Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2 — Section 251

- # 2 Kings 16. 14. This is net contradiftory to that 5:h Verſe, which| hood, whether Ordinary Prieſt, or High Prieſt; Ex9d. 28. 42. 42. y, ſpeaks of the Place where Ahaz had wickedly placed the Alrar; but this| Lev. 6. 10. In this Habit appeared the Ange), Dar. 19.5. and 12.6, 7. c 16th Verſe ſpeaks of the ſame — nga - be where it ought, | and a very fit Reſemblance of _ who 1s the only Saviour of his s God commanded ir ſhould be, and Solomon placed it, 2 Chron. 8. 12-| Ele&, whoſe Names he knows as if written by him. p All the ſeven, 4 p An indcfinite and undetermined Number, 3 Either ſome Principal | both the ſix Executioners, and the ſignal Man clothed in Linnen, went is Men, or elle ſome Prieſts; if theſe, the greater Sin in rhern ro turn | into the Innner Court where they ſtand waiting, till the Word be given h Jdolaters; if the otaer, the Idolatry committed by them in a Place | for Execution. 4q Either ſhewing that they were ready to cffer up ma. th _y _— not have - prove _— RE EEE— wick- - gr _ the nr ara of _ » to 2 their bes it ed. n contempt of God, with an op eligned Abrenuntia-| Zeal, and Conſtancy to God's Appointment ; for they are not where 5 tion of God and his Worſbip. / Though God had prohibited this, | 4b4z's Altar was, in the middle of the Court, but near the Brazen Al- 2 Deut. 17. 3. with m__ 4- 17.18. Fat yu - ——_— of __ Cbaldees, | tar of God's own DireC&ion. NN es, rs, en, eG 4 ers, theſe Jews! 2 And the » glory of the God of Iſradl was: gone k, ; —— wy - 4h created the Sun, and worſhip the Creature up from the # cherub whereupon he « was, to the oy. 17 © » Then he » ſaid unto me, Haſt thou ſeen his, |® threſhold of the houſe; and he » called to the man D'CRPSF O fon of man? || Is it a o light thing to the houſe of clothed with linnen, which 444 the wiiters inkhorn by , bee &:-Judah, that they comtnit the abominations, which they his _ © Gloria SH. fic os Guncetinies appeared oh er #: - 2 , . * r Ei 1 rig s, ſu imes appeared aboye nd= em here? for p _— 7 _—_ the land wih 7 vio- the Cherubims in the moſt Holy Place, or the Glorious God of 1/2, for ? lence, and have s feturned to provoke me to anger; and| who is the Lord that ſpeaks, wr. 4. or that Glory which the Propher the - lo, they 7 put the branch to their noſe. ; ſaw, chap. 1. v. 28. and chap. 3. v. 23. and c<. 8. v. 4. which ſee, and eWsS : m Affeer the Prophet had ſeen all, and liad time to conſider all he | which brought him into the Temple. / Wirhdrawn in part, departing eelt p ſaw. n God appeals to the Prophet. o Doth the Houſe of Judah from the Place he had fo long dwelt in.. * Or Cherubims, for *ris here had think theſe no Sins, or bur little Sins, or that I account nor theſe Pro- | Singular inſtead of Plural. « Either wont to ſir and appear, oreiſe on ber. Þ ©% vocations to anger? Do they ſo ſortiſhly undervalue me and my Law | which he was when heappeared unto Ezekiel, as ch. 8: v. 4. x Ofthe \Ctis : and Ordinances? &'c. p Theſe: Idolaters, as others of the ſame ftamp, Holy of Holies, or of the Temple, towards the Brazen Altar; in token chey * are great Oppreſlors. q Every where their Oppreſſions may be found | either of his ſudden Departure from the Jews becauſe of rheir Sins, ot the : in great and highdegrees. r All Injuſtice is here meant towards all| that he might come nearer to thoſe ſeven, ro give them Ocders about than 2} forts of Men, whom they firſt deſpiſe, and next deſtroy. 5 From In-| waſting the City. y With a plain and loud Voice, declaring his Pur. reof : juſtice againſt Man they return to Impiety againſt God. #* Conſecrate| poſe to proceed to Judg and execute his Righteous Judgment ; but yet and Þ «| firſt - Branches in the Sun, and _ next prize _— as what had | firſt providing for the Safety of thz Good. 3 ould Z rouch'd the Idol, and was bettered by it: or, perhaps took ſome f 5 1g of Z Branches out of 'the Garland, wherewith they deck'd the Idol, the| => LES 0 gry _ Je _ ugh the they 7 Altar, the Viftim, or themſelves; and as the Orgyafts, i.e. Worſhip. F F; k y I 5 oo ot Jerulalem, and OY 4 persof Bacchw, did wave their Thyrſu, the Stalk or Stem wreathed + tet a 4 mar upon the e foreheads of the men that,,,-+ ; rain, ; with Ivy about it, carrying it in their Hands whilſt they danced, bow-|f ſigh, and that g cry for + all the abominations that be mart they ; ed their Bodies, and often kiſſed the Branches; ſo did theſe Idola-| done in the midſt thereof. * Exod. ew Jews. : R : z Spake from the midſt of that Glory, wv. 3: e Man clothed in Li- 12 7- _ =— 18 Therefore will I alſo £ deal in V furys mine x Cye| nen, z. e. to Chriſt. 