p How ſeldom is it, and how unlikely, that a Maid ſhould for- ger her Ornaments. q Whether ir belongs to rhe Head, or the Breaſt, or Arms, whether Bracelets or Jewels where-ever worn, 15 not worth the diſputing ; but underſtand, thoſe rich Jewels, Fi which the Bridegroom was wont to preſent his Bride with, partly Joy, for a general Obligation, and partly of particular Signification,and all of them ornamental, whatever may render her amiable in the Eyes of her Bridegroom ; Virgins, and eſpecially Brides, will nor uſually negle& any thing that may make them comely. r 77x. in the negle& of my Worſhip, me, who was not only their De- fence, but their Glory, verſe 11, &c. that for which other Nati- ons honoured them, P/al. 148, 14. Ezeck. 16.10, to 15.s, 7, e. For 2 long time paſt ; time out of mind ; or, as the Hebrew, Lays of which there 1s no number.
23 Why trimmeſt : thou thy way to ſeek love « * therefore haſt thou alſo taught x the wicked ones thy
ways ||. G
: Or deckeft, Ezek. 23.40, thinking thereby to entice others to thy help : Thus 15 the Word uſed, cap. 4. 30, Or, Why doſt thou uſe ſo much Art and Skill, and take ſo much pains to go, and ſend here and there to contra a Friendſhip with fore:yn People, and to bring them to thy Embraces, iſa. 57. 9, 10. Or thinkeſt to ſera good: Face, or Gloſs upon the Matrer, and excuie thy ſelf, as if thou couldſt delude God, P/jal. 78. 36, 37- whereas a}l thou doſt is to ger acquaintance with other Idolaters. «, 7. e- To commur Filthineſs with thy Idols; u Synecdoche of the bind, x,7.c, Thou art become fo vile, that even »>trumpers themfſeives may come to learn of thee, 2 Chron. 33. 9. Or by thy Example : Nati- ons that have been vile enough of themſelves, by thy Example, are become more vile. || z. e. Thy Actions. A Metaphor.
24 Alſo in thy skirts .*. is found the blood of the
fouls of the poor innoc nts jy: 1 have not found ir
by Þ ſecret ſearch z, but upon all theſe a. + Heb, .*. Viz. Of thy Garments. A Synecdoche of the Kind. The Tor dizging.
you, Hc/. 4. 5- and ſo 1t 1s both a Prophefie, anda Threatning : or rather, You have been ſo far from recciving Counſel, and In- ftruQtion, that you have, by the Sword, and other ways of De- firuChion, which 1s to be underſtood by the Sword, murdered thoſe that IT ſent to reprove your Follies in-the Days of Ala, 7o- aſh, Manaſſch, &c. Neh. 9.26. See Matth. 23. 34, 35. f Or eat- ei:up. A AMcaph?t, Hence we read of the edge of the Sword, which both in H brew and Grak 1s called. the Mozzrh of the Sword, chap. 21. 7. Lake 21.24. g Without Reſpett or Pity ; with all manner of ſavage Uſage. See Pal. 7. 2. Laying atide al] Humanity.
21 © O peneration h, fee; ye the word of the TL. ORD &: have I been a wilderneſs / unto Iſrael ? a
L Or, Oh ye Men of this Generation. A Note of Admiration. Or rather, O Generation ; a Note of Compe/lat ion. It is to you I ſpeak. 7, 7. e. Look well to it; conſider it. As the Rod is to reach, and therefore ought to be heard, Mic. 6. 9. So the Word is to be confidered of, and therefore onght ro be looked into /2p.2.29. k He ſpeaketh here,not ſo much ofthe Dottrine of the
vour L yes, becaufe you give the Dottrine the hearing only, as we ule to tay, 7. e. your Lars are ſhut againſt ir. {Here God cha]- lengeth them again to tel] him, what Unkindneſs he had ſhewed
kens of thy Cruelrv may be ſeen openly there ; or in thy hands, as the LXX ; or a Metaphor from Birds of rapine, whoſe Wings are bloody with their Prey : but not fo well. y, z. e. In thee is found the Murders exprefled here by Blood of innocent Perſons, meant here by Souls, compriſing both their ſacrificing of their lirtle Chil- dren to their Idols, Pjal. 106. 37, 38. Exek. 16. 20, 21, 36. mur- dering Souls, as well as Bodies, and alſo all thoſe Cruelties, Op- prefſions and Murders, that they executed upon poor innocent Perſons, which were not a few, in what Manaſſch did, 2 Kings 21. 16. Ezek. 7. 23. and 9.9. and in ſpecial the Prophets, wverſz
30. thatcame in God's Name to reclaim them ; which nores their *G deſperate Malice, as well as Cruelty to flay their Phylicians, z Heb, 4 by digging, as if the Earth had covered the Blood, - or as if they | ; had committed their Wickedneſs in ſome obſcure places. a Up- © '
on thy Garments, openly enough, as expoſed to publick view : There needs no fuch ſtrift Scrutiny to be made.
35 Yet thou fayſt b, becauſe T am innocent c, ſure-
ly his anger ſhall curn 4 from me. Behold, I will plead with thee e, becauſe thou fayeſt, I have not ſin- ned f.
'b Or, interrogatively, dareſt thou ſay ? Haſt thou the Impu- dence to aifirm it ? c Clear of this whole Charge. dShall not
bave not T accommollated you with all Neceſlities ar all rimes.
break out againſt me, 1/2. 5. 25- e I will proceed in my Juds- Ne ment againſt rhee, werſe 9. chap. 25. 31. Or itis a ſoft Expret- 3,75 lion, wherein he ſhews, rhat he will nor att like a Tyrant, carried $2 on rally and furiouſly, bur as a Judge, regularly and righreouſly, 4® Uzk. 20, 35. and it ſhews, that he will convince her. f Becauls "I
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thou doſt juſtifie thy elf, as if I had no cauſe to be angry Witt thee. God isnot angry with her ſo much becaute ſhe hath finncd, a5 becauſe ſhe will noracknowiedge” her S1n- | 36 * Why gaddeſt chou about fo much to change thy way £* chou allo ſhalr be aſhamed of Egypt b, as thou wait aihamed of Aſlyria. : g,i.c. Thy Afftions: a Metaphor. See on verſe 33. V hy Jolt thou ſhuffle chus with me, ro ſeek Auxiliaries any where, rather than to cleave to me, ver, 18. See on {/a- 57. 9, 19. Or like Strumpets, whoſe Love is never hxed, but lometimes ſer on one, ſometimes on another. þ Thou haſt run tro Aſſ7ia, and then ro Ez p:,and they ſhall both make thee aſhamed by rheir diſappoint- ments of thee: thou ſhalt be aſhamed of Egypr,as others have been, Iſa. 36. 6. Or rather, Egypt ſhall ſtand thee in no more ſtead than Affria hath done, 1ja. 3o. 3, 5. And how Ti/gath Pelneſer ſerved them : See 2 Chron. 28, 20. Before Hezek:ah's time the Jews made a League with the Aſjrians, againſt the Syrians, and rhe iſraelites, and then againſt the Egyprians : neither proſpered : He tells them, they muſt expeC& nc better Succeſs from Egypt. 37 Yea, thou ſhalt go forth from him z, and thine hands upon thine head k: for the LORD hath rejected