21 Thus ſaith the LORD of hoſts the God of Iſ-* xa. 14; rael; *z Put your burn-offerings unto your o iacri- Chaps.
fices, and eat fleſh. 2.0. AmCcs 8.
rake thoſe thar are pecoliar, and to be al! burnt to rae, Lev. 1,9. **
aud pur them tro your own of what kind ſoever, eac chem, and do whar you will with them, I will have none of chem, cake ir all and fill your own Bellies, for you ſacrifice nor ro me, but ro your ſelves. See Hy. 9. 4. where their Mear-Offerings are called in ſcorn, Meat for their Lite to nouriſh their Bodies. o Thar parc of your Sacrifices, which you are allowed to ear, they are bur as prophane food, do nor you think to be ſancified by chem, be- cauſe I accepr- rhem nor.
22 For I ſpake not unto your fathers, nor com-
manded them in the day that I brought chem out of
p ſacrifices.
p Some would argue from hence, thar Sacrifices were at firſt an invention of Men, as Papiſts *and Se:inians, and becauſe they ſhould not be uſed ro Idols, God gave w2y for the introducing them inro his Worſhip 3 bt it 1s evident in Scriprure tnac chey have been of Divine Inſtitution ever fince A4am, Gen. 4. 3,4. &5 ro the meaning of the words, God doth not condemn them, or deny them, fave only comparatively, in reſpeR of oHedience, he re- quires not ſo much theſe,as obeying his Commands, r San. 15. 22, Hof. 6.6. i. e, Mercy rather than Sacrifice. Negatives are ofren pur for Comparatives, Gen. 45.8. Exod. 16. 8. Foh,.s. 44. Hence the Heb. is the matter of burnt Offerings, for Sacrifices were not inft1-
' or work- Pour out e drink-offerings unto ocher gods, that they ; tured for themſelves, bur for ocher uſes, and co be ſigns of Faith in manſhip of may provoke me to f anger. his Promifes, and obedlence to his Commands, as in the next #er/2, biautn. 3 Here God ſhews how butily they are employed from the where the Condirton, Promiſe and End are all fer down.
youngeſt ro the oldett, and how induſtrious tor their Idolatry, 23 But this q thing commanded I them, ſaying, X
the land of Egypt, concerning + burut offerings or + Heb the matter
*Deut.6.3s
Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye ſhall g,,q be my people, and walk ye in 1] the ways that l[yg.s5,
have commanded you, that it may bz r well unto Lev. 2.9.
YOu. 4 Or word, which is the Rule by which all Obedience is ro be tried, viz. what Commands are there every thing elſe being vur meer Superſtirion. » He ſhews whar wou!d be the good effeR of their O1<dience, Exod. 15. 26. Dext. s. 25, 33. winch 1mplies,
like the Popith Wafers, ſome ſay ſtamped with Stars, as being of- tered up ro rhe Hoſt of Heaven, or with ſome peculiar Star, Amos
char their Sufterings are from their Peryerſenels, as it 15 expreſted in the nexr Verſe. 24 But they hearkened . not nor /caclined their
5.26, Atis 7.43. d Or, jyame, or, workmanſhip of Heaven, this | | | em Inary a" 3 ſome os Ic _— Sun, "_— _ _ car, but walked in the counſels and in the || imagi- j|Or, {+ ds. 4 of a Feminine Gender, 1/2. 24. 23. and of a fe-; nation of their evil heartz and * went backward, 997"
minine uſe, Nah, 3. 17. foine tor che Moon? NY -» JC WAru, , 3. 17. toi r che Moon? as the Sun was | 1 +, &rward. T Heb.
= = : yon my 2 ,- —_ os _ —_ mag = __ f Ir nores ſomething of an higher degree of non-attenion. than gr f che largeneſs ot her Body, 1n which ſhe appears, and of the ! . a 4 4%, * Chap. Lighc the gives, bur eſpecially by reaſon of the Government ſhe _ 4 we" rg fk gps gr bs. that they mighe obey - 4 exeraket, over Imeriour Bodies 3 others more protabli, forthe 5h, OT ec liters. + Or fablorne See Chap, 37 | » Fer. 8. 2. and 19. 13. and lo the : —_—_ i as; Aged tf. dls according ro which probably tor their ſakes they received divers "ar _ __ Beaits A ues. on wt + os + of — COOPTRLPE I Namps xd umpreions 3 icy char would fee more, may coupling Either, 1 They wire worle by their Admonitons and e Englith Annot, and tt . eVig, Wine; j 3 « ITC Drinks Rod. 29. ro pr, ow = — my che very ficft rhey have gone farther and farther from me, as Ver. Ape, and caught [doiacers to ule the ſame Rites and Ceremonies ih 26. 3. S r elſe OY Ne ag outwad Services, my that Were uied in God's Worſhip 3 therefore here theſe Idolaters hi nor my Commands before their Eyes, but caſt my crue Wot- . in pouring their Driok-Ofteriogs, which might ſeem to be Blood, |''P behind cheir backs, Mat. 23. 23- or at lealt Blood mixed with them. See on Pſal. 16. 4. imitated | 25 Since the day that your x fathers came forth out mo Fl megan bing -__ his MO in their —_— of the land of Ezypt unto this day, 1 have even y ſear '« 2+ by thele they did furniſh the Table menrioned, 1/2. |11nto you all my ſervants the prophets, daily rifing u 65. LI, ſee there, 5 Noring rather the proper effects and conſe- earl 4 and Co: ns then Propanty, Gully SUP > 49a —_ — oma Apna on As ſeems £O upbraid ther with their ſtock they came of end-1 idd) | : — open defiance ro pn = cpa ” _— mw of bidding |, perverſe kind, their very Fathers were ſo before them,and chey their kdolatries, chey mee = hoe.s pg rey pr pow Kg have continued in their preverſeneſs, Nez. 9. 16, 17. they did not upon the Worthip of God, Pal. 16 3 i et now begin ro be reyellioas, bur ir had been their practice all along 7 never ceaſing from the time their Fathers came our of Egyy? ro the Ag LI provoke me to anger ? faith the Days of Feremiah. y God tells chem what carethe had raken to 1n- ORD : ao they not provoke themſelves to the con- | form them in their Dury and Happineſs, not once of twice, bur tulion of their own g tacey ? ſending Meſſengers to them feaſonably, and conſtantly from firtt E Do they think co grieve me, and trouble my Mind? They are | 9 laſt, 2 Chron. 36. 15. Neh. 9.29, 30. Amos 2.10, i1. See on deceived, I am withour Paſſion, and can be wichour their Offerings, [/*7. 13+ and Chap. 24. 3, 4, ©c. The Charch of God hath never will nor chey chemſelyes teel the (mart of it, Verſe 6 ? Wull they not wanted Teachers raiſcd up and ſent by God- procure anger to chemtelves as an Arrow falls onthe Head of him 26 * Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor enclined Sb.
2. 23
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7, that thoors, 2 Cor. 10. 22, of the Plicaſe, fee Chap, 3. 2 1 | 'OT Chip | Bs Le OS 0 © CP4p, 3. 25+ their ear, but hardened their neck ; they did x worle ? ; 20 Therefore thus ſaith the Lord GOD ; behold,|rhan chels fathers. * Nch. |