» * bas. . . - *f1- (0 '11 -1t } Te [ F whom they ſpake good of fall under Mileries ; this ſhall fo confound and what God wiil do with rhem, what they ſhou!d do, what they
may expect, vet all this while dore on Idols, and refolutely hold on in unjuſt Prictices; they ſhall find by the anſwer, *cwas not the Pro- pher, but th: God ot the Prophet thar anſwered them, fo dreadful, tearching, and zftonithing ſhall my aniwer be.
8 And I will fzt my &d lace againſt that man, and will make him a ec * tign and a f proverb, and I will z cut him oft from che 5 midſt of my people, and ye ſhall know that I 72 the LORD. 2
d My diſpleaſed Face, my Wrath, which none can bear, the Phrafe Levit. 17. and 20. 3. and Chap. 15. 7. e Of Divine Vengeance pro.
The ders of Iſrael as counſel of God, he anſwereth them according to the voked by Sin, and executed on rhe Sinner. f Of whom every body- multitude of their ido's ; and threatueth their ruin, 15. Exhorteth i thall ſpeak with Taunt and Curſe, Dc.
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28. 37. . g Either by an im- mediate Stroke from Heaven, or eiſc in an undeniably vindictive way. > Openly, as what 1s done 1n the fight of all, or as one feparared from God's People by this dreadful Excommunication, and who ſhall have no Portion with them in this or the rext Life. o And 1t the ; prophet be deceived when he hath ſpoken a thing, rophet, and 1 will / ſtretch out my hand upon him, _ g will deſtroy him from the midſt of my people Itrael.
7 Viz. The Prophet who makes this his Trade and Gain, the falſe Provhet,who ſpeaks all ferene and quiet, in hope of Reward for his kind Anſwer to thoſe that deſired to kear what might pleaſe them, more than what God commanded, promiſed, or threatned. & Permitted him to err, or juitly lefc him in his Bliadnefs, that he ſhall nor diſcerq his own ſelf-deceivings ; or elſe when ſuch Prophet promilſeth Good, and thinks Concurrence of all ſecond Cauſes rend to it, yet I will
were in likelihood ſufficient, and *ewere no Preſumprion to hope the beſt, and if your prophets on this ground promiſed you Succeſs, yet they ſhall deceive you, for I would defeat and diſappoint them and you: ſo the ſenſe would not carry a moral and culpable deceiving, but a juſt defeating and diſappointing, or diſabling ſecond Cauſes, on which diſapointment of Hopes will follow. If Egzp:'s Arms had fo weak. ned the Bav3/onian, that none but wounded Men remained, yer the promiſe of your Eſcape ſhould fail you, O 7/-22/:tes, tor Fer. 27. 10, 11. theſe ſhould riſe up and burn your Cirv. / Remarkably puniſh his Falſhood, and in Severity deſtroy him,
19 And they ſhall bear the puniſhment of their iniquity : the puniſhment of the prophet ſhall be even as the puniſh. ment of him that feeketh unto him:
There is ſo gieat Parity in the Folly and Impiety of both ſeducing Prophets, and the ſeduced People, rhar "tis hard to fay whoſe Sin 1s greateſt ; their Puniſhment ſhall be by the Lord made as like as city made their Sin, and both ſhall be cur off and deſtroyed.
11 2 The » houſe of Iſrael may o go no more aſtray
from p me, neither bs q polluced any more with all their 7 if tant
I the LORD have & deceived * thar ©
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diſappoint and fruſtrate, as 1/a. 44. 25. if the Confederacies to fave _
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| 7 Clap. XIV. trangreſſions : but that they r may be my people, and | raay be their God, faith the Lord G OD. m Affflitiens ever tend to a good and neceſſary ET:& or End for God's Glory, and his Peoples Good ; and ſo 'tis here. » Which are the Seed bf Faceb, and my People. o They have wancred as Sheep, which natnrally are apt to go out of the way, and much more when ſeduced and drawn out of the way,but Afllictions rend to reduce them from ſhcepiſh wandrings. p Their only God and Saviour. q Idola- try is a great Pollution, and ever attended with other Tranſgreſlions and Iramoralicies, which defile alſo; now by their p:etent Calamities God will open their Eyes to ſee and abhor them. » In Name and ex- ternal Profcflion they were God's People, but they had forgotten their R: lation, and the Dury of it to Godward, now by theſe preſent Cor- rections they ſhall be diſpoſed to own and love, to obey and walk with him as he is their God, and they lis People. will have on my own People.
:2 E The woid of the LORD came again to me,
ſaying, tHeb. pre- 13 Son of man, s when the * land finneth againſt me varicating by + treipatling « grievoully, then 7 will T ſtretch out mine
+. cg hand + upon it, and will break the ſtaff * of the bread *T ey. 26, thereof, and will ſend famine upon it, and will cut off man
26. and & beaſt from it.
Ia.3.7. 5 At what time foever. ? Put for the Men that dwell in the Land.
Ch. 4 16. « As an hypocritical back-ſliding People, that give fair Promiſes, but
and 5. 16. perform them nor, rather a& contrary to their Profeſſions, as the He- brew intimareth. « Againſt it. » Scarcity and Famine are Eff-Qs of the power of God, which makes rhat barren for the ſins of a People, which otherwiſe would be fruitful. z Make the Land utterly
* Fer.15. 1, deſolate by famiſhing the Catrie as well as their Owners.
14 Though theſe a three * men, 5 Noah, « Daniel and d Job, were in it, they ſhould e deliver 5»: their own fuls by their righteouſneſs, ſaith the Lord GOD.
2 Moſt eminent for holy and upright walking with God, very dear to God, exceedingly deſirous of the Welfare of others, powerful in Prayer. 6 Who 'tis probable prevailed with God to fpare the World for ſome Ycars, and ſaved his near Relations when the Flood came. © Who prevailed for the Life of the wite Men of Chaldea, and d who dajly offered Sacrifice for his Children, and at laſt reconciled God to thoſe that had offended. e Theſe ſhould not prevail for any one of this wicked Generation, it ſhould ſuffice them that their Righteoul- nets ſaverch themſelves, this contumacious Generation of Sinners I would not be intreated for.
Feb. 15 T If If cauſe f noiſfome beaſts to g paſs through the
evil beaſt. Jand, and they | ſpoil it, ſo that it be deſolate, and no
ih * man may + paſs through becauſe of the Beaſts: _
On” # Noiſome Beaſts are one of the great Plagues, or Armies that God hath aiways at his Command. g To range over the Land and ſpoil their Catte], devour thcir Servants and Children, and deſtroy T ravel- ters, and make it as a Wilderneſs. þ Without much Danger, and great Guards that may repel the the wild ravening Beaſts.