13 They took the young men to grind, and the chil- dren fell under the wood x, - |
z Their baſe ſervile condition is exprefſ:d by the labour they
were put to, which was either grinding in the Mill ( an o:dinary employment of Sl-ves in thoſe Countries ) or carrying Mill-ſtones; and the younger Children, 1n c2rrying great Burdens of Wood un- der which they fell, as being not able ro ſtand under the Burdens laid upon them. |
14 The elders have ceaſed from the gate, the young men from their muſick y. y Ourgrave Men were wont to fit and execute Judgment in the Gates, but now there is no ſuch thing. Our young Men were wont to play on Muſick, and to have their merry Meetings, but they are allo ceaſed. _ | 15 The joy of our heart is ceaſed, our dance is eturned into mourning &<. z Either our Rejoycing at our ſolemn Feftivals, and Dancings tiere, which were uſual as appeareth from miny Scriptures. Or, all ourJoy and Dancings as well at other times as in our Solemn Feſtivals. | - = 16 f The crown is fallen from our head a: wo unto + Heb. the. us that we have ſinned b. crown of =! 4. Or, the crown of our head is fallen, by which is not only to be 9% head underſtood the Ceflation of their Kingdom, tur all their Honours, ® fallen, + Splencor and Dignity, ( Crown being taken in a Meraphorical No- | 3 tion) b We muſt thank our ſelves for all this, this wo is come : upon us becauſe of ours fins &: be 17 For this our heart is faint, for * eyes are dim c. | " | c Fither for our ſins theſe Miſeries are befallen us : or for theſe
Miſeries our Spirits fail us, and weare almoſt blinded with weep= iN
theſe rhings our *Pl 6 7a.
18 Becauſe of the mountain of Zion which is deſo- late, the foxes walk upon it d.
d Foxes and other wild Beaſts, which fly from places inhabited for fear of M-n inhabiting, and are much in deſolate places The 'Mountan cf Zion, where the Temple once ſtood, and people met to worſhip. God, was now a deſolate unfrequented place, ſo as wild B:aſts run up and down. there. |
19 Thou, O LORD, * remaineſt for ever : thy 1:76 throne from generation to generation e, - .. anday-164
e That is, Lord though for our fins thou ſuffcreſt theſe things and -o .. to be done unto us, and our Throne be through rhy righteous Pro- 12. 27 :nd } vidence thrown down, and thy Throne in thy SznQuary amongſt 145. 13. : us be thrown down ; yet thcu art ſtill the ſame God, thy power is Habe1.12. not diminiſhed, nor thy goodneſs abated. Thou ruleſt the Werld, and ſhalt Rule it for ever andever. :
20 Wherefore doſt thou forget us for ever, and for- YA ſake us | ſo long time f ? + Heb. find f Wherefore doſt thou in the Diſpenſations of thy Providence, length of carry thy ſelf as it thou hadſt forgotten us, and forſaken us, andthar days. for a long times | | | | l 21 * Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we »p;,, «. © ſhall be turned g: renew our days as of old þ. 3,7,19% A g See the like expreſſion Jer. 31. 18. Turnttou us unto thee by ' 4
* Pal 959; |
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' giving us Repentance, and then our condition will be altered, or receive us into thy favour, andrthen it ſhall be well wich us. . þ Res» ſtore us roour former Eſtate, that it may be with us as it hath for
: merly been.
22 || But thou haſt utterly rejected us ; thou art very jg, 6, wroth againſt us 3. | "Ss - wilt chews i Our Tranſlators have here ſo rendered the Particle 'I that the uitcrly re words ſcem to expreſs ſomediffidence in the Prepher of G.:ds M-r- j:8 Ss cy in Reftoring the people to their former ſtare, tome expicſſions of which nature we find falling from the miſt eminent Servants cf God in an hour of great Temptation : But where ſuch a ſenſe is not neceſſary; it is hard to put 1t upon a Texr. Some therefore. ex- vound DR 'D in this place by But if. Others tranſlate them, 4l- though thou haftly &c. Mr. Calvin prefereth the Trarſlation of them by Nif#, unleſs thou haſt utterly rejeHied us, and thinks that by tis Ex- preſhon the Prophet confirmeth himſe}f againſt Tempratiops cf dif fidence, becauſe it was impoſſible God ſhovId utterly caſt cf his peo« ple,” Rom. 11* 2, Others read it Interrogatively, Haft thu utterly res refed us? Which doth not ſuppoſe that the Prophet beheved' he had,
| though his prefent Providence ſhewed him very angry with them.
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A TABLE
Of ſome Principal Matters contained
" A Ctions : Why no Adions of Wicked are pleaſing to GOD;
3 Pal. 14. I, -
F * « Adam, how could a Rib be taken out of him, but it was i-
| - ther ſuperfluous or defe&tive 5 Gen. 2. 21.
4. How he knew Eve was taken out of him ; Gen. 2. 23.
if ' . Afiftions, # means of Happineſs; Job 5. 17. 6.
1 Angels, why ſome called Seraphims ; Ila. 6, 2. k. p
F 9} of Noah, how could the Creatures which came out of it
© ger into Iſlands; Gen. 9. 17.
BK Ark in Tabernacle,why call d the Teffimony ; Exod.2 5-16. 5.
E Atheiſts, their Cavils anſwer'd; Gen, 3. 1. & 6. 15. & 26. 31..5, Numbs 22, 28. 1 Sam. 13» 5. 2 Sam. IF. 7. 1 Kings 20. 30. 2 Kings 18. 2, 1 Chron.
22. 14. 2 Chron. 22. 2.
. © Barrenne(s, why a Reproach ; Gene 30-23. Eek. || Rirthright, Priviledges thereof ; Gen. 25+ 31; 3 tt jÞ Blood, why forbidden to be eaten; Lev.3.17. 4. & 17, 11. 0. —_ [8 'Cain, whom did be fear ; Gen» 43 14. ; : my F- - That there were a Multitude f People in the Earth when
t&- - be flew Abel; Gen. 3. 14. # —_ TI © Weak gint Conquered y degrees ; Joſh: 11. 18,
- s Friirfolnel; thereof proved; Exod. 3.8.7. Ceremonies, divers obſerv/d before Moſes ; Gen. 3s 35. ' Chariots of Iron, what ; Joſh. 17. 1660, | - rf it's God*s uſual Method to take them intd Covenant © -opith their Parents ; Pal. 22. 30. g.
._ * They ſuffer for their Parents Sims ; Ifa. 14. 21. x.
IP } -Chriff, bow be « our Goel; Fob 19.25. I. ry 5 Concubine, what ; oo 22. * L s Or "AED on of Sin muſt be particular ; Lev. F. 7. x. | ” - =" pkHog = their Marriage be lawful ; Lev. | _ Ras”
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"WY =p ,ancil ; h, Power of the Sanhedrim, or great Council of the _ Fews; Gen. 44- 20. be Col. 2, | | Cuſhites, who; 2 Chron. 21. I6.
| David, whether he did well in recalling Abſalom ;. 2 Sams.