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chou halt (aid mighr come to paG ; or elle in (29 combs, » 4 The Lord give unto his People at heart ro retorm 21d a wad chelr ways, thac che Words which thou hat ſpoken pals.
7 Nevertheleſs, hear thou row this word ſpeak in thine ears, and in the ears of 24! ple /.
þ The word which I am no avout ro fecrk concernerh ot oo and not thee alone, bur all che people, rtherctore do Gjio4 ihr 16 well, and ler rhem mark 1t alſo.
8 The Prophets that have been hefore me, an! 52 - tore thee of old, prophefied both agatait may cona- tries, and agal!t great Kingdoms, of war, evil, and of peſtilence 7.
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Hananiali's falſe Prophecy : Jeremiah's Anſwer, 1, o, Hana- niah br2abeth Jeremiah's Tobe 2 He foretelleth an Iron Yoke, and Hananiah's Deati, 10, 17.
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Z A ginning of the reign of Zedekiah King of Ju- dab, ia the fourth year a, a4 1n the fitth month, tar Hananiah the Son of Azur the Prophet, whicn was of Gibeon b, ſpake unto me, in the houfe of the LORD, in the preſence of the Pricits, and of all che People,
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45 are curious, may be read both in the Erglih Annot tions, and| when the word of the propher ihill come to Pats, in Mr. Poo!'s Synopf;s,T hall only repeat what leemed ro both them, hen ſhall the prophet be known that the LO RD hath, and ſeemerh alſo ro me the beit ſolution. Though ir be ſard zx 252 renly ſer | ALLE fourth Tear, yer ir is nor ſaid, in the fourth Year of Z2424179's —_ P, ooh | : ET AS PP es Reign; they therefore think, that the fourth Tear of the Sa054-| & # ch b5 —— Av iy, _ $500, ION the tical conſe 15 here intended. The ews had a kind of Jubilee every | es al 6 = 7 Ape c mo 7 - —_ ; _—_ _y ſeventh Year, it was a Year when the Land was torett, and not bejt...:. " " "ia oo Ns 4s Got Fevealce 1s tilled, Lev. 25. 1, 2, 3, 4. and in thar Year rhey were to releaie | ” vn ws IN 3 iv ro _ ry —_ ro _ wherhs ce their Debtors aad Servants, Dit, 15. 1. which notion of chis| 00 0PI0 Phra — = x _ L-: or no? { Ie was known fourch Year is very probable, if che Year wherein the City 1s be- ay the — 's phage _ Es D if. 19. 22, Ion & fieged, was a SabMatical Year, or Year of reſt. For if Zedekiah's ©7999% J02499r0 1t Oe oj toe Lord, if the thing follows 746 firtt Year were the fourth of the ſeven that made the Sabbatica! © —— iy p45, 4%, "aan - 9g Which the Lord Path ot (99%: Circle, his third: Year was another Sabvarical Year, and his rench Bvt £15 k- . whe - He COMER Prs-0E SEXTON anorher, preſently after which che Ciry was taken, b Of this Hz- peak a ring, _— ming Mgt com to pls, an'l yer he ve u2niah we read no more in Scrip:ure, it is probable from the RAE of rhe LoE S 12-0" way ro be h1<4rkon d r5, a5 aDpea: - place where he lived, which was one of the Cities of the Prieſts 3 EN! from _ - il =, quran: TEIN thar he was a P-i2/?, bur no more chan a pretended Prophet. £ He COncermmg - i or A FO OFOUSNE-t | i112 Pro comes to Jeremy inthe Temple, where he was wont ro deliver his EL true } 15: 96ae 4Þ7 on tz Oteewite tf 1M CL47 13.9,70, Prophectes,to confront him in the preſence both of the Prieſts and Prophectes born concerning 800d and evil might nor come fo
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lirael, ſaying, I have broken the yoke of the Kang on by his Promiſes Dindeth himfelf ro do good ro wicked Men, nor t1 Babylon 2. ; his Threatnings tier up his own hands trom ſhewing mercy to {uci; d The falſe Prophet counterfeirerh the ſtile of the true Prophets, as turn good 3 bur ſome obferve yer this dificrence, thir goo. both in the Names which he gives unto God, and in ſpeaking of things are in Scripture never abf{glutely promiſed, bur they come what God would do, as if already done, cerrataly to pats, and are fulniled, bur God for terrour often chreac- 3 Within two P fall Vears Wl bring again into neth evil things without expreiling any condition, when notwith- this place all che veſſels of the LORD's houſe, that ſtanding a Condinion 15 underitood, upon rhe fulfilling of which, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from | NERENERENE Br 20 Pals, a5 It Was iy tie Cale DE ARE
4 s : upon the Prophecy of Jo225. Bur the greater difficulty is ro derer- this place, and carried them to Babylon e. mine by what rule rhey could judge one a true or falſe Propher, 1
e Trappeareth Hy whar we mer with, Chap. 27. 15.-thatthis was they might nor always j.dge by the ever, rhe comins, of nat the conſtant Song ofthe Ciry Pcophers ar that time, bur we read coming eo paſs of whar he propheſied. 1 anſxer, they were rn no: of any but chis H:1naniah, who was ſo confident as to limit a jadge from the Word of God, as welt as from che Event, 7/. 8. crime, nor doch he mention any long time, he ſaith within ewo full 25, therefore Det. 13. 1, 2. the People were commanded no: 5 Years, bur heſpake falſly, for it appearerh from Chap. 52. 31. that hearken ro char Propher, which ſhould confirm whar he (atd >y 2 Jeconah was there 37 Years. | Sign or Wonder, if his $:5pe were by it to perſv-ade People co 1: