# What muſt be done to Sinners is ſaid, now for thoſe that have ' been righteous take thy Dire&ions. 6 Either one that hath for ſome continuance of time profeſſed the Way of Righteouſneſs, but 1s now | overcome of Vices: Or, who is righteous only in appearance, as {: Wnt Prov. 18. 17. Ezckicl 18. 24,26. and 33. 13. Match. 9. 13. c Gives 2 if juſt cauſe to fear he not only hath commited ſome particuJaar Sin, but that he hath changed the Courſe of Life, the Thougshrts and Purpoſes from Good to Fvil, hath forſaken the Way of Righceouſncſs- d Gives F 1} himſelf up to a ſinful Life, wallows in Sin. e Ditpoſe Afairs ſo by 2 _) [i juſt and puniſhing Providence, that what did refirtin is raken away,or "Ks: 7 what will be occation of greater ſinning, is not removed, or any other v way ; Igive ſuch an one upto hisown Heart's Luſt, fy that he continue in Sin. f Shall periſh in his Sin. g Either external, and ſ:zemins, Or, his partial and temporary Righteouſneſs which he himſc}f or others | aſcribed to him, and thought to be in him, + ſhall nor be profitable | 40! to him: he that apoſtatizeth is the worſt of Men, becauſe he falls 'J from known Ways of Goodneſsand Holinels; yer fuch muſt be warned, 8 HA elſe their Blood will be required at the hand of thoſe were to warn x {| (Uh them, j $
21 Nevertheleſs, if thou : warn the & righteous mar, that the righteous / ſin not, and he #2 doth nor fin, he ſhall ſurely » live, becauſe he is warned: alfo thou haſt delivered thy ſoul.
# As often as need. & The truly and really Pjous, the regenerate
Man. 7 Deliberately, cuſtomarily, habirually. mz Takes warning, 34 and departs farther from Sin, and keeps better to the Ways of God. ' 8'} n Be accepted with God and happy, and both Warner and Warned if Wo have delivered their Souls. Bj ff
22 T And the o* hand of the LORD was p there up- * ch. c. ;. il ; {
into q the plain, and I will there » talk with thee. |
o See chap. 1.3. and 3. 24. fp At Tel-abib. q Withdraw from the Multitude; and retire intothe opener place, likely 'twas ſome {patious Level in that low Country which lay between the Rivers. » To
comfort, encourage, dire& and communicate turther of the Divine Will and Counſels to the Prophet.
23 s Then [I aroſe, and went forth into the plain, and behold, the ? glory of the LORD ſtood « there, as the glory which 1 * ſaw by the river of Chebar: and I x fe.1 ' Chap. -. on my face.
5 So ſoon as commanded. # See c/ap. 1, 28. with foregoing Ver. ſes. #« In the Plain whicher he is now come. » It overpow:r-d him now as then, and he cou'd bear it no more now than beture he could.
24 Then the y Spirit entred into me, and fet me upon my feet, and ſpake with me, and faid unto me, Go & ſhut thy ſelf within thy houſe. |
3 See chap. 2. 2. » Some ſay this is to be an Intorrogation, wilt 'þ thou ? &c. Others add 'tis an Irony, upbraiding him, bur I = 26 Fi: tf ground for either ; *cis, as we read it, a plain Command ; which ep. pr pears, in that with the Command Gol giveth itrengri to 49 what i, commanded, and he is to ſhut up himſeif, to learn vf God whac h, mult forete), to fore-figgify the ſhutting up of the Jews in 7crir/alcny,
25 But thou, O a ſon of man, behold, þ * they {hall - Chas put © bands upon thee, and ſhall 4 bind thee with them, a - aud thou {halt not go e out among them.
a See chap. 2. x. b Tis not ſaid who ſhall do this; therefore Tnter.
preters gueſs variouſly at it ; ſome ſay 'tis figurative, noting the Ma. lice of the Jews, who would nor ſuffer him quietly to converſe with them, their Malice was ike Bonds. Others underſtand the Words as they ſound, and refer to, x. Angels as if they bound him. 2. Tohis Friends and Domeſticks, who would take his Intenſaeſs and Ear neſtneſs in continued retired Thoughtfulneſs, to be Madneſs ; fo Pro- phets were miftaken and miſreported, 2 Kivzs 9. and Mark Y. 2. 3. To the ruder and more violent of the Jews, who on all Occations were ready thus to confine their Prophets, when they foretold un. welcome Tidings, and to ſtir up their Governors hereto, as 1 Kings 22.27. Jer. 32. 2. and 37. 15. and 38. 6,7. 'Tis not improbable that the Rabble ſhould incenſe the ( A yu220)Zrva) Prelidents of the Captivity to do this. e Signifying the Bonds and Chains of their future Captivity who were yer at Jeruſalsm. 4 This I ſuppoſe de- notes the Severity with which he Conqueror would treat chem, he would bind their Bonds faſt, cloſe, and this will be Pain and Grizsf ro the Bounden. e An Helraiſm, thou ſhalt be denied a free Converſe.
26 * And I will f make thy tongue cleave to the, : roof of thy mouth, that thou ſhalt be dumb, and ſhalt | Ch. 24, not be to them -Þ g a reprover ; for they are a h rebellious”
houſe. + Hcb. 2 7 Either by forbidding thee to ſpeak, T will make thee as dumb, as man repro. A417 if chy Tongue did cleave to the Roof of rhy Mouth. & Or, poflibly vinge 05 0H!
God did ſuſpend his Influence, and leave rhe Prophet dumb as one who could got move his Tongue, the uſe whereof is rakenaway. #& A Man to reprove ( as Heb. ) ſhalt rell them as little of rhc3r Faults and : Danger, as a dumb Man can do: God hereby giving the Prepher ſome Wh reſpite, ſignifying the future State of the Jews would be ſuch, they S: ſhou!d no more dare to mutter or whiſper; and puniſhing the re. | fra&ory Deafneſs of the Jews with taking away their Reprover, &c, bIE h See Verſe 5, 7. of Chap 2. |
27 But e when I ſpeak with thee, & I will open thy mouth, and thou / ſhalt ſay unto them, "Thus ſaith the 1p Lord GOD, He that heareth, let him hear ; and he "Pi that forbeareth, lect him » forbear; for they are a re-
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have diſcovered all to thee which chy People ſhould be informed in. RE 14; & Then I will open thy Lips and looſe thy Tongue, and give thee R a 4 power to ſpeak. / In point of Dury thou muſt rel! chem what I 7 ba A ſpeak, and te!l chem as from me who am eternal and {oyereiga Lord b! Roh of RAS" þ a by. HIP