MnSve fenie, ſpeaks not any kind of Gifts in general, bur peculiarly ſich Gifts as are preſented by x Woer, or Eſpoalc: of a Woman ,
with which the is enrich and adorn'd, and mzy perhaps imply the
Arts. Prerences and Arguments, winch are us'd by looſe Men ro ſe- In, F . t $ - * I hy - "RM
duce and corrupt Virgins ; they pretend Marriage deſign d, make
Preſents, and deceive, / {. e. To the moſt of them, 'ris ufually fo.
+ Thy Nuprial Gifts, which cby generous and bountiful IHlusband gave
thee at the Eſpoulals, or on thy Wedding-day. Thote Gifts which are mo{t highly valued, moſt carefully preſerved, and moſt unwilling. ly p _— Wk haſt given to thy Husband s greateſt Enemies, to thy beaſtly Adulterers. 1 Thou makeſt }ittle djff-rence, bur as it happens, any one of thy lewd Companions way eafily have theſe Gifts of thy Hand. m By large Gifts, as Bribes uſually are, and the ward uſed here ſignificth, they flight thee, and have no detire afrer thee; like deſpiſed Adultereſles, they would hate thee, bur thy Bribes change their Behaviour, tho nor their Minds and Thoughts of thee. » Women have ſomewhat of Modeſty remaining amidſt rheir Lewdnefs for the 2nd if Adulterefles, yet have their Lovers 11 ſome Corner
moſt part, 25 but thon asunjatiable, haſt them eyery-where round about
or other ; thee. | >1 And the o contrary 1s in thee from other women 111 thy whoredoms , whereas none p tolloweth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou giveſt a reward , and no reward is given unto thee, thereiore thou art
Comrary,
o That which ſubverts the Ord:r of Nature, is contrary to the in- nate modeſty of thy Sex. P T hou followe it them, treateſt, 1mportu- reſt, promileſt, paysR, and careſleſt them. Thus, as a tameleſs Advultereſs, 17-acl had carried 1t towards her God, who efpous'd, eN- rich'd, beautificd and delighted 1n her ; but the hired te Nations round abour her to enter © ovenant with her, entertain'd and Main- Find all their :dolatrous Worſhip, gave the Nuprial Gitts to hatefu] Ilo!s.
25 4 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the - word of the
LORD. : 0 ;
- Her Inditment and Notoriety of all theCharge againſt her we have heard ; her Crimes ſhe was guilcy of, with rhe Aggravations of them, now follows Sentence of Condemnation agauft her. 7 Of juſt Condemnation which thou mult ſubmit to, tho thou refuſedſt the word of Counſe! and Precept.
36 s Thus ſaith the Lord GOD , Becauſe thy || 7 fil-
| 7”, thinefs was # poured out, and x thy nakedneſs diſco- wii re/rryered #- through » thy whoredoms with thy lovers ,
* 1:þ.2.and with 2 ail the Idols of thy abominatiovs, and b
ins the Rewards of her Lewdnets; and thus the Chaldce Pa-: adit: fo we ſhall need no Parentheſis, nor begin the An- |
arted with by all virtuous Women, thou moſt unparalled Adul.
- EL . . . J % » 4 yi . . "= * The Hebrew word is of two Significations, and each oppolite tO, counterfeited Friendſhip never will, thou ſhalt not have a Friend tg
l
pity or help thes. # So ſhall my Threats be fulfilled, Lev. 26. y. 1 - | when I give thee up into their Hands, who remember thy Hatred x. ; Bainft them, and renew the old Hatred they had againſt thee. Z Ir ſhall be very certain, and my Hand, faich God, ſhal} be ſeen doing it I will do this. + All the Nations that are on every ſide, that there may be Numbers enough ro do this, and that there may be no eſcape for thee, when which way ſcever thou flyeſt, ill thou flyett into the Mouth of thy Enemies, and who hate thee. 7 Lay open to view al] thy ſhameleſs Doings: Thou didſt diſcover thy Nakednels toallure and then to ſatisfy thy prodigious Luſt ; now it ſhall be diſcovered tg | nauſeare them, and to provoke them to contemn thee, and to uſe thee as lo vile a Perſon deſerveth. So God retalMfreth , and puniſheth Sin. ; Ners, that their Sin may be ſeen in the Puniſhment. & With upbrai-. | ding, ſcorning and haring of it, and them. ! The odiouſneſs of thy | lintul Courſes , and the Weakeeſs of thy Stare.
38 And » I willz judg thee, as +
women »o that break gy
|the c bloods in fury and jealouſie.
» Who amthy Lord and Husband, whoſe Authority and Kindn:; {thou haſt fo contemned and abuſed. » Both condemn thee to ſuffi; ; what thou deſerveſt, and execute what thou art condemned tg, | o Who were ſometimes ſtrangled, ſometimes ſtoned, ſometimes burar, were put to death to be ſnre, Levir. 20. 10. and Det 22. v.22. It may intimate the future Deſtruction of her Adulterous Lovers, for both the Adulrerer and Adultereſs were to die. p She was guilty of the unnatural Murder of her Children, and God will, according to his own Law, Gen. 9.5, 6. and Numb. 35. 31, 32. cauſe her Blood to be thed. q The like Phraſe you have Revel. 16.6. and elſewhere; the like judgment 15 expreſt by watering the Land wich Blood, as chap. 32.6. and by preparing one for Blood. Chap. 35. 6. Thou gaveſt the Blood of thy Children to Idols in Sacrifice, I will give thee thine own Blood to drink ; thou didſt it in Contempt of my Law, I will do itin Vindication of my Law. » Paſſions that do uſually appear in the Revenges, that abuſed Husbands take on their Wives, which have in- ,tolerably dilhonourd and wrong'd them, and God exprefleth his , great Indignation, and rhe Severity of hisjuſt Diſpleaſure by Alliftoa ; hereunto.
39 And -T will alſo give thee 7 into their # hand, and they ſhall throw «x down thiney eminent place, ands ſhall
| wediock, and p thed blood, are judged; and I will q give;.} |
thy clothes, and take + thy fair 5 jewels, and leave thee;
naked and bare. | "oi s This particularly deſcribes the manner in which God will dow *
what he threatens. ? Asa Judg delivers the Condemned into the hand ofthe Executioner. « Power and exaſperated Age. x Under mine andutterly ruin. y Thy Idol-Temples, and thy Stews, wer. 24 and 31. which fee. z The ſame in other Terms. a Itis opprobry to a Man to be ſtript,, more toa Woman; this Jewiſh Adultereſs ſhall be ſtript, that her Nakedneſs may appear. God's undeſerved Love covered her Nakedneſs, wer. 8. his juit Diſpleaſure will now diſcover her Nakedneſs. 6b See wer. 17.
40 © They ſhall alſo bring upa 4 company againſt thee, and they ſhall e ſtone thee with ſtones, and f thrult thee through with their g ſwords.