a There were two carryings into the captivity of Babylon, the | pheſie deceits, Falſe Teachers and Guides of Peoples Souls, are got $4 2 % of larter about 11 or 12 Years after the former, the firſt was in the| the greateſt Plague can berai a Nation, People trom chem expe-
cime of J:hoja%im, of which we read in 2 Kings 24, 14. When| ing to hear the Mind of G04, 41d tor the moſt pare, People are ac- the princes, and all the mighty men of wvalour, even zen thou-| ceſfary to their own ru ne 12 che:n. It caq indeed hardly be imagt- b A
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n*d, what other Temptation, perſons whole office it i5to revea] with the famine, and with the peſtilence, and * will * Deur.28, the Mind of God, ſhould have to do otherwiſe, but the humour-| Je]; yer them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the *5- Chap.
ing and pleaſing of a corrupt People, who through their fondnels +. += OO IR WS 5-4 and Y ; vie Luſh ca not Ss of tound Doctrine, lo as though the _ | *ro DC a curle, and an altoniment, and call ... 17, 4 i Church of. God hath in all Ages been troubled with Dreamers, Iing,and a reproach among all the ations whither + Hed. for
yet it is a wicked People that cauſerh them to dream, | have driven them z. a Cur(e,
Ss > a 1 M1 7 Thele Verſes contain no more than the threatnins which we * Chan. £0 9 For they propheſie *| =_ pt OE have had more than once before. He nad compared them to vile 42. Ty m8 je. name ; I have nor ſenr them, 1altn tne b Figs, Chap. 24+ 8. and Fer, g. and 10. there threatned them with ot 10 For thus faith the LORD, that after ſeventy being made a Keproach, a Proverb, a Tunt, and a Curſe; and con- years be accompliſhed at Babylon, I will vilit you, _ them with | the Sword, Famine and P:ſtilence ;* the and perform my good word towards you, 11 cauling _ thing _ _—_— by word of Mouth to thoſe in Juea, | ang = add 1s Nere repeated 1t a Letter to that part ofthe Jews in Babylon, to you to return TO THIS PLACE K, p Years Captivity | ke them off from giving credic to their falle Prophets, whether k From this Text appears tnat the eventy ou Apt - in Jade or in Babylon, who deluded them wich the Promiles of 2 were to be accounted from the firſt carrying into _—— —_ ©| ſpeedy return, Believe it (faith the Prophet) you ſhall be {o far time of Je5cj2kin, lo that 11 Years of it were —_— b ns wh 3 trom returning Whateyer your idle Prophets tell you, that your del-ith was carried away, Whatever, faith the Prophet, tnele| p ..1-n that are here ſhall be brought to you, or deſtroyed wich D.eamers tell you, you muſt abide 70 Years 1n Baby On the Sword, the Famine and the Pefiilence, or ſcatteredinto other from your firſt going thither, it is therefore your W1 __ 4p Kingdoms, where they ſhall be made a Curfe 21d an aſtoniſhment , quielce in the Will of God, and to compoſe your ſelves: and to[ 12 hi/ling and a reproach. incourage you, the Lord by me affureth you, that after thoſe 70 : Yearsſhall be expired, as he hath now viſited you with ev1l, lone 1 9 Becauſe they have not hearkened ro my words, + c:,,. — will viſit you for your good, and tulfil the cope _ rk faith the LORD 2, which * I ſeat unto them by my + ; —_ 7 7 alem. We ha _ J ILY 25+ 4- 28 070, and youſhl urn again 0 Juſt, We hav eres rhe prophets riſing up early, and ſeating 31 Promiſe was before, Chap. 25. 12.and 27. 22. Daniel underſtood them b, but ye would not hear faith the LORD c. it from the words of this Prophecy, Dan. 9. 2, which pur him & A contempt of the Word of che Lord wasthe caule of this Peoples ruine, and will be the cauſe of ruine toany people. Ste
upon Prayer, at the expiration of that time. = | ' : * E :04p* 7. 26, andT1. 7,8.and 17. 23. bLelt they ſhould 1a; 11 For I kaow the thoughts that I think towards that they only ditobeyed the me, God minderh them, by. 50; you, {f1ith the LORD, thoug Its of Peace, and not in not hearkening to them,:hey did nor heaar ken to him. The ſame i + Heb. 2nd of evil, to give you all 5 expected end /. ; thing Chriſt laith of the Golpel Miniſters, Luke 10.16. The not BY ind extecs {| This Deliverance will not depend upon your Merits, but up-| believing, or not obeying, what Miniſters teaCi1, not 11 a due dit qui. on my own Mercy, and kind thoughts and purpoſesI have tor the| charge of their Office of revealing the will of God, is no contempt Seed of Abraham my Servant, and I am reſolved in my own! of God,but of them who for that caule ceferve to-be contemiet ; I intend not the blotting out of the Name | but ſuppoſing that what Miniſters deliver be the Mind and Will : h, but togive ſuch an end to their crouble | of God revealed 1n holy Writ,and but a true explication,and appli- Ws as themſelves expectand deſire, though not fo ſoon as they may cation of that, not to hearken ro God,and not ro hearken to them OE, expect it,being deceived by their Prophets. There ſhall bean end! !Sthe ſamething, c Ye wiltnlly refuted ro belive then ſpeaking the $4, of your Captivity in my time, and that is after you ſhall have ful. Truth to you in my Name and to obey thole monicions they gays filled 70 Years in that Captivity. you by my direion ; All this wasa not hearing God. -
'*Dan.'g. 12 Then ſhall ye * call upon me, and ye ſhall go 20 q Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD,
"3% 2, and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you all ye of the captivity whom Ihave ſcat from Jeruſa- m I will not orly give youa temporal ſalvation and deliverance,| Jem to Babylon.
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bo and bring you into your own Land, but you ſhall gothither with] 4 Thoſe Phraſes T have ſent, and I have driven, . &c. are dili- W ' new Hearts, you ſhall worſhip Idols no more, but you ſhall wor- gently to be oblervea by us. There 15no ev1l 1n Cities or Nations LY ſhip me, and be ſerious and diligent in your Addrefles and Applt-| which jsan evil of py niſhment, bur whoever be the inſtruments = - cations to me, aad I will liſten to you in thole Applications. to bring 1t, God 15 the Author of it. Theie Ph:ates allo fignitied ro 7 N- : . w p ; "> 7; 7 x theoliel \ fr 4 47 * Lev. 26 13 And* ye ſhall ſeek me, and find me, when ye|*9 thoſe Fc Ws , thit God was likelieſt co know beſt how long they ſhould ſtay there, becaute he ſent them thicher. 40- ſhall ſearch for me with all your heart z. |