to be worſhipped, but reproved him for thre wing them cur of th Church, becauſe they ſerve for Oin:mert , rd Lay-mens Books. which ſince hath bezn received as a Cathclick Duluriut, that Images are Lay-mens Bucks. 9 »olver ſpread into plates is brought from » Tar- ſhiſb, and gold from o Ophez. the work of the work. man, and of the hands of rhe ? founder : blue and PUT» ple 5s their q clothing : they are all the work of r cun- ning men.
m It was not Wood waſhed with Gold, or maſly Silver or Gold. bur covered over with Plates of Silver cr Gold. Exod. 39. 3. n From tome remote place, probably from Span, whence ti:e beſt Gold came ; Tarſb/ſh is the proper Name of a Sea-town in Cil'cin, Ezeks 27» 12, 25. Jonah 1. 3. and being a noted Port, from whence they had paſſage to Africa, lndin, and other remote Countries, jt is uſually put for the Ocean, and may as well fignific from any plice b-yond the Sea ; if you rake ir properly, then poſlibly it is noted as the beſt Silver coming trom thence, as Uphaz for the beſt Gold ; for rhough we reid allo cf Gold coming trom thence, 1 Kg. 10 22. 2 Chron. 9. 21. yet where the moſt proper Cummodities of it are mentioned, we read of no Gold, Ezck. 27. 12, unleſs whatſeems ra. ther to be brovghr thither, Verſe. 22. 0 5. e. Proba! ly the beſt Gold, comirs trom thence in thoſe days, as the beſt Silver from Tarſhiſh, and that ere was the beſt Gold is probable frem Dan. : >, 5. there are various conjeCtures at whar place this pOINtS at, Wie ther the ſame with Phas, or Phez by an Aphereſis, or Ophir a place not far from 7arſhiſh, and givers other places are conjectuied, and ſome think it refers to no place ar all, but to point at the excel. lency of rhe Gold only ; but it is not the deſign, thar this Com« ment ſhould ſwell with things rather cenje&ural. than profitable, 1risenoughro know, that this p!ace intends the pureſt Gold pþ Thus faith he, che Artificer takes it, and each according to his Arr, ſhapes It, and adorys it; firs the Silver and the Gold for it. q Expcſitors differing abcur the Materials, out of which they weie dyed, do differ a}fo in the colours, which here are called Blue arid purple, the Diſpute is not worth the while in a vulgar Comment, they that will may conſult the Engl. Annot. Either this relates to the further adorning thoſe rich Idols of Silver and Go'd; or it implies other Artiſts. ſuch as ſhape or ſew Silk or Cloth, Woollen or Linen, made ule of to make theſeGarments for tho!t Idols of more inferiourMate- rials, as Wood orStone, the other being ſufficiently beautified without them. r #, e. The cheiceſt Men in their reſpe&ive Arts were picked out for this work. that there might be nothing wanting as troexaR- neſs, richneſs and curioſity; ali this the Prophet ſpeaks the more to ridicule their Idols, as if all this would pur any thing of power, ver- rue, or excellency in them, till deeft aliquid intus.
io For the LORD 3s the + /true GOD, he 7s the + Heb.c t living God, and an Þ s * everlaſting King : at his 9 #. wrath the earth ſhall x tremble, and the nations ſhall King of not be able to abide his y indignation. Eternity. J 9. 4. Al! theſe are but falle gods : Jehovah is the alone true Ged; * Plal. is: they are bur 1yes, and the teachers of lyes ; God is Truth it {elf, 16s ard that, both 1n regard of his Eſinre, as it is aſcribed ro Chriſt, 1 John 5. 20, and alſo in regard of his Faithfulneſs, Numb 23, Ig. Pſal 21.5. t Theſe areal] bur dead ſtocks and ones. Jehovah 1s the on)y Living God, having Life in himſelf, and giving Late ta all things elſe, Zohn 5. 21, 26. Hence the'e Idols are not only more baſe than any other Creature, but even viler than the matter ir ſel6 of which they ace made « Theſe though accounted Kings, and ccunrenanced by Kings, yet both they and their Kings do all periſh; time devours them all with worm or Ruſt, orby injuries, and vio= Jence offered to them as in the next Verſe, but none of theſe or any thing elſe can affe& the true God, he is Everlaſting. * He can with his look, or frown make the foundations of the Heaven and the Earth to ſhake, whereas theſe ſtocks can move them no more, than they can themſelves, which is nor one hairs breadth from their Sta« tions. »y Not able either to fop ir, or bear ir, but muſt Foop, and fall under it, Pſal. 76, 7. the wicked will not be able to ftand in Judge ment, Pſal. r.s5.
11 Thus (hall ye ſay z unto them, The gods that have not made a the heavens and the þ earth, even
they [ball periſh from the earth, and from under theſe heavens,
, Viz. To your great Lords tt« Baby!mians, when they-ſhall ſolf- cite you to Worthip Idols. + This ſeems to have ſome a:luſion to a ſaying common annng thoſe Greeks, that held one ſupream Diety, Let him that ſaith he 1s a gud make anther Wirld. b Here is noted,both how frail they are, they jball yer;ſh, and how weak they are. they could nct make the Heaven, o th Earth T ts5 Verſe IS writ in the Chaldean Tongue, ana not in the 2p, tha when they came a- mong them that did worſhip their 129}, they might openly and plainly profeſs the true God in that La:2y4g0 which the Enemies underſtood better than they did the Hebrew, 4 thr in ſuch kind of bold Language as this;Let all whoſe gods periſh, he Barth and under the Heavens, that were notable to mais gj.her Jr isan Impre cation upon their Idols. |
12 He * hath made the c earth by kis 4 POer he FCCon 1.6 hath e eſtabliſhed the world by his wiſdom, and *\th oe" ſtretched out the f heavens by his diſcretion. ' 15, &c.