s To fave thee, with a Temporal Salvation, and deliverance, 26. and thoie of thee who are 1raelires indecd with a Spiritual, and e« ternal Salvation ; but the {irtt is what is here principally intenged.
w God pu:se Gifterence betwixt the Choſtifements of bis People,
and the Punilkment of their Enemies , the latter he deſtroyeth with an uttcr and total deſtruQtion, to make an end efrkem 3 but he chaſtens 1s People like @ Facher -for tEcir profic, and will not
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; that is, not in Equity only 3 . or with Moderation, whereas beis {aid to puniſh his Enemies in {ury. There are many texts of Scripture that men- tion this dificerence which God pur5 berwixthis punidhing his Peo « Ple, and lis prnithing their Enemics, 1s 26. 14, 39. & 29. 3, 8. ” Bur yer Gud will nor let his own People go altogether UNPpUNI= Ihed, rher by it they may be reclaimed, ar:d che World may take Notice that (zed is of purer Eyes than that ke can, in any Perions, behold iniquity. 12 For thus faith the LORD, Thy * bruiſe 3s incu- * Chap rable, and thy wound is grievous 2. 15-18, z Interpretcrs generally urdcrftand by bruiſe or wornd here, the ſtare that rhe Jews ſhould ve in, in the Caprivity of Babylon which would be miterable, and fo miſerable that ir would be incurable ircm any han, except the Hand of God. But IT do nct unders ſt:nd why it may nor as well be interpreted of their ſmſull fate, Wit retcrence to Gods purpoſe, and interpreted by 2 Chron, 36: 16. where 1t is ſaid, The wrath of God aroſe againſt them t:ll there was w0remedy» They had ſinned ro that degree that God had reſolve into Captivity t2ey ſhould go, and there ſhould abide tillthedeter- mination o£ 79 Years. mT, s = Fog 12 There is none to plead thy cauſe + that thou + Heb. mayeſt be bound up: ? thou haſt no healing medi- fo 5:ndizg Cincs 4. up orprefſog a Concerning the general deſign of the Prophet in theſe words, dec all Inter reters le:m agreed that the ProphetsScope is to bring their , uneaſte thoughts to a reſt, and make them reft jatisfied with the Providence of Ged ; for their was no rcfiftance of the Will of God which he metaphorically exprefſeth under the roticn of one mi- ſerably and incurzbly wounded, whem no Phyſician or Chyrurgcon could heal; and for whom there was no effcctual Plaiſter ; but con= cerning the particular ſenſe of the Hiclrew wer, much is critically ſaid, which I conceive not my work to repear, nor is it of much moment to us to kacw, whether the wocd more properly ſignifies healing Meaitines, or courſes of cure, or Plaifrs ; thoie who are curia ous may read ſufficiently about it in the Eg!iſh Anuorations upon the Text. Ir may be more material to conſider whether the Pro- phets meaning be, there was none would do it, or «there was none could doit, or there was none ſhould da it, that is whom God would aimir at preſent to de it, as he elſewhere faith, though Noah, Daniel and Job, and though Meſes and Sam:el ſtood before kim, they ſhould ſave none but their own Souls: The Prophers deſign doubtleſs was to ſatisfie this People, that there was no preſent re- medy for them bur Patience, though ſore would in charity plead for them, and though their falſe Prophers might promiſe a Cure ; yet in very deed God would admit now of no Plea for them, and all means that could be uſed for their more ſpeedy Reftauration, would prove no bealing Medicines, but}ike Medicines that make the
' Patients worſe,and irritate, in ſtcad of allaying the Diſtemper.
14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee b;they ſeek thee not, for TI have wounded thee with the wound * of an, , , _.. enemy, with the chaſtifement of a * cruel one c, for the , ” te 162 multitude of thine iniquity, * becarſe thy fins were in- g.& 19+
crealed d, 1le | b In the time of thy proſperity thou hadſt many Friends, bur * Job 3%;
now they have forgotten thee. Very probably the Egyptians and 23:
4ſſrians, whoſe help the Jews made often vie of, are the Lovers * Chap,
here intended, 2 Chron. 28, 24. Hoſ. 12. 1. irdeed the Egyptians were 5» On
before conquered, or very much brought low, by the King of Bas
bzlon. cThey ſee the miſerable cafe they are 1n, and now dos not
covet theeas formerly, they diſcern that I bave wounded thee with
ſuch a wound, as cruel Men uſe to give their Enemies, 4 Though
it be in me no a& of cruelty, for it is bur in a juſt punithment of
your iniquities, which were increaſed to a very gicat multitude,
the Perſians, then to the Greeians, then to the Roman?, in Servitude to whom they were at the comiag of Chrift, and foon after miſerably ſubdued by them, and fince that time almoſt all Nations have fere
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row 151nCcurable e, for the multitude of thine iniquity becauſe thy ſins were increaſed, Ihave done theſe things unto thee f.
e Why complaineſt thou of my dealings with thee ? Or as Chap: 15.18. The cauicof thy ſorrow is incurab'c, or 2s others, V/hy complainet thou that thy ſorrow is incurable. f Though 17 be to,
yet thou haſt n» reaſon to complain of my dealings,for thy deſtruc- | tion 1s of thy ſeif; Tam juſt in whar IT have done, for I have bur, given the that Death which is th2 wares of thy Work of fin, nor |
was I ſuddenly provoked, it is for the multitude of thine iniqui- |