l 1 | , . | 4 Seewver. 26, b It ſeems they took a compendious W in- 26 And I polluted them in their own 5 gifts, in| creaſe Sin and Wrath; they worſhipp'd —_ irs. MM py that they cauſed to pals " through the c fire all 4 that|c This they did ſtill to Exekie!'s Time, to that very Day. d Are you * + Kings openeth the womb, that I might make them deſolate .|fit to come, and ask counſel of me, whom you have ſo ſhameleſly , 17.17. &e to the end that they might know + that I am the; {2 obſtinately forſaken and reproach'd ? Can youexpet& I ſhould an- ed. hy” LORD o_ oy My Prophet knew you not to be Hypocrites ; but his God
MWaciicy *v . : : w © . - . 2 Chron. , FitherT permitted them to pollute themſelves; or diſcovered that] ,, hi. —. m_ huts 00900 ad orgy was: 28 3. they had polluted themſelves, or treated them with Loatking and Ab-| j;rtje as you regard me. So God refuſeth them : | hk: & 33,6. horrence, as polluted Perſons. 6 Either in their Gifts which they 32 And e that which cometh into your mind, ſhall
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retended tobring to me; or rather in their Sacrifices they offered, to bines , Or at Jexft in what manner they, not I, had nw or , |20t be f atall, that ye ſay g, We will be as the heathen , which is moſt likely , Gifts are here their firſt-born, which are more[a5 the families of the countreys, to ſerve wood and than other Children, accounted Gifts. c Seech. 16. 26, 21. d Moſt|ſtone. :
inſufferable Affront to God, to ſee thoſe Children inhumanely offered ro] + Gog by his Prophet, to convince and recover them, tells them the Devil, which, in remembrance of his redeeming the Fathers, were | whar they think and have purpoſed. f Shall be quite” fruſtrated, confecrate to God, Exod. 13.2. And poſſibly this was firſt done when g You have conſulted, and come to a Reſolution herein. þ Unite in they offer'd ro Baal-Peor, Numb. 25. 3. e To + 75g God fo to{Fqabiration, Covenants; Marriages, Commerce and Religion too; and afflift, wezken and waſte by his Judgments, till > _—_ undeniably | hen ye ſhall be more ſafe among them, thrive with them, and all the appear that God had, by ſignal Diſpleaſure againſt them tor their Sins, | H;CjeaGure they have againſt you, willceaſe ; theſe are your Imagi- broughr them ro Deſolation. + Be convinced, and forced ro own, that | {1% and Contrivancesof youar the Court of Zedekiah in Feruſalm, the Lord is a mighty King in puniſhing thoſe fy * rr 3 Ann would | But Itell you, that this ſhall not be at all. This defign'd Apoſtacy to not, have him a gracious King by governing ag guicing tnem. Gentiliſm, if you do att it, ſhall not proſper with you, or help you,
27 T c Therefore, ſon of man, ſpeak unto the houſe|ye blind, hardned, ſenſeleſs Agheiſts. ; of 4 Iſrael, and fay unto them Thus ſaich the Lord| © 33 4s 71 live, faith the Lord GOD , ſurely with GOD, e Yet -in this your fathers have blaſphemed|a k mighty hand, and with a ltretched out / arm, F. me, in that they have + committed a treſpaſs g againſt |arid with 7» fury poured out, will I o rule over you.
s See wer. 3. k So mighty, that you ſhall never wreſt your ſelvesout of it ; you think to revolt, and get out of my hand, but you ſhall here. by diſcover your own Folly, Malice and Weakneſs* 1 Which reacheth every-where, whence you can never flee, which ſhall be moſt viſible, » In hot, but juſt Indignation. » As an Inundation from a mighty River,or like a violent Storm poured from the Clouds, or as a full Vel- ſclempried all at once. o Retain my right over you, and exerciſe it on you, as on combined Rebels, ſince you will refuſe my Rule, as over- loyal Subje&s. If you will nor be my free SubjeQs, you ſhall be fette- red Slaves ; the Chains of Affliction, the reſtraints of Providence croſ- ſing you, the Execution of my Menaces ſhall be tao ſharp and thick an
i Heb. * me. rrcſpaſjea. c Since all this Evil and wicked Carriage in Egypt, in the Wilder- neſs. is tootrue, and cauſe of a Divine Wrath againſt them, go on : rell whatthe Deportment of thoſe was whom I brought into the Land. 4 To thoſe Elders that were now come to him, that they nughr tel] others at Jeruſalem. e Or farther jet, beſide all the reſt, this is ad- ded by them. f Profanely and frowardly leflened my Mercy , my Law, my Worſhip, caſt a Repioach upon it all, as leſs deſirable than thar of their own; theirs more auguſt and ftately , more taking and pleaſing ; or thus, reproached my Wiſdom, as if it needed their Addi- tions to compleat Religion and Divine Worſhip ; or reproach'd my
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_ \ £7 Zrox ſpeaks a Reproach and Blaſpheray Se comes Hedg for you to break through ; Pl] make every place where you ars from an Heart full of Enmity ; as where 'tis uſed, Numb. 15. 30.|a Priſon for Strength to confine you, and I will make it a Priſon ; 2 Kings 19 22. Pſal. 44. 16. 1/2. 37. 23- and 43- 28. they ſpitefully | for the Sorrows and Hardſhips you ſhall there endure, and allchis 13 Youir reproached. g Grievouſly finhed, as the Phrale is rendred, ch. 14, 13. my fury. ; : firſ what this was in particular the next Verſe will account to us. 34 And I will bring you out from the people p, and b m 28 For when + I had brought them into the land ,|will gather 4 you out of the countreys wherein ye are ſcat nf for the which I lifted 3 up mine hand to give it tothem ,|tered 7, with a mighty hand p , and with a ſtretched out rat chen they faw k every high hill , and all the thick trees , arm, and with fury poured out 5. W- 1;
-and they offered there / their facrifices 7, and there they p Sidenians, Ammonites, Moabites, &c. whoever they were, to who / the Houſe of the Apoſtate Jews betook- themſelves , where they nova (
they preſented the provocation of their » offering : there tate | n . chought colurk, God will bring them thence into Babyloniſh Captivity: alſo they made their * ſweet o lavour , and poured out there 9 The ſame thing doubled fb greater Emphaſis. » You diſpel ed ; «
your ſelves for your ſuppoſed Safety and Welfare. - See 47 then, h So ſoon as ſetled in the Land promiſed to Abraham and his Seed. |33. My Power and Arm ſhall execute my juſt Diſpleaſure 91 | ; See wer. 5. let »and y, and wer. 23- let. & Lookeſt after them, | you x T