far from thee. When thou didſt wickediy with thy N=ighbours, it might admit forme !ictle colour of excuſe, bur it is inexcuſableto run to remoteit Nations. p Withour ſatisfying thy ſelf, ( and ſorhe 17:br. may be read ) but our Interpreters rcter 1: ro the bound!l:-ſs Lſts of this lewd Adu'tercſs, and nor to the ifſue ani evenr of her Pr:Qices ; and in the en4kf+ Lulltings of a wicked Hearr,[dolarersand Aculterers do agree. q *1 is repeated ro ſhame her, and make her bluſh, and re. p<nt. 7 Or waſt not fati+fizd ; 4ſjrian Gods proved, as other Lo!s, 2 Snare, and a Li- tothe Jews, 2 Kings 16. 9, 10. Jer. 2. 18, 36. Hoſ. 7.11, 12+ and chap 14. ver. 3. s
29 Thou haſt moreover s multiplied thy fornication z in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea, and yet thou waſt not ſatisfied herewith.
s Both increxs'd the Number of thy Idolatries, and made them
Verſe wil! be a dreadtul Threat of Miſery to come upon the Jews tor
dins, God will fill them with his Judgments, and bring one Woe after
ther: Bur as we read the Words, rhey are an IntroduGtion to a farther declaring of this People's multiplied Wickednefles, with a dreadful Menace introduc'd ſomewhat abruptly to expreſs God's great Diſplea- ure againſt them ; the Threat 1s doubled, becauſe 'cis certainly co mirg, and will be great when come. :
24 Tyoat thou haſt alſo þ built unto c thee an 4|| emi- nent Piace, and * haſt made thee an high place in e every
reet.
greater in that thou haſt adopred the Idols of Canaan, and al! that be. tween them 3nd the Chaldeans are own d or worſhip'd. ; H 5. may be read :owards as well as in: The Idgolatry of che Jews worſhipping Canaan's Idols was moſt intoler:ble, becauſe Grd had fo fully declar'd the viienels of jt, his abhorrence thereot, and ſo ſtrictly charged the F:ws to keep themſelves from it. How monſtroully wicked is it, that in proſperity poſ: fled of the Houſes and Wealch which thy God gue thee out of the hands of the Canzanites and their To's ; thou forgerreft God, ard worſhipp+| their Ido's; and in Advertity and Captiviry do,ſ{t the like, and,doteſt on the Idols of thinz Enemies ! y 32 How « weak is thine heart, faith the Lord GOD, ſeeing thou doeſt x all theſe :hings, the work of an y impe- ous, whorifſh woman 2? | « Unſtable, like Water that melts away. Neither haſt ſtrength of Judgment to diſcern rhe truth and purity of Religion,, nor haft firengrh of Reſoiurion to ho'd faſt toit. x Chargeſt thy God and Religion, or doreſt on all rhe gaudy pompous Religio!1s and [dis thou heareſt of, » A Woman. whothink'ſt her [:1f her owa, that knows no Superiouz, nor will be either guided and governed ro do good, nor ce+ 2 proved
them, and commited Aduit-rics wita cham. o Tiongh they were
delivered thee unto the will of them chat hate 23: 15- , ||Or ,c:7777,
rians, # becauſe thou waſt unfatiable: q yea, thou hafſt* 2 Chr.:$ played the harlot with them, and yet r couldeſt not be ?3-<-23-
; 3X,
A, WY 3
oY ods. 7
—_ —_ —— ————_ hn
þ _ - ——_— Bhi
7 : _ _ —_ — wn. 7 — = 2 - - —— m— | 5 bo In - 6 1 Pt 9D een Poe" - 24 -4 4
— Re ————_——— _— _ ” wt - E 8 ”
_— p_ m 8 6
= = - —_— pap.) g KA RY ol _——— k wn ad - - <> <vy aromas . - > _ - —_— - 5 >
. - - vv << + -— - gn pr . > = — n—_ —_ - wo _ » wks. _—— _ — o
"
=_————— CC
—
EZEKIEL | Chap. X}
a Woman whoſe Luſt is her Law, Adultery , Idolatry , Murder of her Children, is the Sum of this Such will be boundleſs | Charge drawn up againſt her, >7 b Behold therefore, *
Chap. XVJL.
proved and reclaimed fiom evil ; and her Husband her Contempr and Burden. : - - . LOC Diſorders, and ſhainelets roo; : | , | LOT Y 27 i In that = thou buildeſt thine eminent place inthe
| Lf 7: | : c e fret, and haſt not 4 been as an harlot (in that thous [will even gather them 4 round about againſt thee, ang ha e ſcorneit hire.) | > See wor, 24. Whereas the Paramours ofotherlewd Women build; / all thy nakednelſs.
* 8.
[ will c gather all thy & 10. ,|* "ET 4 EM IAC vers, with whom thou haſt taken e pleaſure, and all :hew *.Þ4 h>1d of every 6 way, and makeſt thine high place in every | that thou haſt loved, with all :herz that thou haſt F hated. b*.F*
4\.Þ-.-# "s £
' will; diſcover thy nakednefs unto them, that they may & ſee ti;
fer thein, as 1t is:reported of Solomon, 1 Kings 11.7,8, 9. Here on| the contrary this untairhful Nation forſake their God, commit Forni- ' cation with ſtrange Gods, and bear the Charges both of building their. Templcs, and furniſhing them with Sacrifices, an maintaining the Pricit;. a Fer. 24. + Fr. 25. c Fer. 24. d Common Harlots make | Gain cftheir Looſneſs, and live by that Gain, th-{e make a Prey of the Men thatcome intothem ; thou doſt worſe, thou laviſheſt out thy |
b God calls hcr to confider what heavy Judgment he pronouncet}; and will execute. c Whole Herds and Droves, for the word impliech tucha gathering together. d Chaldeans, Afſyrians, Exyptians, e Unc lawful Plealures of Body, Commerce and Idolatrous Featts in their Idolatrous Sacrifices. Old pretended Friends now turned vehemen: Enemies: And old Enemies who have earneſtly honged forſuch an on. portunity to vent their Malice, their Hatred will heap on thee Mii.
. . 7 >= hp 1 . 0 . . - . > . Credir, Wealth, and all forro maintain and pleaſe thine Adulterers. | chiefs, under which real. Friendſhip might fomewhar relieve, +
s
ether. for it beazs as cur Tranſlation renders it, Contempt, Slighting, or Diſerding ; and fot ſuterh with what follows, Vir. 32, 33» 34: It fi9niji-t1 ail to praiſe, value, and regard, as 3r-xto-fobſerves, and 511 as well, if not better, be {o rendred here, and be the Character
mon Harlot, which wandreth after ber Lovers with « deſign
* . EET
1t v
Of 10 Tapiraty : ticheit; till rhe 32 Ferſe. ” But as a wile t! mitteth adultery , which ta» 23 Brir vzy a Wile that COmmittetn W. C/ kethRranvers in fte1d of her husband. Fore begins the Antithelis, A Wife , Adulrtereſs , ſuch as the FP; ophet 1cflmbleth this Nation by, which hath a moſt rich, bounticul and kind Husband, the differs from common Harlots in this Poiar, ſhe hunts ror Rewards, bur forbidden Pleaſures. 27 & They give - giits tO / all whores, but thou giveſt » > _ : . £ , | iribeſt. thy k gilts to# tO all chy lovers, and hireſt -|- them, that they may come unto thee on z every fide .ior thy
i -
whoredom. | > | ncean Fornicators anJ Adulterers. + The word is of a re-