Joſh. 21. 18. OF an ordinary Teacher he was made a Propher, | hath been formerly noted. /7iz. Not with taving Grace tho (that not ſo of the reſt. c, i. e. That part of Canaan that fell to Benja- need not to be excluded) bur accordingly prepared and ordein- min's Share. . ed thee for this publick Service, and thus it was with Paul. Gal.
2 To whom the word of the LORD 4 came in the 7; 15- where both are expreſſed. See the like uſe of the Word
l - | Iſa.13. 3. He ſpeaks thus to Feremiah, nor to the other Prophers . Lak T: . S hers, days e of Joſiah the ſon of Amon f king of Judah, in becauſe he ſtood in need of greater, and more direct Encourage
the thirteenth year g of his reign. ment thanthey, both in reſpe& of the Tendernets of his Years
d Either that Commiſſion from God that did authorize him to | and alſo of thole inſuperable Difficulties, which in rhoſe moitde- his Prophetical Work (as it may probably be taken, John 10. 35.) | generate and corrupt times he muſt unavoidably enoatcr wack was aftually given unto him, verſe 10- or, Command of God, | which might cauſe him to decline rhe Work Perſe 6, 1 Bither (as 'tis uſed, 1 Kings 12. 24.) Or rather, the Materials of which | with reference to Place to other Nations beſides the Jews peagean his Prophecies were to conſiſt, for the ſpace of 41 Years ſucceſ- | pears Ch.43. and 46,and 47,&c. taking the Jews in among them,
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ſively in Fudea, viz. from the 1 3th Year of 7oſiabto the 11th Year | as Chap. 25- 17, 18. and ſo Unto may be taken for Againſt, as it *
of Zedekiah, beſides the time that he prophetied in Egypr. See] 1s often expreſſed in thoſe places and elſewhere ; or with reference Chap. 43. and 44. as 1ſa. 2. 1. e, 7.e.. During the Reign, and| to time, to People of all times, who may be in{tructed by this corrupt State of Religion. f Whocorrupred again that Religion| Book, or whoſe Words are mide uſe of, both by ſeveral Pro hers by thoſe Idolatries that his Father Manaſſes had in the latter part| of the Old Teſtament, as Daniel, Exekiel, Nehemiah, &: mY = of his Reign ſo well reformed by rooting of them out. 2 Chroz.| our Saviour in the New, by Mat:hew, Chap. 2. 17 ; Y By Pri! 33s 21, 22, 23, g By whichir appears that Jeremiah prophetied| 2 Cor. 6. 18. And by St. John, Rev, 2. XK. DR aa,
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been named, being one of ſo much note, and who always lived | of his Call, Yerſe 4. he now ſyeaks of the minner of it. », 7. e. + Heb: at Jeruſalem, not at Anathoth, which was 2 City three Miles from Approved, and appointed thee, as a fir Minitter for this Work. ; ;-; 7 ;uſalem, lotted out of the Tribe of Benjamin for the Prieſts, | Words of Knowledge among the H:brews note Affetion ; as
the laſt eighteen Years of Joſiah's Reign ; for he reigned thirty 6 Then ſaid I, Ah, x * Lo:4 GOD, Behold, I can «p;..1 5 b cit. 3 3 N X01, 6
one Years,. 2 Kings 22, 1.
3 h It came alſo in the days of ; Jehoiakim, the ſon | 20t ſpeak y : for I am a child x. rs
of Joſiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh | * An introdudory Interjetion making way tor mis route in . . 2 way of Grief and Comp}ainr, endeavourimg with ali Keverence year of Zedekiah & the ſon of Joſiah king of Judah, ro a himſelf of crabs ſuch 2 work ra fly. it Lain unto the carry1ng away of Jeruſalem L Captive 7 ” 1 perly the Sigh of one that hath roo great a weight upon his thoul- the fifth month 2, ders. y Nor dumb as Zachary, Like 1.20, 22. NOr itammering h Viz. The Word of the Lord, as werſe 2. i Called at firſt| #5 Moſes, Exod. 4.10, 14. but not wit that becoming Uraviry and by Yofiah Eliakim, 2 Kings 23. 34+ Fehoahaz and Jehoiakin commanding Majeſty as 1s ſuitable ro a Prophet. He modetily (whereof the former reigned before him, 2 Kings 23. 31 the Jat- exculeth himſelf, from a coniideration of the weighr of rhe worl:, ter ſucceeded, 2 Kings 24. 8.) are conceived not to be mentioned and the tenderneſs of his Age, 25 1n_the next Exprettion. 2 Et: becauſe they reigned bur each of them three Months, and there- | her in Years, and fo not ripe, or apt forthe declaring of rear fore not conſiderable, the Scripture often taking little notice of a | ©1285, 2nd that ro Princes and Nobles. * Or, 2. In Experience, ſmall time, as of fix Months : Compare 2 Sam. 5. 5. with 1 Kings being altogether unski}ful in fach Afzirs, not having been vil 2+ 11. k See Verſe 2. of whom read 1 Chron. 3. 15,16. 1, i e. 'ro propheſte : and therefore 12 neither reipect likely to be rich The Inhabiranrs of Jeruſalem, namely under Zedekiah, 2 Kings regarded. 25. 17. during all which time, things ſtanding in that ſtate and - But the LORD {aid unto me, Say not T am 5 5
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