of 75 P, Years they grew to fix h beſide W earSold ; fo th fulfilled.
ture thou haſt come to and terrible to thy Nej a D
Ineſs of the ll thy Nei
the choiceſt Bleſſings of Divine Providence,
ling up
deſcribes the Beaury and
when p 1 thee, behold, 7 thy
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and in abhorrence of thee e Beholder.
- manner of Man God here ſpeaks, aliudin ike Pharah
undance of God's [
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ination, civii Converſe, an4 | it The Daughters . 6,
Such is your Race, O . "roo.
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On Cleo,
Abraham to leav 'y into a N ge : ere 15 greac Care of che of God to. ould nor hele d Aliegory. The pre. ? Born in Blood, unples. n, and periſhe,none wa ſhe I purged away t c< up, n11S'd, provided rying, abſterſive an ſtrengthen the ne Y ,and eceiſary rn be
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TS x Gain a the þ word of the LORD came unto me done, if the more needful were done ft might be well enough ; bur 2 A ſayin 8 poor Infant, ir hears of no Body to do any one of them for irs Healch : adre? , jand Life. , To ſhew any Tenderneſ; of Heart towards ir 7 Pur a Heb. nd, frequently and properly enough rendred as here £zain,\ our of doors, expoſed to perth 2nd ſtarve with Hunger and Cold.
nor pointing out any particular time w ren it Came to the Prophet. Y As far from Likelihood of Relief as from the Siohe
of Men; nor Door, but in likeſt to comes tempt of thee as Joathſom ,
Cat fome Man's
Pieces. » In con
8 to ſome Tra. the good Sama:
Purpoſed ro fave ghr the Efe&, I took care "* 15 repeated, both to ſer ove, and to work our intimate the Stabiliry raCc?. f Itfounds like » HE gave that Life, he ſpake thee ro multiply as the 4 buq of creaſed and waxen 4 great, and —_— 77 , eb. ornaments: thy m mb 15 gr Own, Wher Cas millicn,
nne hair » b t Heb. or.
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ike the Bud in the
nd rich Veſtmencs ſet off a in Enterpriſes, rich
grown up and ly affianced to C, whereas Baldneſ IS2a fled, and deſpiſed.
» and 9 lookeg upon the time of lOve; and 7
« ſpread
Chap. XVI.
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« ſpread my ski;t over thee, and covered thy 7 naked- neſt yea, 1 nfware unto thee, and *-entred into a CoVe- har. with thee, 7 ſaiththe Lord GOD , and thou 6 D6ce-!
melt mine.
> See 2, 3, of the Phraſt. This ſecond paſſing by may well be urderificed bf God's vifiting them and calling them out of Egypr.. » See the Phraſe, vcr. 6, © The Time of thy Miſery was the Time of| Love and Pity in me towardsthee,candthe Time ofthy grown beautt- lied State was the Tire of my Love of Delight, when I rejoiced in thee, and efpouſed thee ro be my Wife- Thy Time, #.e. the Seaſon firtelt for the Diſcovery of my Purpoſes towards thee, was the Time © Love, which is expreſs'd in what follows in the Verſe. s 7. « Be- trethed thee, as Ruth 3. 9. and Dent. 22.39. engaged by Marriageto Ive, clieriſh, prote&, and ſafeguard. 5 What was aid would be thy Reproach, my Love and Bounty covered ; I clothed thee with Sroils of Egypt, and gave thee Flocks, with the Wool whereof thou mightcſt cloche thy ſelf. IF you take it figuratively, I covered all thy Filthineſs, and wa{h'd itaway. « Gave thee the greateſt, moſt invio- Jable, and ſolemneſt Aſſurance of my conjugal Love, Care and Faith-
fulne%. : This was done at Mount S:nai, Exod. 19. 5. 7 The Truth
ſo ſhe was a Miſtreſs over Kingdoms, as in David's, Solomon's, 5,1, ſhaphat's, and Hezekiah's time, 7 ;
14 And thy 4 renown went forth among the 5 he. then for thy c beauty : for it was 4 perte& through m comelineſs which I had - put upon thee, faith the Lorg GOD.
a Thy Name was great and honoured. & Not only next Neigh bours, but the uttermoſt Ends of the Earth, as 'cis ſaid of the Queen
of Sheba, heard thereof. e The excellent Order of thy Governmen: Proſperity of thy Country, Riches of thy Merchants, and abundance
f of thy Peace. «4 The beſt ofany upon Earth, no Nations had ſuch
Laws as they had, or God fo near them ; it was perfe& in its king e The Form of the Civil Government and irs Laws, the Wiſdom. Juſtice and Courage of the Governours, the due Compliance of the Governed, and the Holineſs, Purity and Truth of their Religion ; a1] which concurred to make up this Beauty, and it was that God Put up. . on them, or ſet before them, Dent. 4. 7, 8. The viſible, outwarg emblemarick Part of all was beautiful ; the inviſible, inward, and ipi- ; ritual Part was much more beauriful, and ought to be duly conſfive. 'red. Thus far what God did for het.
I2a|
of a!l which the Lord doth avow in this Form of Afſeveration. z By the Obligations of my Kindneſs thou couldſt be no leſs, by thy own vo-| izntary Att and Conſent, by Promite and Profeflion, Exod. 19. 7, $.
0.2 Then b waſhed T thee with water: yea, Ic through: : iy waſhed away thy 4 + blood from thee, andI e anointed | thee with oi.
« Hb. 4nd; this continueth the Allegory, and declareth what more | was done to prepare this Virgin for Advancement by this Marriage- | Covenant. 6 It was a very antient Cuſtom among thoſe Eirſtern Peo- | ple, as appears, K::th 3.3. Efin.2.12. tO purify Virgins who were | ro be efpouſed ere long ; and *tis likely the Prophet alludes ro that , | Exod 19. 10.
Hev
c The fame thing by a very uſual Figure repeated to | egutirm and illuſtrate what is ſpoken; the word in H:b,notes an abun- Gant Waſhing, a rinſing of whar was waſh'd to make it cleaner, it 1n- cludes a Bathing, as Lev. 15. 10. d Thy original and Birth-Pollution, which rendred thee diſpleafing to the Eye, and unfic for the familiar and loving Entertainment of a Husband. e Nor to Royal ſovereign Dienity, this isexprelv'd by another Word in the Heb. but anointed as they that were ro be married, as Riith 3.3, Efth. 2. 12,07 as thoſe who wes to come into the Preſ:nce of gtear and noble Perſonages, as Dar. 30. 3. or as ſuch who would look with chearfuller Countenances, and
. » l 4 of change their tad and mournful Deportment, as 2 Sam. 12+ 20. tis not
I5 I g But thou did({t 4 truſt in thine 7 own beauty | = and * & playedſt the harlot becauſe 1 of thy renown, and b 43