In this 2nd the nexc Verſe, the Propher enumerates ſome parti- * Job 5 8- culars, wherein he is tranſcendently above all Creatures, which he Pt: 194. = bath made, much more above [dels, whichare the works of mans Iſa.q0-22* hands. c 4s 14.15. 7.e. This whole Globe conſiſting of Waters, as well as Farth. 4 It muſt needs ſpeak an Almighty power to make ſuch avaſt body ; where would the [dols have found Materials, of which to have compoſed ſuch a Body. and Bulk, the true Gcd was notat a loſs, he drew them out of nothing, and commanded them into a beeing by the word of his Power, Gen. 1. 1. e Either he hath made it firm, ſolid and unmeveable, 7. «, Off from irs Bafis, or ra- ther Center, ( for it is out of our Spher: and Province here to med- dle either with the fixation, er the motion of it, thar is left to the old and new Philoſophers to diſpute among themſelves) or elſe by eſtabliſhing we underſtand, he hath appointed it irs uſe, or hath _
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The Prophet now enters upon another SubjeQ, and probably begins another S2zrmon. y 7. e. Every thing thou haſt any advan- tage by, not only thy Domeſtick concerns, but all thy Trafique and &erchandize, whereever thou haſt any concerns in the Land, as Mer. uſe to do in cafe of Invaſion by an Enemy, to ſecure them. Ic ſeems to be a Sarcaſm, or kind of Military der://on, 2 This is under- ſtood by ſome, as ſpoken to the Babylonians, that they ſhould make proviſion for their eſcape, their Idols being not able to fave them bur this ſeems to. be remote from the Prophets meaning ; it is ra- ther therefore direSted ro the Inhabitants of Feruſalem, that being the chief place of Security in Jude, and by a Synecdoche toall other places thar they promiſed themſelves ſecurity in; the approaching
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18 Forthus faith the LORD, Behold, I will a * ſling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will diſtreſs them, that they may find it /o b. - +
a It notes with how much violence and freed, and with eaſe thi Chaldeans ſhall hurry away the People into Babylon, asthe _ _ ſwiftly, and violently paſs, which is thrown out of aSling, with fo much eaſe, and therefore it is ſaid at this once, T will not delay, but make one through quick work of it, noting not only the time; but implying the clear riddance that he would make of them, 2 Chron. 36. 17, 18, 19- they had been ofren aſſaulted by Enemies, and ſometimes they redeemed themſelves, ſometimes delivered by God, their Enemies being ſometimes divided; but it ſhould not be ſo now, bur all ſwepr away. b That they may ſeeI am in.good earneſt, that I have not only aid it. but they ſhall find, that I will execute it, and though they would never believe it, yet they ſhall aftually find the truth of my Threatnings. See Chap. 5. 12, 13. Exek. 6. 10. - - | th
19 Wois me for my hurt ; my wound is c grievous : but I ſaid, Truly this a grief, and I muſt 4 bear it.
c Here the Prephet doth not ſo much expreſs his own ſorrow: though that be great, as perſonate the Sorrow and Complaint that the Land, 7. e. The people ofthe Land, manifeſt, or at leaſt ought todo; which becauſe they do not, cauſerh no little grief in the Prophet himſelf, who cannot bur be affe&ed with their condition which he calls not only a hurt, but a wound, and both of them very grievous. d Or rather, but I better con{ideredit, and faid within my ſelf, I were as good be ſilent, it is indeed a grief grievon: in it ſelF and grievius that I muſt ſmorher it, and not complain, bur it is my duty to bear 1t patiently. There isin this expreſſion a double necet« ſary preparation to Repentancey Yiz. 1. An acknowledgment, that they had defervedly brought the Judgment upon themſelves, and that therefore, 2. They would patiently bear it, and it doth im+ ply ſomething of their ſtupidity, 9. 4. we could not have imagined the damnage could have been {ſo very grear, but now we ſee how it is, we will patiently bear the indignation of th: Lord becauſe we have ſinned againſt him, If this be rot the the meaning, then it is a fur« ther obſtinat? perſiſting in their Rebelling. 9. d. ſeing it muſt be ſo, _ - is very pie ps _ COIERes now to bear it, and rub through it as wellasI can: A further perſiſting i inac\ but I incline moſt to the former ſenſe. g ne fe: CM
20 My tabernacle is ſpoiled, and all my cords are e broken ; my children are gone forth of f me, and
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e He proceeds in his proſopopais to bring in the Land, or the In- habitantrs thereof enumerating their Calamiries, and by a Metaphor ſets out the overthrow of the Land, or Zeruſalem, by the breaking of the Cords of a Tabernacle, the uſe whereof is to faften it en every ſide to Stakes in the ground, which Cerds being broken the-Tobernacte falls, implying all the ſupports of City and Country were gone; no- thing but defolztion to be expeCted. See Chap. 4. 20. f ither the Inhabitants of the Land, or the /eſer Cities, being frequently called Daughters, Viz. The Chaldeans have ſnatched them away from me, and carried them into Captivity» g Ofthe Phraſe and meaning ofit,
22 ſee Chap. 31- 15- h 3.e- "Tis irrevocable, I am without - all hel 15 They arevanity and the work of q errors : in the | ,h.; for Defence or Beauty, or any _ wideter nap wes