6 Paſs through as Men uſeto go who keep an even REV- 7- 3- more -5-ſhall * not ſpare, neither will I have pity : and though they | ſteady Pace. c The chief Screet of the City. & 'Tis too curious, n for roy, ? cry * in mine ears with a loud voice, 92 will 1 z not hear and asuſeleſs, to enquire what Mark this was ; it is groundleſs to con- nds 5 ' them fine it — _ ſign of the hy 1-1 >eakin ſome diſcourſe of the antique P—_ , R , ; , Form of the Letter Thay. Iri cient, thatafcerth : evia's 244% z What I will do is greater than to be expreſs'd. 4 They with a ſpeaking the Lord af ny | has ſafe, a wow ge 'clous ($1631. furious Heat for their Idols provoked me, and I will with a juſt Indig- Seal, which none can or dare break open. e As the faithful Servants y our W434. nation provoke them, nay deſtroy them, x See chap 7. 4, 8, 9. Wd: . > the 7" The Prophet dorh ie che bl Epravi 1; 2.2 #* |of God, in alluſion perhaps to the Cuſtom in the Eaſt, that Servants 2/ f 46 © ropet Corn not give it tre. tame of praying, but 'tisa Cry, a | ore their Maſters Name in their Foreheads, or to let us know that _ - > JoudCry after the manner of other Idolaters, who think to be heard now this Deliverance would be net as in Egypr by whole Families, but ne þ |, +0 the Noiſe they make. « Yer doth nor this at all prejudice the |1,y £, 1. ndfelefted Perſons. f Our of inward Grief for other Mens ws | Truth or the Mercy of God to thoſe thar pray, nor may ut diſcourage Sins and Sorrows. g Expreſs their Grief bywvocal Lamentations, who fhip- _—_— -__ , yo _ awaken us that we pray with Hearr, and dare openly bewail the Abominations of rhis wicked City, and fo bear oo the ny cry 10ud with VOICE. their Teſtimony againſt it. +þ Not as if wheſe Mourners knew every - 1\cenſs CHAP. I% ; particular Abomination, but they mourned for all the kinds of Wick. | | Aviſiom, whereby is ſhewed God's ewengeance on Jeruſalem, 1—J. yet they rn 7 es . 7 gate that fightd for its abomination are ſaved, 4—7. The Prophet's inter. | 5 q And to che # others & he ſaid in / Þ my hear INS-+ Heb. 1orth, cefſion for them, 8. God, for their abominations, will ſhew no pity, ||| Go ye aſter him m through the City, and » ſmite : let mine ears. Tam- 9—1T. : | _ - [not your »veye ſpare, neither have ye pity. W : , EF cried olfs tn 5. mn; . , ; The Six Slaughter-men. & God of Glory or Chriſt who appear'd and by 47 wed ied allo iN » mine ears with a loud voice; in great Glory. 1 A Note of Certainty of the thing. || Linger not \en: 10 ”"yJ . ſay ing, Cc f Cauſe them that have 4 charge OVer |e're you ſer forward againſt the Wicked; yer ſtill go after, that you * Lairy Wt -the city, to draw near, even every e man with F f his|deſtroy none thar are to he ſealed ; fo allo Rev. 7. 3. » This Order ct, the Wa p deſtroying weapon in his g hand, mult be obſerved through the whole City, nod chro the whole Exe- ne ſav? Bp” 200 Man whom he had ſeen upon the Throne, Chriſt who is Lord as oertke Fog _ Do Mn inp te _ __ e State» Wh ve Sovereign, or the Glory of God, or the God of Glory, or an _þ } < P _—_ 1 7 - Ss Renorſe crermes tne 5 4 Diſo1 WO _ '7 Fr Ne _— from os. 6 Either an Hcbraiſm, he cried ſo, that I —_ bo brig "a ins CO FOE EO :es Were ih y heard ; or rather to intimate that Ezekiel only heard what : : 8 1. re th*) iy _ ſboken; the Elders who were now with him hearing nothing of | $ p Slay ÞF utterly q old and 7 young, both / Co myo t yy po Wat was ſpoken, & Approach ye Viſitations, 5. e. ye fore, waſting, |and little children, and women, : but 5 come got near con $0 |