heros, becaiſe the retained the worthty of God 6 4 , , 6 WY. RO Is RT 1 3 though the did often privately and Clotely enmurace laols, and ſometimes ublickly under A7:vaſb and Anat, ani Other v; Kings. [ Or, notwithſtanding all the ground and rexion I had ro dei! fo with 1jracl 10 regard of ber Aduiteries, as ro put her away, ; Delivercd her up into the hands of the Arian, where God rook from her the title of being his Church, 2 Wag 17. 5,6, &C. which he cali here 23 Bilk of Divorce ; not tuch 2 one as the” Jews were allowed to give upon every {chr ground (tor fuch an one GOy denies<,ther ever lie £ hem to produce 1t, 1a. 50. 1.) but upon jult and great Occation, V2. her playing the Adulirehs againſt him in her Ido2tries. 2, 7. e. Was neither afraid of civinz me offence, nor of the like puniſhmenr. « A tho? the had ſeen the Judvment of God executed upon 1ſracl be- . _ as” A . 3
fore ker Eyes, which made it the more itupendious,that the would take no warning by her Silter's Suiterings, Prov. 28. 14+ yet ſhe went on {H!l, Ezrk. 23. 11, 12, CC. :
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y Whether of Fadah's or of I'-act's is not agreed upon, but the right applying of it doth depend much upon the right acceptation of the word Lighrneſs, which Comes trom an Hebrew word that ſignifies vo:ce, and 10 it may refer, either to the Noiſe or Fame of it, that would fly abroad, and thus ic 1s applied to 1/r2el, 7. e. Thovgh 1/rael's Whoredoms were never {o much blazed abroad, yer 744ah regarded it not. Or, it may betaken for the heinouſ- neſs of it, a crying voice, as Ger. 4, 10. and fo by an hypallnge, her Mir. doms of fame or notorious Whoredoms; and 1s not 11] ex .reſſ.uU here by Lektneſs of hr Whoredom, noting her Impu- den: In it, as weuſero term a common Harlot a light V Voman; and ris jt is 4p lied 0 Zudah : Borh the foregoing and following words {eeining ro be an «g.ravation of Zadab's RefraGorinels. z bk: ou) rthe whole Land under the nnputation of flthineſs. a,7.e. With Javh rave of Srone and Wood. A Mcetonymy of the Aat- ter, to note the oat2iis > | F rhe Fact.
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ful Idolatry of 1/rael, and what the had uttered, yet the was not warned. (See ver 8. burfell ro Jdolatry under Manaſſey, who un- did what Hczachiahb had done, 2 Chron. 33. 3. though under fair pretences the dilſembled with God in the days of Joſiah, 2 Chron, 34. 32, 33. as appeared by her ſudden revolr, v/z. in lets than three Months after 7o/i2b* Dearth, 2 Kings 23. 31, 32.
11 And the LORL faid unto me 5 The backſliding Ifrael hath juſtified c her felt more chan treacherous
Judah. c Was leſs vile, hath more to ſay for her ſelf; 7u4ah's Sin being orcatly aggravated compared with 1ſrael, Ezck. 16.51. and 23.11. See Lyke 18. 14. For, though 1/racl's Sins were more, and their Idolatry continued, yet in 72dah it was more heinous. 1. Be- cauſs of their unruly headffrongnefs, thar broke the Reins and Reſtraint, which their external Worſhip ought ro have had upon them. 2. Becauſe of their ſtupid Security, in not being warn'd by the Judgments rhar rhey had ſeen befal 1ſ-ae! for the very ſame things. 3. Becauſe of their intolerable Pride, boaſting that their k State was {t4jI unſhaken. 4. Becauſe of rheir groſs Perfidiouſnels in | maſking Promiſes, and breaking them, which J/-2el did nor, be- cauſe ſhe brought nor her feIf under fuch ſolemn and frequent oh- ligations. See Fer(c 5. Laftly, Becaute they were a'greatdeal more zealous in their IdoJatries than Jſrae! was, viz. under AManaſeh, when they flew ajl the Prophers of the Lord. 12 CT God, and proclaim thele words toward the north e. and ſay, Return thou backſliding Iſrael, ſaith the LORD, and I will not cauſe mine anger f tofall x upon you: For I am * merciful þ, faith the LORD, ard * Verſe 5-I will not keep angor for ever.
d It may poſlibly be uſed her: as an Aldyerb of exciting, namely $0 to, as is uſual ; or it notes ſpeed, go quickly, our of hand, not Jucally, bur ſet thy Face (C4. 2 2 )or Feer thar way, or by thy Of- fice addreſs thy ſelf to them, viz. by way of Proclamation, cry- ing aloud ; pottibly implying tae diſtance of pjace:This voice may in time reach them, tho' a great way off. Or rather, the deafneſs of Iſr-acl, or the obdurateneſs of Judah, that they might hear what God faith to 1{rae/, conceive hope, and be reclaimed by their example, and be excited ro emulztion e, z. e. To Afyria and Me-
aca, and the Regions thereabouts tiar lay Northward from juden whirher the T'cn Tribes were carried by Tiglath-P;lefer, and $2l-
FEREMIAH.
Chap. I
manezer, 2 Kings 15. 29. and 17,6. f Upon condition of re- | curuing to their former true Worſhip of God, that rhereby Jndan | might be awakened, he promiſeth that he will not let his anger, | or his face, as in the Hebrew (becauſe anger principally appears in rhe face) ls angry face or countenance to be upon them. So 1t 1s aled, Lev. 17. 10. Pfal. 34. 16. and not be inexorable, wiz. for | ever, which is tobe ſipplicd from the nexr Words: For orherwiſe 1:s anger Jay heavy upon them at this zyme. g A Metaphor from things on high char drop down to rhe hure of whatever 1s under ; and 1o Chsp, 23. 24. compare Gen, 19. 24. h Here is the ground of this conditional Promiſe, taken from the nature of God, that SINRers may not defpuir, Pjal. 86. 15. and 103. $, 9, &Cc. 12 Only acknowledpe z thine iniquicy, that thou ] ky . s % naft cranſgretie. againſt the LORD thy God, and haſt cattered thy ways to the ftrangers & under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice /, faich
che LORD.