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Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679 • SECTION 1881

Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 1881

← Matthew Poole — Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1

{Men, fo as they, ſhould have no. peace, buc:evil fliouid: moſt cer The People; from the;Sexyio6 and; Obedicnce: he. true. God y'fo ff 5? | | P A £ JG 7 y : :tainky come upon them: HK 21H 63 5-1 CL. SJ OT ON 135 & Fit | - the ©, by telling their pretended Dreams, uc | M- p att ir . 20 The * Anger of the LORD ſhall not return, un-|. Obedience 40 God in what be rexpaled) ro She y, the ;true, Pro- «it he'have executed, and{ till: he have performed the ; phers; they agree'd in x che Eck Sn Spe cing of the Peo e + Heb: ny _—_E irc 4 ih the latter days ye ſhall con-'! & , though they differed in'rhe Meat; ! rhis one retending'R5-T - . thoughts - his -"_ + 1h the Hatter "days Ye Mall Con; ne hs Bot Bel} the beherfiom:/rhexris/Golb dy rheir Dre: with who® Hdericpertealy';7 7 VS PT TED ie COP Mes Dig axgn bas 2m 10 130346) rom excl cog £06 hw 1 Se k Ir 1s PROS called a continuing whirlwind, | Chep. 130® 23'7 The 28 The prophet that hath'a ditarh Þ, ee tell | !P;opher ſpraks'of the- judgment. as of a "eſſenger,” which. coming |, a dream:;-afid he thathach my word, let him lpeakmy | from God, ſhbuld not return till it. bad donelivs Errand,/ and exeeut-} ona Eimchfully x.3mwhbatss the chatt,to-che wheat, faich | pd whas: is cars for, jevers whatever. God had refojved je thould ef} ne yp Ew Stir boon aver? ned e&t. Men are ready to flatter th-mſelves, tha” they ſhall eith ha TJ 413 10 coTOW 917 DI3197T2q 919 ICE. out=ride or out-live che ſtorms of Di joe, Vengeance; nof faith-t ie] » Nota ivine Dream 3 2 Rev? 50g Whic Foe aha £o.him - . Prophet) the Anger bf the Lord Ki bring 't6 paſs wharfeover the | in, his.ilcep, 1.25 appeareth by the fo = yt OF 4 ar CA ES: wh $*,0 | 4; God! ie pÞAnd thouph you/will net! iow believe ar, | Drea” and the Word of the Lord, ') butifany [Maa har \ dreamed. 10 | Juſt Wall of-God 12:3) PAnb afough yowrelll hophonnagiene nh | gs OUT ler bio. tell it 3s 4 Draft 3 fet him. nox elite gs ns or ns oe Hs ee then og God ©d it” x And Tet, him to, whom” TRAv8 ravealed' my Wil, Shall bg) 00, are: (; which js the utya\ folly of Sinners ). tl IP | publith and. declare That in/all Trurk' add” Faickfilneſs, nor 5d- "hey? WONG PONCE. ( hets. vet they 'i4 | Jing bis own Fancies. of Dicams to it, ">'Gir. 2. 17. x Pi,.2. 4. 39. 246 _--21 *T have not ſent. theſe prophets, yet they ran; ans EO ooiere 4 2s muck, Difereace be- Chap. T have, not ſpoken, unto them, Ye. they propheſied. ryan my. Will ard eheir Preis, us rhers is betwixe the Char "4 Ma < .\ 223. But if they :had, ſtood. in my {py bo om fe the fork ; The one ty Jus tb. niake Pood for Up Soul, as */- 153 & a / tp: | words mw; then 'they, Wheat doth for the Body; the other 15 or no yalue:” the'one 4 4:2. 29. 9. cauſed my' people” t6 one ekes it ay — "1F 4 my Word is/of a {olid/abiding. Subſtance's rhe other 35 Tight and os uld Re apa them, LOm Envir Evi Way, an ina airy, and caſiely ſcattered by every Wind. , : .. 1970491 ,; tne. eV: [s; .T JEIT,C O1NS3 A. 11.47 MJ) y ; 7-1 T7 TLEITS: f "= —— - & 1 ' ', 7 a! * E i 5 on Theſe falſe. Prophers did, nor, propheſic withoun the, Approba.| 29 15 not ay - ——_ ws ——_ _ gn 1 Zion. of the. Rulers, ofthe Egcteſiaſiacal Stare, ;amorigdt che rey and like; #9 PRE. . 72.55 ICAL BY uh © £ | their gogrupt eſtate, buf 1 they. 8; 300 ye" B9tbe leng of God-! nt f | <Ths Judgment of a Divine Miſhog tor the Revelation of God | *

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like a Fire

break:th hard Hearts, Ochers think,

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mer, and fo think this Text well expounded by the Apoſtle 2 Cor. 2. 16 Certain it is, that God s Word is like fire in borh Sences3 no Words of Men have an Eff-& and Efficacy like God s Words: nce thing bur that takerh hold vpon the Conſcience, and hath ſuch an Eff:& upon the hearts of Men. No Word ſhall ſo Certainly and Infallibly be juftified and made good. :

o Therefore behold, * I am againſt the prophets,

faith the LORD, that ſteal my words, every ons from

his neighbour #:

# There are various Opinions, as to what the Prophet meaneth here by thoſe Propherts-rhar Fole the Lords Woras from their Neighs * bours , ſome, by their Neighbour, underſtanding the true Prophets, from whom they. ſtole thoie forms of Speech, Teus jazth the Lord, or, the word of the Lord, or, The burden of the Lord. Or ſome of the mat- rer which they Proph<ſied, thouga they mixed it with their own Lyes'and Deccits. Others by Neighbours underſtanding their Af- ' Tociates, think that theſe Falſe Prophers conſpired together what to - Fay to deceive the People, and ſo ſtole what they ſaid one from ano- -* ther. Or, the generality of the People from whom they are ſaid © £6 ſteal the Lord's Word, becauſe they withheld it from them 1in- * jurioufly. Or;by their Arts and Flarteries brought Men onr of Jove ' with:ior fear of the Words of the Lord, which had by the true Pro-

ets'be:n del;-ered ro them.

** Deur. 18. 20. Chap. 14+ Is, 15.

{| Heb.

that ſmooth

their Fongue,

that [| uſe their tongues b, and ſay, He faith c.

b Some think the H:b. Words were more properly tranſlated Pmorth their tongues ; V2. The Engliſh Annotations. ©c Bu: the next Words ſeem to aſſure us, that the Crime for which God here by the Prophet refl-&erh upon the Falſe Prophets, was not ſo muck their fla:tering People, and my torhem ſuch ſmooth things as pleaſed them, as their intitl.ng © God to their Lyes, ſaving, He that-is, The Lord ſaith, So it may he, though the Word might be tranflated, ſmooth, yet ir is here better tranſlated Uſe,

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