28 They are all grievous e revolters, * walking with - 1 f ſlanders : they are bras and g iron ; they are all 5 cor- * Chap | It rupter 5 N . 49 : .
e Obſtinate, and refraQary, 1a. 31.6. chap. 5.3, 23. f Being thei f main Bulinefs to detra&t ar thee,and the "+, wr EA rs gray - and 20, 10. a Sin exprefly forbidden, Levie. 19. x6. g This to the F end of the Chapter is all metaphorical, either they are impudent, as £l Brafs doth ſonierimes ſignifie, or they are obſlinare and inflexible, as A Iron notes: feeboth 1ſa. 48. 4-or it ſignifies their corrupt Eſtate ; f: they are not pure Metal, as Silver or Gold, but baſe and mean, 2s h Braſs and Iron mixed together, Ezeke 22. 18. þ This relates to their BA Manners ; they propagate their Corruption. 7. 1. 4. They ſtrength» p en one another in wickedneſs. | T
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7 The Prophet proſecutes his Meraphor taken from Refining of Meralsg c intimating herein, that the Prophets had ſpent cheir Lungs to no ” purpoſe. See the like, P(al. 22, 15. and 69. 7. and -their ſtrength was conſumed by their fo much Labour and Pains, 9. d. the Terros of the Lord is as a Fire in my Throat. & Some read it, the Lead was 5 entire, Viz. their Droſs did ſtillremain in them, the Lrad pur for their * Droſs ; but I ſee no reaſon for, nor need of this reading, but rather hereby is underſtood, either that means which was uſed to =_ ail le with them, bis Words compared to Lead for the Weight 6f them, th and the Uſe of them ; or the Judgements which were heavy, as Lead = that God mixed among themythe more eaſily to prevail with them,ir ch
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CHAP. Vl.
A Call to true Repentance, 1 7. Andnet living in Theft, Murder, A- dultery,Perjury,8&&. not to truſt in the outward Worſhip and Temple of GOD, by the Example of Shiloh, 8 15. The Prophet is forbid to pray for them, 16, Their laolatry, and iis Judgement, 17 20. fices rejefed, and Obedience required, 21 They are called to
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mourn far their Abominations in Tophet, and their Judgements, 29—34- f T He word that came to Jeremiah from the « LORD, ſaying,
a See Chap. 1, 2. This is the Title of a new Sermon much of the nature of the former, which reacheth to Chap. 10.
2 Stand in the b gate of the « LORD'S houſe,and d proclaim e there f this word, and ſay, Hear the word of the g LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at theſe
gates to worlhip the LORD.
b Vize The Eaſt Gate, which was chiefly frequented ; this being the publick place of going out and coming in,and where the People were then wont to aſlen.ble, Jeremiah 26. 2, 10. and he 1s ſaid to fand, becauſe he was to execute the Office of a Preacher, chap -26. 2. not ofa Judge,where the Poſture would rather have been ſ:ting. c The Temple, wer. 4.10. a e The Place notes the Vanity of their Con- fidence, who, notwithſtanding all their Provocations, yet placed their Safecy much in the Priviledges of the Temple, glorying much in that ; and the Manner, Proclaiming, ſignifies both the Authority by which he ſpake, and the divulging of what he ſpake plainly and boldly, which, as it wasin a publick place, vize the Court of the People, not che Court of the Prieſts, (from which it is diſtinguiſh- ed, 2 Chron. 4+ 9. ) and therefore {aid at theſe Gates, viz. the ſeve- ral Gates that were in the Wall of the Court, of which there were ſix, three on the South-ſide, and three on the North ; ſo poſſibly, it might be at ſome publick time of the Peoples reſorting thither fcom all Quarters, Pſal. 122. 4, 5- when all the Males were to meet; Exod. 23. 17. See Joh. 1.37. and therefore ſaid, Al ye of Judah. f The Meſlage that I ſend thee with. g See chap. 2. 4.
3 Thus faith the LORD of hoſts the God of Iſrael 3 * Amend your ways, and your + doings; and I will cauſe you to dwell in this 5 place.
h i. e. Mend your Manners, Amending ſignifies both to turn from our evil Works, and make our good better. r You ſhal nor go into Capriviryg implying, that otherwiſe they ſhould ; he will continue their Habitations to them from Age to Age, as wer. 7. Thedoing of a thing in Sc:iprure often implies the continuar:ce of it: Levit.26. 11. I will ſet my Tabernacle, 7. e. I will continue it.
4 Truſt ye not in lying words, ſaying, The & temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD are / theſe.