others. Such Mall rhe ew? Poniſhments be. & Some Offenders are | are as much above thee as the elder Children are above the younger, hardned to an inſcenlibleneſs of Shame; but God will makethele Jews] ” Thy leſſer or meaner Siſter, 5 They ſhall be to thee as a Gift be. to feel the Smart, and bluſh under the Shame of their Puniſhmenrs. | ſtowed in Love. z As Daughters in Duty hearken to, and obey, & 7 For al the VWickednelſes, from which the Puniſhm<nrs of Sodom and {hall che Gentiles brought into the Church hearken to the Word of God $a&ir ſhon'd have deterred them, for imitating and out-doing them, which ſounded out from. the Jews, from Jeruſalem. u Not by that old & Encouraging Sinners like thoſe of Sodem and Samarin, and bring Covenant which was violated, not by external Ceremonies which were Fellow-fuffereis with them in as great, or greater Judgments. a gr'at part of the firſt Covenant, but by that Covenant which Writey 55 When thy Siſters, Sodom and her daughters, the Law in the Heart, and putsthe Fear of God into the inward Pares, Shall return to their former eſtate, and Samarja and _ _ x I will eſtabliſh » my covenant with z thee ; her daughters ſhall return to their former eſtate, then oy —— — IRIIRD - ; £ "11S : _ . ; ver. 00. 7 In Diſtinction from thax : thou and thy daughters ſhall return to your forme! catled, thy Covenant, wer. G1. z O Iſrael firſt, and then with the Gen. Crate, IBaY Rs BY 9 SORE [tiles as thy Children, with all the genuine Childrenof Abraham, Fa. E'bis worſe is explained in the $3 verſe, and nee _—_ « Þ mo therof the baichful. This ſhort Sentence contains the Sum of a1j Fap'ication; it threatens a perpetual Continuance of their jow, our Duty and Privileges. tis ſummarily a Promiſe of Grace and Glo. j=&t, and miſcrable State in thetr outward Concerns. | h ry ; ic is a ſanQtifying Knowledge to fit us for Obedience; and ';;; 2 + Heb. fo 55 n For thy filter o Sodom was not | mentioned by thy juftifyjng Knowledge to deliver us from Puniſhment ; ir 1s Evange!i. a 7 part; &- þ mouth inthe day of thy + pride. cal K::owledge of God, a Knowledge which is to eternal Life. bearing. » This is thz Reaſon why their State ſhou'd be hopeleſs as that 0) I | 63 That thou mayelſt b remember and be ccontounded + Heb. CSorcm. o The Sins of Sodom, and her Plagues, were nt TIF | and never d open thy mouth any more, becaule of e thy predter ex thee, though thou didſt worſt in thy Proſperity, thou didit nor tear ſhame, when | am f pacified toward thee for all that thoy excellencies. like Mitery, nor wouldſt forbzar like Sins. p Thou ſhouldſt have; haſt done, faith the Lord GOD told thy Chi!dren what Sodcm did againſt the Lord, and what the Lora, __ , A, Ss 1:d agai | d thy Daughte:s might have repented,| *® 77. ver. 61 ec Ver. 61. d Neither to juſtifie thy ſeIf, or tg did againſt them, that thou an y g g pP > j ©0746. anne - no ſuch things weretold © ing condemn others, or to quzrrel wich thy God; but as a true Pcniregr «Kings s _ Bolere thy r wickedneſs was diſcovered. as <font m_— che Judgments thy Sins have deſerved, and God hath 2. 2.071 , | 2 **. Inflicted, to draw away from Sin, and to bring thee to ſubmit + 16.5. at the time of hy * reproach of the daughters of, God, and to give him Glory. e Such a Confulion for thy Sin will < =_ 28. Syria , and: 5 all hat are round avout ' * her , the' cover thee, thar thou wilt readily juſtifie God, and bluſh ia remen. —— daughters of the Philiſtines, which « deſpiſe thee round | Þrance of all thine own Wickedneſſes. f When I have parJoncd & 14.28, ——_—_ | when I eats all thy Sins, and am reconciled to thee, thoy 1:80 , | ; ; : wilt ingenuouſly «acknowledge, remember, and hate whar thy G The time of her Pride, Security, and Sin was when they were not : my , y God »MiQeg . and deſpiſed by the Syrians. r Thy abominable Doings| 12h, gracioutly P —_— will no more remember againſt thee, or were made known to thy ſelf, to thy Friends and Enemies too, by rr has, aps. og the Execution of the ſevere Menaces, and fad PrediQtions of my Pro. CH AP. XVIL phers, who forctold what Puniſhments, and what Shame this ſinful| Under che parable of two eagles and a wine, is repreſented the captivity of the Peopie ſhoutd ſuffer by the hands of the Syrians, who ſhould waſtc king and p- ople of Jeruſalem, for revolting from Brb lon to Egypt. I—21, the 7cws, and deride them, burn their Cities, and carry Citizens Cap. A Ins fo. plant the goſpel fer the ſalvationof his Pfople, 22 24,
tives, a+ in the time of A4haz over Judah, and R:zin over Syria, s The e WO f th ; Warions that were round abcut in Vicinity, and combined in League ND af rd of the LORD came unto me, lay. againſt the Houſe of David. 7 Either Jersſalem, or $yris, rather this ing,
Jacter, the chicf whereof were the Philifiizcs, called here the Daugh-{ 2 Son of man, put forth a g riddle, and ſpeak a 5 pa- ters of the Philiſtines, as 1/a 9. 12. « Contemn thee, as an importenr,| cable ro the houſe of z Iſrael ; as well as wicked People ; a People which had deſerved to be enflaved,] Theſe two Verſes are Preface ro what follows in the Chapter. g A and over whom they might at pleaſure mak a King. dark Saying, which calls for thorow Conſiderationto underſtand and * Chr, 23. 58 * Thou haſt x -+ born thy lewdnels, and thine a | apply .ir, becaule the Meaning is different to the Sound of the Words. 49: , buminations, faith the LORD. h The tame thing redoubled in different Words. And 'ris likely the tHeb. torr ; F . F {Prophet 15 commanded ro uſe a Parable, becauſe thoſe Eaſtern People them, x What thou haſt done I have imputed to thee, thou wilt not Ie-; vere much uſed to and raken with this kind of Diſcourſe. 7 7. e. The prat; therefore ] account thee guilty, and I have in part puniſhed | gemainders of the Houſe of Iſracl, whether of the ten Tribes, or thee, and though what I have done ſeem grievous, yet worſe is be- | (f (he — "Tl : , kind as vey. 59. moe” . | : 3 And ſay, Thus faith the Lord GOD, A great & ex- 59 For y thus faich the Lord GOD, IT will z even deal gle with / great wings, 7 long-winged, » full of feathers,
with thee as 14 haſt done, which haſt deſpiſed the which had o + divers colours, p came unto q Lebanon, ud