20pear, when xpon every hill, Cc. ; v0.8 quran, who owed themſelves to their Redeemer. Bur this dorh not ſo well agree with their Engagement, Ex. 19. 8. j Or notwithſtanding all thy Promiſes. & Idolaters were wont ro ſacrifice upon the rops of high Hills, beczule there rhey thought themfelves nearer Heaven : nay,ſfome have eſteemed high Hijls ro be Gcds, as the Indians of Peri at this day. { Under thele S114Qes Holatcrs thought there lay ſome hidden Derry, witn which they converſed. m Viz. Changing the way to gad afcer Idols, as one that 1+ Lroken Covenant : See on 1/e. 57. 8. The Word pro- perly ſignihes 16 29 from oncs place, as Harlors ule to do, inftigared eirher by unbridled Luft, or Coverouſneſs ; 5.2. Making great haſte from ene Tree to another, or from one Idol to anorher- Sec vere 23, 24. Others :hou licſt down, or, thou ſerreſt thy ſelf. # Com- mittine Tdotatry, which is a ſpiritual Harlotry, chap. 3. 1, 2. This is frequent. Some read the former part ofthe Text otherwiſe, ma- king it the daring boaſt of the People, Thou haſt ſaid I have bro- ken, &c. and ſaid{t I will not ſerve, 7. 6 I will not obey : But this will not ſuic well with the reſt of the Text.
righc ſeed p: how then art thou turned into * the de-
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he had as great a care of it as of the choiceſt Plant. See on 1/3. 27. 2, 3. and allo his ExpeQarion, that ir ſhould prove to, 1/a+ 5. 4. and then the Senſe 1s, I planted thee, that thou.ſhouldſt bring forth choice Fruit to me. 'Þ A right Seed of true Believers, as 1n the Days of the Patrinrchs, Abraham, Iſaac, and Facob : Or, tup- poling {wirh] to be underſtood before [right Seed] (as it often 1s 11 the Heb.) we may underſtand it of the Ordinances of his Church, which are {aid to be the Plants, or Seed, char God fur- niſheth ir wit! all, Maz7h. 13. 24+ and theſe are called right, Neb. 9. 13. not falſe, or counterfeit. q Though there be only dege- rate or declining in the 17:5. Text, yet the Supplement is necelſa- ry in regard of the My aphar. » This muſt here be raken in a bad Senſe, as the Word d4:2-nerate going before intimates, tho" 1t be ſometimes for what is rare and excellent, Here it nores their A- poſtacy,and Infidelity, and other Wickednefles; where God ſpeaks after the manner of Man, both in a way of Wonder and Repraot.
*Jobg 39. 22 For though thou * waſh thee with nitre, and cake Hob 14. thee much ſope {, yet Þ thine iniquity is marked 7 be- i fore me, faith the Lord GOD.
{ Though Tnrerpreters do greatly vary in deſcribing what 15s particularly meant here by Nirre and Sope, and would be fuperiiu- ous to mention here, yet all agree they are ſome Materials that Acrifts make uſe of for the cleanſing away Spots from the Skin, Cloarhs, or other things : and the Senſe is plain, Thar the blot of his People is by no Art to be taken vurt: it cannot be covered by Excufes. Tho' thou wonuldeſt dilfemble riy Tdolatiies, thou canft not deceive me : nor explated! by Sacrthces. Ir is beyond the Power of all ſuperſiitious, or relizious VWathings to cleante away; which may be underſtood by thets natural and artificial ways of cleanſing.. t The meaning ſeems to be, either rhy Filthineſs is ſo foul, thatit Jeaves a Brand behind ir, that cannct be hid or waſhed out, but will abide : See Jer. 17+ 1. Or, according to a- nother acceprtation of the Ward, 7t is laid up with Gud : Sez the Iike, Der:t. $2, 34. and He}. 15. 12. Purge thee, wath thee, do what thou wilt, thou canſt by no means conceal thy Wickedneſ: from me, Job 9. 20. They that would fee greater variety of Inter- pretations, Jer them confulr the Synop/7s,
23 How canft thou fay «, I am not polluted, I ave not gone after Baalim »? ſee thy way .*. in the
# Or, o Valley y, know what thou haſt done z || hex ar; a ſwift * faife Dro-dromedary a, traverſing þ her ways. & With whar face canſt rhou go about to excuſethy ſelf,or de-,
ny what 1s fo evident, and ſo truly charged upon thee, verſe 20. x The word is plural, ascomprehentive of all their Idols, Hof. 11.2. and 1s a Name uſually eiven to ſeveral of them, as Baalzebub, 2 Kings 1. 16 and Banl-Pcar, Numb. 25.3. and rherefore nores their worihipping of many : Becauſe they had the Temple, and Sacrifi-
thou didſt put on good Reſo- The word 1s of
And thus he accuſeth them of
and croſſing that way, making many Vagaries to find cut ſome-
:times one Male, ſometimes another, - withour any Rule or Or- der ; ferting forth hereby the Diſpoſition of this People, thar were ſo mad upon their Idols, rhar they ran foimerimes after this, and fometimes afrer thar : called wandring, vine 20. and thar with great eagerneſs ; firly termed traver/ing : much like the Deſcriprion of a Whore, Prov. 7. 11, 12+ the Word being no where found but here; and being derived from a Word, that ſignifies a Shoe-latchir, Tf any be curious, Tet the learned conſult Sznop. Critic. and the Englijh Reader the Aſimblies Annor, on the place.
24 || A wild afsc + uſed tothe wilderneſs, har ſnuf- i| Or, © ferh up the wind 4 at f her pleaſure e, in her occaſion 77 4
: ns | TI0O. who can || turn her away f? all they that ſeek her will or not weary themiclves g : in her month þ they ſhall + Heb. e-- find her. deſire vf 1130
heart.