led the Chilaren of ſuch a City, or fuch a Place, Chlaven of Ser, 2 Chron. 25. 14+ Chilaren of the Province, Ezra 2+ 1. and Chiloren of thy people, Lv. 19. 18. :nd abundance more the like: And thus it is c-m+ prehenfive both of Parents and Children. @d z. e, The frvit ot Cor- reC&tion, viz. Inſtruftion : The ſame word is rendred Corre#ion, Prov. 23.13. Which ſignifies Iſtru#ion, Prov. 5. 12. and in other places: .nd1oto be taken here, it notes their Refra&zrineſs, that though they were corretted, yet they would not be inſtrufted ; though God did (mite them, yer the Rod prevailed as little with them, as the Word. e Either the Sword that I have ſent to deſtroy you hath deſtroyed your falſe prophets rogether with you, Hoſ. 4. 5. and fo it is both a prophecy and a Threatning ; or rather, you have been fo far from receiving Counſel and Inſtru&tion, that you have by the Sword, and other ways of Deſtru&ion, ( which is to be underſtood by the Sword ) murdered thoſe that I ſent to reprove your Follies in the days of Aſa, Joaſh, Manaſſch, &Cc. Neh. g. 26. See Matth. 23. 34. 35. f Or eaten up; a Meapher : Hence we read of the Eage of the Sword, which both in Hebrew and Greek is called the Mouth of the Sword chap. 2i. 7. Luke 21. 24. g Without Reſpe& or pity ; with all man= ner of ſavage Uſage. See. Pjal. 7.2. Taying aſide all Humanity.
31 4 O generation h, ſee iye the word of the LORD & : haye I been a wilderneſs / unto Iſrael ? a land of darkneſs w ? Wherefore ſay » my people, + We are lords 0, we will come no more unto thee?
h Or, Oh ye Men of this Generation, a Note of Admiration: or rather, O Generation, a Note of Compellation: it is to you I ſpeak z i-e, Look well toir, confiderit ; as the Rod is to teach, and there- foreought to be heard, Micah 6. g. fo the word is to be conſidered of and therefore ought to be locked into, chap. 2: 19+ & He ſpeaketh ere, not ſo much of the DoQtrine of the Word, as of the Thing it
f 9. 4. You ſhall ſee Thing with your Eyes, becauſe you give the DoQrine the hearing only, as we uſe to ſay, 5. e. your Ears are ſhut againſt it. / Here God challengeth them again to tell him, what Ur:kindneſs he had ſhewed them, as before wer. 5. Have I been like the wi'derneſs of Arabia, have not I accomodated you withall Ne- ceflaries at all rimes,Deut. 32. 13, 14+ Exek 34. 31 14, 15, nay in the wilderneſs it ſelf T was not a wilderneſs toyou ; an Account where. of Nehemiah gives, Neh. g. 15.to 23. And you have the Story of it P/al. 78. m Divers Interpreters derive this Word from a different Root, and accordingly render the Senſe variouſly. S:me from the a Root that ſignifies to fade or fall, as a Land where Fruits fa!l off be- fore they be ripe, bringing nothing to perfetien; and ſo Tremelius and Junius Tranſlate it, Ja. 28, 1, 4. 9. 4. Have you found me to fail your ExpeRartions in any thing thatI have promiſed you, 9oſh. 21+ 45. and 23- 14+ Others derive it from a word that ſignifies Late as a Land that brings forth its Fruit Jate in the Year, which either ripeneth nor, or ripeneth unkindly, 9. d. Have you found me back- ward jn any thing todo you good ? Have I not fed youto the full ? Others from Darkneſs, properly thick Darkneſs, Exod. 10. 22. Joe! 2, 2: And jt is the more ſignificant, becauſe Jah, the Name of God is added to it, 9. d. the Darkneſs of Ged, as a Sleep of God, for a deep Sleep, 1 Sam. 26. 12. Flame of God, for a vehement Flame, Cant, 8. 6, aS if it were a Land uninhabirable, becauſe of the total want of liehe q. 4, Have I been a God of no Uie or Comfort to them. that they thus leave me? Have they had nothing from me but Miſery and Affliction ? as this notion of Darkneſs may import, 1ſa. 8. 22. Lam 3: 2: Hence the LXX. expreſs it by a Land bringing forth thorns Or this Expreſſion, a Land of Darkneſs, may be put by Appoſition ro the former. mn 72. c. In theix Heart. 0 Words of Pride and Boafting : God had endeavoured to make them ſenſible, that all their Happi- neſs they owed to him, andnow 9. d. Yourule as Lords without us ſee 1 Cor. 4: 8: now you caft me off; or rather, we are well enough eſtabliſhed in our Government by forreign Aids, and CompaQts with the Egyptians,and Aſjrians, &c. and have Rulers of our own; we have no {uch great need of thee : Hence the LXX render it in the paſſive Voice, we will notbe ruled; which agrees with the next words of the verſe, Deut. 32: 15, 16: Something of this appeared in Uzziah, 2 Chron. 26: 15, 16: and Hezekiah, 2 Chron. 32: 25: neither was David wholly clear, P/al. 3o: 6.
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p How ſeldom is it, and how unlikely, that a Maid ſhould forget her Ornaments? q Whether it belongs to the Head, or the Breaſt, or Arms, whether Bracelets or Jewels where-ever worn,is not worth the diſputing, but underſtand thoſe rich Jewels which the Bride- groom was wont to preſent his Bride with, partly for a general Obli- gation, and partly of particular Signification, and all of them Orna- mental, whatever may render her amiable in the Eyes of her Bride- __ Virgins, and eſpecially Brides, will not uſually negle& any thing that may make them comely. r 7iz. In the negle& of my Worſhip ; me, who was not only their Defence, bur their Glory ,ver/e 11,&c- that for which other Nations honoured them, P/al. 148: 14: Ezek. 16: 10: to 15. ſi. e. For aJong time paſt, time our of mind, or as the Hebrew Days, of which there is no number.
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