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People whole miſcrable condition was in any Ceprere p*:allelto the miſery of the Fews. It 15 ſome ccmtort to Fer ions in mitery
to conſider, that others are, and kave been as mi{cr+ble as they,
but the Prophet Fad nct this Topick from wherce to ferch an 4 argument oft comfort to the Fews ; there were none to whom he could liken them, nor was there any preſent cure for them, their {15
breach was like aSea-breach where the waters come in with fuch a Torrent, that till the Tide abates there 1s no making any bank or defence againſt them.
14 Thy *prophets have ſeen vain and fooliſh * Jer. 2. things for thee z,and they have nor diſcovered thine 22% - y captivity oz bur have ang ,-;* ſeen for the falſe burdens and cauſes of baniſh- and 23 " ment p. & 29.8, y
7 Not the Lords Prophets in thee, but thoſe Prophets to whom Ezck.1;.2, you choſe rather to hearken, and whom you believed rather than me, and others ſent by God to reveal his will unty you,came and told you idle and vain Stories, that thoſe who were carried into Captivity, ſhould after two Years return, &c. o And by telling you ſuch ſmooth and pleaſant things tickled your Humours inſtead of diſcovering your Sins, which were bringing theſe Judgments upon you ; whereas they ought to have dealt freely; and faithful- ly with you,and have madeyou ſenſible of your (ins,and this niight have prevented your miferable Captivity. þ But they rather ſpent
29d deftroyed aud broken her bars 4, * her king and her Fe Princes are among, the Gentiles b; the law 7s no eats - * prophets alſo find no viſion from the gc Ezek. 7.97076 c, her ® propnets allo nnd n ORD A That is, the Gates of Jeruſal-m are deſtroyed, and covered over with Kubbiſh. 4 Tae Bolts of the Gates are broken. b Zede- bidbard the Nobles of Ju{ab that were not ſlain were in milera- able Captivity. c The Law was no more reed and opened, nor was there any more Sacrifices offered according to the preſcript of it, nor any ſolemn Feaſts kept according tothe direCtion of it. 4 They had but very few Prophets amongſt them from this time to the time of the Goſpel, and very ſew of thoſe at this time alive had any Revelations from God, we read only of this Prophet, Ezekiel, Daniel, and three after the Captivity, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachy. | ; 10 The clders of the daughter of Zion fit upon
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; Mourners. The meaning of this whole Verſe 1s, that the whole
City of Hieruſalem was in a very ſad flate and condition, and all Perſons in it in a mournful poſture. Not the common People only but the graveſt of their Magiſtracy and Miniſtry. Thoſe who were wont to fit in the Chairs of Magiſtracy and of Teachers. Their young omen allo which nſed to be moſt brisk and trolick, thoſe whole condition was furtheſt off from ſorrow, and who were leaſt diſpoſed to it, were now, all of them drowned in floods of it. - JM | = 1 Nine eyesdo fail with tears f, * my bowels 6 þ ET are troubled g ; my liver is poured upon the earth h, j ; for the deſtruction of the danghter of my people z, | ' Or, £:z4r becauſe the children and the ſuckling || ſwoon 1a the ſtreets of the city k.