for I will pour their wickedne(s upon them o. , _.. 0 The ſecurity promiſed by theſe falſe Prophets, ſhall be no Ex-. cuſe to the people for giving credit to them; the Prophets ſhall pe riſh for propheſying faiſly in my Name, and the people that hearken to, . and believe what they ſay, and prattiſe aecerdingly, ſhall pe«. rilh for their light agd vain credulity.. As the ſinful Commands. of Superiors in things civil,. will got free thoſe from Guilt that ex«, ecute their Commands ; ſo the Lies and falſe teachings of Miniſters, will not excuſe thole that run into Error upon the credit of their. words :. both the one and the other owe their firſt homage and Al- ledgance to God, by whofe woxd they ought to examin the Pre- cepts of the one, and the propheſyings of the other, '. . -
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Or Mak, the prophet and the prieſt || go about into a land that \mercoan-. they know not 9. dize againft p The Prophet is by God direQted to ſpeak till of the calmitics '@ Land, &> ofthe people as a thing paſt though yer to come ; according to rhe \Mez acr- uſual Sryle of prophetical Writings ; and to tell them, that what- knowledge ſocver their falſe Prophets told them, yet he ſo certainly knew the # 7106, contrary, that he could even wiſh himſelf melred into Tears fer them, and had even already before his eyes the doolful ſpeQacle of their Miſerizs. Some in the Field flain by the Enemies Sword, 0- thers within the Walls almoſt ſtarved to Death. q The word in the Hebrew TVND which we tranſlate go about, fignifies ſo primarily, and in a ſecond Senſe to Merchandize, becauſe Merchants go about Countries to trade. This hath made that variety of Senſe which the Margents of our Bibles have ; but our Tranſlation is true enough, and the Senſe ſeems to be, that Prieffs and Prophets ( though ac- counted ſacred perſons) ſhould be made captives alſo, and wander in a Land wherein they were Foreigners. This is thought to re- late tothe firſt Captivity in the time of Jeh9akim, when the people of the beſt falhion were carried into Captivity.
19 faſt thou utcerly 1eje&ted ſudah ? hath thy ſoul loathed Zion r # why haſt thou ſmicten us, and rhere is
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ry The Prophet again returns to God, expoſtulating with him, and humbly imploring mercy for his people, which lets us know that he did not underſtand Gods word to him, ver. 1, as an abſolute pro- hibition of him to pray for this people. Z'9n was a place whoſe gates God loved, and Judah was his pleaſant portion. Lord, ſaith the Prophet, is it poſſible thou ſhouldſt loath a place which thou fo
ned? | He acknowledgeth God 10 be he that had ſmitten rhem, and their condition without him to be helpleſs and hopeleſs. 7 And that all their Hopes and ExpeRQations were fruſtrated. | 20 We acknowledges, O LORD, our wickedneſs, "PC: ro6:6. and the iniquity of our Fathers, for * we have ſinned a- Dan: 9: 8. gainſt thee «. W # That is, both we and our Fathers have finned againſt thee, and have given theea Right to puniſh and deſtroy us ; we delire nor to cover or cloak our Sin, we own and acknowledge it. 21 Do not abhor «s, for thy names ſake w, do not
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w Thething which the Propher deprecateth, is, the Judgments come already, and farther coming upon this People, the Famine, Sword and Peſtilence, with the Drought, under the {ad Conſequents of which, they at preſent Jaboured ; bur he prays for the Removal
in this phraſe, Do not abhor 5; noting to us, that the love of God t2 a people is the Root of a'l Good which they can expett ; and his hatred and diſpleaſure, the Root of all the evil that can beride them. Here are divders Arguments brought to back this Petition. 1. Fir tky Names jake, that is, thine Honour and Glo:ty ſake, an Ar- gumeat often made uſe of in Holy Writ, in the Peayers of God's People, .Joſ: 7: 9g, &c. and upon a very good Foundation, whether