3mprobable it may allude to the Bounty of God toward the Jews in a Land fowing with Oil. Spiritually theſe refer to our cleantling by the Blood of Chriſt, and by his ſan&ifying Spirit.
to I f clothed thee alſo with y broidered work, and ihod thee with þ badgers skin, and I ; girded thee about
with & fine linen, and I 1! covered thee with fi]k
£ So miſerably poor was this Creature, that ſhe had not clothes to her back ; he gave them who married her. g Rich and beautiful , Needlework of divers Colours, much above the State of an abjett In- Bnr, and ſuted to the Bounty and Riches of him who gave them. Thoſe Eaſtern People had an Art of curiouſly drefling and colouring (. Shinsof thoſe Beafts; of which they made their neareſt Feſtival- Shoes, and thele were for the richeſt and greateſt Perſonages to uſe. / Both for Strength, Activity and Ornament. & Both ſoft, warm, and comely ; ſuch ſoft Raimenr, uſed in Kings Courts, intimates the Advancement ofthis Abje& to Royal State, as well as being delicately clothed. 1 Either covered, as the upper Garment covers all the reſt, or as Curtains of the Bed cover one who is laid to reſt within them : the Vail this Virgin was covered with when ſhe appeared abroad, and ber Furniture ar home, were very rich, and proportion'd to her Lord's Grandcur and Riches. :
it | #2 decked thee allo with ornaments, and I » put
bracclets 0 upon thine hands, and a p chain on thy nN2ct |
; Ifthe Inventory of this Virgin's Goods given to her were hitherto of ſuch things 25 were nzedful for her Comtort, now follows a particu- Jar of whar {zrv<d for State and Magnificence, as the Phraſe, Job 40.
19. ir alſo expreileth the Bravery of a Bridegroom, 1/4. 61. 10. the Carioficy and Fyxatiucls wherewith ſuch do dreſs themlclves.
u Heb. 1 mov, 5. 0. freely. o Which uſually were of Gold, as appears, Ger. 24. 2. and Preſents madeof thele beſpeat oreateſt Reſpects. p Of Gold *1 token of Honour and Authority ; Gen. 41, 42. Dan. 5. 16. 12 And I puta 9 jewel on thy forehead, and 7 ear- 1 Or, rings in thine ears, and a [| beautiful 5 crown upon thine of beau! y. head.
q It was many times of Siiver, but moſt commonly of Gold, and was of circular Fivure hanging by a String faſtned above the Forehead, in ſuch manner thar it lay or reſted on the Noſe , much eſteemed among the Eaſtern People, though of no account with us. » Golden Oriament hanging in the flethy part of the Ear. s A very rich and b-an:iful Crown, as Virgins eſpouſed and married had Crowns ſet on thei: Heads, Cart. 3. 11. foto complete the Solemnity, and make the Marnificence of theſe Nuprials full, a Crown of Beaury 15 ſet on the Hcad of this Jewiſh Nation now married to God.
12 t Thus waſt thou decked with gold and ſilver, and thy raiment 225 of fine linen , and filk, and broidered work ;-thou didſt cat « fine flour, and honey, and oll : and thou x waſt exceeding beautiful, and chou didlt y prol- per intoa & Ningdom.
; The Propher ſums up all again, partly to aver the truth thereof, partly to bring it to her remembrance, and partly to afle& her with Thainkfulneſs for what ſhe had received, and with Shame for waat ſhe had done. « It was the conſtant Courle of thy Dicr, to be provided thus with the choiceſt Food, which thou didft not by ſcanty Allowance
talte of, but waſt filled with; theſe were Royal Dainties, as Gen. 49.
0. x Snch Dier, with the additional Ornaments, would ſurely ren- der a periect Beauty, and to ſuch Perfection did this eſpouſed Virgin grow. 3} All Affeirs ſucceeded well, and Events added to thy Great- neſs. z Not on'v compatt in at ſelf, but
victorious over others, and
7» poured(t our thy fornications on every one that pailed-, 2 M* by ; 2 his it was. i % z Hear O Heavens, and be aſtoniſhed at the Complaint God doth & 26 make againſt this unthankſul,forgerful and perfidious Woman ! h Gre 1, to proud, laid aſide Humility, which became one raiſed from a moſt ab.(in dev ject Scate, caſt off the Modeſty, Chaſtity and Fidelity which became a;,;|* ( Wife. # It was not her own, but put upon her ; the owed it to the 8 Love, Bounty and Care of God; but, forgetting this, ſhe accounts it OS her own, and then diſpoſeth ofit as ſhe liſts. k No doubt, with the © #3 | Incrzaſe of Wealth and Honour, the Lewdneſs of Harlors and Adul. K*. = £ tereſles increaſed too ; but here ſpiritual Harlotry , 5. e. Idolatry, is ©. KR * meant ; and to this Courſe did the wanton, unſtable, and ungodly | Yn \ Jews berake themſelves betimes from the Days of the Judges, and <ſpe. Þ cially, in the Jatter Days oftheir Kingdom, this People went a whoring Þ. # * after Idols. ! Some would read it, againſt :hy Renown, to the blaſtins Þ # * of thy Honour, but rather her Renown abroad drew to her Idolatrous kk 8 * Strangers, who brought rheir Idols with them, and acquainted the Þ "8 3 Jews with the Pomps of their Idolatrous Worſhip. #2 Didſt readily 3 2” and profuſely laviſh thy Wealth, and proſtitute thy ſelf to them ; thy I 3 © Land, thy Cities, Jeruſalem it ſelf was full of the Idols, which the Na. ' Wi tions far and near did worſhip : every Stranger who paſled througz Þ a | thee might find room for his Idol, and Jdolatry ; and very like *twa th ; thou didft infeCt every one with ſomewhat ofthine, as well as waſt in- ir fe&ed with their Idolatry. » Thy Perſon, AffeCQtion, Riches, Reiigi. tf | on, all was at the Command and Service of every Adulterer, ſo imnu- A dentiy vile and falſe was ſhe to God. _ 16 And * ofo thy p garments thou didfſt 4 take , and, fHebllh» . 7 deckedlt thy 5 high places with divers * colours, and MY ® playedſt the harlot thereupon: he # like things ſhall not FM * come, neither ſhall it be /o. | o Hers they were for uſe, by Gift of God, but ſhe Took'd on them
as hers, without Reſpett to either the Giver, or Uſe intended. p Thos Þ ® coſtly , Royal Robes, the very Wedding-clothes, and Furniture. 7 As
an Adultreſs that parts with the rich Gifts of her Husband to oblige 3 R an Adulterer. 7 By this ic appears how ſhameleſs ſhe was grown, that Þ ,# F; bluſh'd not to be known, one thar had turned her Husband's Bounty, Þ - &# x}
that had abuſed the unparallel'd Kindneſs of her God, to the open and Þþ
| publick Service of her Adulterer, her Ido]: Thus fhe turned her Glory 5 into Shame. s Where both the Idol, his Altar, and Workhip, were ©
\fixed. * With thoſe beautiful Clothes and Furniture I put upon thee Þ #