were ſo ingrareful to them. : | . 21 Therefore thus faith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, chat ſeek thy life,faying, * Propheſie not in che name of che LORD, that chou die not by our hand: 22 Therefore thus ſaith the LORD of hoſts, Be:
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7.5 R | Tehteous * art thou, O LORD, when I plead with Jr, te R thee 4, yet let me || talk with thee of thy judge- | reaſon ents þ, * Wherefore doth the way of the wicked ,* proſper ! wherefore are all they happy that deal very
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4 5 Gations in the Government of the World. Some read the latter
part, ſhould 1 plead with thee * But let it be ſbowld I plead? or, although, 4 Or when I plead, that is, argue with thee, yet the Prophet doth wRng without a previous reſolution ro agree rac Lord's Diſpenſations - , : whatſoever he ſhould ſay. 5 Yet faith he, let me ralk with thee, not by way of accuſing thee, but for my own fatisfaftion concer- ning thy judicial Diſpenſations in the Government of the World. © Wherefore doth the way of the wicked proſper ? Wherefore are all they happy that deal treacherouſly ? by l they, he means many Ll them, and is thought to have ſpoken with a ſpecial relation to the Prieſts at Anatho:b, that had conſpired againſt his Life. TheProſpe- rity of the Wicked hath in all times been a Riddle, and a ſore Temp- ' tation to the beſt of God's People; to Job, Chap. 21. 7, 13. to David Pſal. 37+ 1. and 73. 2, 12. and 94» 3, + Hab. 1.4, 5- Lord, _ Jeremy, T know thy ways of Providence are juſt and righteous, but they are dark aod hidden from me, I cannor underſtand why thou
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in their mouth, and far from their reins 4, wh Here are a People that indeed talk of thee, and one that only obſerveth their Mouths, would judge thou wert near to them,an they had Communion with thee, but he that obſerveth their Lives, may eaſily diſcern that thou art far from their inward parts, they have neither fear of thee, nor love for thee, nor deſire after thee,nor delight in thee, norare they obedient to thee; yer thou haſt plant- ed them by thy Power, and by thy Providence they thrve, go on, and proſper: 2 But chou,O LORD, * knoweſt me,thou halt ſeen me, and tried my heart | toward thee. e Pull them out like ſheep for the laughter, and prepare them for
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hy SE NG be Cm underſtood, viz. But Lord, it us otherwiſe with me, T am maligned, and my life is hunred after, yer Lord thou knoweſt the fincerity of my heart before 'and towards thee, thou haſt had experience of me in the diſchayge of my Pro< phetical Offices and knoweſt that I have been faithful in revealing to the People what thou didſt reveal to me, yet for this it is they ſeek my Life and would have my Blood. f Lord, avenge me on this wicked Generation, confirm the words againſt them which I have
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this nature, and the lawfulneſs of putting vp ſuch Petitions againſt thoſe who are notonly our Enemies, but God's alſo. See what was noted on Chap. 11. Ver. 20.
becauſe they ſaid, He ſhall nor fee our laſt end 5.
- g The Prophet ſeems to give a reaſon of his former Paſſhon, and Prayer againſt thoſe wicked Men he before reflected on, becauſe they were the cauſe of the Nations Ruine, which is alſo aſſerted by the Pſalmiſt, Pſal. 107. 34+ ALandis ſaid to mourn metaphorically
Drought, or Vermine. þ Nay the effefts of their wicked courſes reached tothe veryBeaſts and Birds, becauſe they were ſo preſumptu- ous as to conclude,that they ſhoud do well enough, neither the Pro- pher nor any other ſhould ſee their Jaſt end.
5 If thou haſt run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canſt thou contend with hor- ſes 32? and if in the land of peace wherein thou truſtedſt they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in * the ſwel- ling of Jordan & ? :