 4. which thou madſt appear, when upon
every hill, &c. And thus he accuſeth them of their Ingratirude, who owed themſelves to their Redeemer. But this doth nor fo well agree with their Engagement, Exod. 19. 18. # Or, notwithſtanding al] thy Promiſes. & Idolaters were wont to ſacrifce upon the tops of high Hills, beczuſe there they thought chemſeives nearer Heaven :
Peru at this day. ! Under theſe Shades Idolaters thought there lay ſome hidden Diety, with which they converſed. m Yiz. Changing thy way to gad after Idols, »s one that hift broken Coveriant. See on Iſa. 57. 8- The Word properly ſingnifies, ro go from ones place; as Harlots uſe to do, inftigaced eirh-r by unbridled Luſt, or Cove. touſneſs; #. e. making great haſte from one. Tree to another, or from one Idol to another: See wer. 13 24. Ochers, Thou lieſt down; ; or thou ſetteſt thy ſelf = Commirting Idclatry, which is a ſpiritual Harlotry, chap. 3 1, 2» This is frequent. Someread thc former } IEyoq part of the Texr otherwiſe, making it the daring boaſt of the people, * 1: 3». Thou haſt ſaid Thave broken, &c. and ſaidſt, I will not ſerve, i. e. I will Plalg4: 2; not obeys But this will not ſuit w2l} with the reſt of the Text, Mat. 1: 21 Yet I had * planted thee a noble vine o, wholly Me a«3. 4 right ſeed p: how then artchou turned into ÞF the de- Lak.20:9; generate plant q of a ſtrange r vine unto me.
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e Or, O wild aſs, another Similitude for the more lively Deſcrip- ihe caſo tion of the fame thing ; neither need we be {olicitous about the va- gf; pg © riety or extravagancies of ConjeCtures abour this Beaſt: or you may þ, g,o. conſult as before. It is {aid tobe wild and untamed, as being uſed zo , (5 _—_—_ the wilderneſ doth alſo imply ; and as ro farisfying its Luſt, much of +.” ic the nzture of the other. 4 This ſnufirg properly appertains r lt 2 Senſe of Smelling, by which certain Creatures, by anatural ; fon city, find our what they miſs, which Huntſmen expreſs by a pro- per term of Winding, or having ih the Wind: and thus ic is under- ſtood here ; for this Creature, by the Wind, ſmells afar off which way her Male is;fer there is another Senſe of ſnffingup the Windyviz, for the S«rvice of Health, as allayihg inward Hear andDrought,&c. Chaps 14: 6- e As her Deſice or Luſt ſerves whe ir runs out after the Male; implying alſo; thac no Choice, or J udgmeor, or Meaſure, is oblerved in theſe Beaſts, when carried out after their Luſts. f i. e. When ſlhic is ſct upon if, and hath an Oc- calion and Opportunity to run impetuouſly to her Male for the ſa. risfying her p!eafure, ſhe bears down all Oppoſicion before her ; there IS none can ftop, or put a Bd upon her raging Luſt £5, e.
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_ ſelves, ( \ ENT - Ei need not weary themſelves, ( ſpeaking of Jeruſamer, or uy A reſt alſo is 4 be applied as in an Allegory ; ) they that have a mind. to be filthy with her, may eaſily trace her, verſe 23 ſhe refuſes none : Or rather, they will not beſtow their labour 1n vain, 'when ſhe is hot upon ber Luſt, bur ler ber take her __ until ſhe be ſatisfied, and wait their Time and Opportunity : _ this agrees withthe nexr Words. þ If this relate to the former ſznſe of not wearying themſelves, it nores her Impudence, and Untati-
ableneſs ; you may have her at any time, even in her Moneths, or