for many hunters, and they ſhall kunt them from every | each corner there was a riſing part made of Braſs ſemething highs mountain, and from every hill, and out of che holes of | theſe were called the Horns of rhe Altar. See Exod. 27. 2. Evek, 43. » k 15, 16. Now their fin iseither ſaid tobe ingraven, or publiſhed, the TOCKS ©. Lo bhef 3s + Promife abt upon the Horns of the Altar, becauſe the Blood of the Sacrifices _ u Though ſome Interpreters make © IT e's : f geo E GITRET | which they offered to Idols was ſprinkled there, or becauſe their of Gods Reſtauration of this Peopie,and making ule of Cyw who | arc... 1.4 ſome Inſcription upon them, declaring to what Idol that erman or Hun:{man by his Proclamation fetched the Jews | a1... ,,. conſecrated, as the Altar of Athens had. 6-55
asa £ , - 9.4 » Hi [ . ph þ: | jr : "KPS9- y4 TY p out. of all parts of his Dominions, to return to :ieruſalem: Or of 2 Whilſt their children remember their altars, and
& by the Apotles, who were Gods Filſher- , LUIT | E , 1 ———_——— oe. | their * groves,by the green trees upon the Righ hills d. - *Jud. 3:7. |
d wentup and down preaching the Goſpel in all places : - ; : | dawg gary 50 woe nideth usto interpret it asa Threatning, | 4 This ſheweth how inveterate they were in this ſin of Tdolatry, Ifa. 1. 29. and by theſe Fiſhermen and :untimen, to urderfland all thoſe E. | that they taught it their Children, and their Children remembre 18.8.”
nemices whom God made uſe cf to deſtroy theſe Zews,hunting them | their Idolatrous Alrars, and the Groves, where they were wont ro Chap.2.20, out of all holes and coverts whereſoever they ſhould fly, and take | worſhip Idols by the green Trees, as they did alſo upon the high ; Sanftuary., 1 the; | hy _ = _ = _ _—_ wn n_ _— 26g Coy. *7, "FRE PE onall their ways: they are Jthink that the phraſe rather expreſſcrh heir fondneſs of their- Idols, Jobzr, —_ NC aan oo '5 on is their ini py hid Sow and think it afould be read, ON kigs Children, they remember, &c. that not hid from my iace, neit «xe is, they loved their Idols, and their Idolatrous Services, as the! love their Children, which alſo was true, yea, they that mads
nd 72" mine eyes s. ', .... - > Hire inks CHAN han that he can behold iniquity in any ſo [their Children paſs through the fire to Molech, loved them bettet
Cha.32. « Godis of purer Eyes t It) 6, as toapprove ___ therefore though he be l-ng patient, yet he | than their Children.
will at laſt punith evil doers,for his Eyes behold them, theirfins are 3 O my mountainin the field e,I * will give thy ſub- F Chap. open in his(ight,and he particularly obſerverh Mens attions,that he ſtznce, andall thy treaſures to the ſpoil, and thy high I5. 13, wy ng 7 ns OY I AER | places for ſin, throughout all thy borders £ : EEE : 2% = 4-4 18 AndfirſtT will r ecompenſe their iniquity, and « O Mount Zion, forthough Jeruſalem ſtood in a Plain, yet it their ſin double x: becauſe they have defiled my land y, | yas at the foot of an Hill, and part of it was built upon the ſide the have filled mine inheritance with the carcaſes of | of the Hill, upon the top of which Hills, were many Pp'caſant Fields. ir deteſtable and 2bominable things Ma Or, O Judah, which was a Country Full of Mountains, God calls their deteſtable J ; cd ro it his Mountain, becauſe of the particular favor he had ro this , * Before I wal ge nr eg Fry wag = L 4 ve * war hs Country. F Hethreatneth-to give all the Riches of the Inhabitar:rs them, I will puniſh them for their ways v yy be (for ( Mm bbs | of Jadah and Jeruſalem as afpoil, and 3ll the High Places where they ways of iniquity,and will plentifully punith them, (tor 10 4049/2 had commirted Idolatry throughout all their Countrey into the * ho i war. hon —__ Roger Enemies hands. | ooo OS EE EO ENS | | .Blood and Crueiry,and Otner Ns, | : NS WP 2 _ . by clue Mhokunry, paring. | {onal given them. z And have 4 And thou, even } thy {elf ſhalt diſcontinus wy #by ſelf; filled that Country which I have choſen for,& named my Inheritance, H 3 thine
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bap: XVII. 7 E RE ' thine heritage which I gave thee g, and1I will cauſe thee to ſerve thine enemies, in the land which thou knowelſt not : for * ye have kindled a fire in my anger, which ſhall burn for eyer 6.
£ In the word diſcontinue there is a ſecret promiſe, that they ſkould again come and poſſeſs and inherit their Land, they ſhould not loſe their inheritance,but enly diſcentinue their poſſeſſion and occupation of it. | Some learned Authors conſidering that the ſame word is here uſed,which is uſed, Exod: 23. 11: in the Law concern- ing the Sabbatical Reft, when they were to let the Land reſt, and lie fill, Lev: 26. 34. think this Text hath a reference to thar, and the "meaning is, thou ſhalt diſcontinue thy Ploughing and Tilling the Land. + And go into thine Enemies Countrey and ſerve them in a Land of which thou haſt no knowledge, becauſe by thine Ido« latry and other fins thou haſt increaſed my Wrath into ſuch a fire, as Nall burn for a long time, for ſo the word ever is oft taken, Exod. 21.6. Dewt 15.19. Pſal. 89. 1. 1a. 34. 10, } 5-© Thus faith the LORD, Curſed be the man, that "eruſteth in man, and maketh fleſh his arm, and whoſe
heart departeth from the LORD z.
L - 7 It was the great ſin of this People, for which they are often taxed in Holy Writ, 2 Chroz. 16. 17, and 28. 26, 20. Ia, 30-1, 2. and 31. 1, 2. when any danger threatned them for their fins, to iake Leagues with, and flee to foreign idolatrous Nations to help RE) ſuccopr them, and to repoſe a confidence in them, and ſo boul- Fer up themſelves in their wicked and ſinful courſes promiſing themielves deliverance from the dangers that threatned them, by the power of their Confederates, and Allies, 'T his fin the Propher here refleteth upon. That while their hearts departed from God, they Tr et incourage themſelves, from the hoped for help of Men : The Prophet from God declares that ſuch are and ſhall be * curſed, and mentioned Man, under the notion of Fleſb, ro ſhew his " frailty, and imporency, to help againſt the mighty Power and Wrath of G:d; withal ſhewing us, That God alone is the true obje& ot our Faith and Confidence, 2s well for the things of this Life, as thoſe of another Life, and that none whoſe heart departeth om God, can
with any ſecurity look for any help from the Creature.