| 2 Pure and obedient Heart. x From Babylon, and the Parts of that Ringdom, where they had been ſcattered theſe ſeventy Years. a By -}ru5$ Proclamation, and my ſecret Impulſe on the Spirits of the
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KIEL Chap. X XI.
Love, Fear and Obedience to me. «c Heathens ſhall ſee and ſay, as Pſal. 125. 1. God hath dons great things for :hem, their God is the great, the merciful and faithful God, who hath remembred his Servants.
42 And ye ſhall 4 know that T am the LORD, when I e ſhall bring you into the land of Ifracl, into the coun- try for the which 1 lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.
« More fully by experience that he is your God, who is the great, good, wiſe and faithful God, who performs his Word; you ſhall know and Jove, fear, obey and worfhip him alone, and according to his Will, e Of the reſt of the Verſe, ſee wer. 5, 23. and 28. where theſe Paſlages were ſpoken to.
43 And f * there ſhall ye g remember your h ways, + (4, and all your doings, wherein-ye have been defiled ; and _ # * ye ſhall ; loath your ſelves in your own & ſight, for all«j qv. 25. your evils that ye have committed. 39. Chap.
f In your reſtored State, and in your Proſperity, in the Land whi- 6. 9. ther you are returned. g Review your former ways with Sorrow, re- member and grieve. hþ Of your Folly explained by theſe Doings which defiled them, 7. e. all their more notorious Sins. i See chap. 6. ver. 9, k Your own Heart and Conſcience ſhall ſee what you haye done, andthey ſhall take Shameand be humbled chough noneelle ſee ir.
44 And ye ſhall know & that I am the LORD whery / T have wrought with you for my name ſake, not ac. cording to your wicked = nor according to your _— doings, O ye houſe of Ifrael, faith the Lord *
This 44th Verſe doth ſummarily acquaint us, that all God did for this People was of free meer Mercy, and forhis own Sak-, not rheirs. & Experimentally with AffeCQtionand Obedience. 7 The Hypocrite ſe- cretly thinks ſomewhat in kimſelf and Works that God hath regard to; butan honeſt good Heart, when God hath wrought, ovrneth the Mercy wrought to be free and undeſerved.
45 T Moreover, #z the word of the LORD came un- to me, ſaying,
» A new Prophecy, and which pertains, ſay ſome, to thenext chap.
there ſhall p all the houſe of Uſrael, q all of them.
which is a large Comment on this ſhort Prophecyia the three laſt Ver- ſes, for the 45 and 46 are introduory. | |
46 Son of man, * » ſet thy o face toward the ſouth, # and p drop thy word toward the fouth, and prophecy a- * Chap: + gainſt theq foreſt of the ſouth field; 2+ 2:8
» He was now in Babylon North from, Jeruſalem, and being command- ed to look toward the South, *tis toward Jeruſalem, and the Land of Canaan. o Thy Courage and undaunted Mind manifeſt in prophelying as thou art commiſſioned. þp Let thy Word diſti], begin with ſofter Words, e're thou ſhower dowa with the vehemency of a Storm ; pro- pheſie ſo, Amos 7. 16. and Mich. 2.6. q 7. e. Jeraſalim, which was becomelike a Foreſt for multitude of Inhabitants, for barrenneſs, wild- neſs, degeneracy, and ſhelrring wild Beaſts, Murderers lodged in her.
47 And ſay to the foreſt of the 7 ſouth, 5s Hear the
t word of the LORD, Thus faith the Lord GOD,
Behold, I « will kindle a fire in thee, x and it ſhall
devour every y * green tree in thee, and every dry «x, 23. tree : the z flaming flame ſhall not be 2 quenched, and ; x.
all þ faces c fram the ſouth to the north ſhall be 4 burnt
therein. :
r Fudeah and Jeruſalem. 5Hearken diligently, and conſider. : What God foretels, ſhall be done. « I will bring an Evil like Fire, the Cha!- dean Forces. x In the midſt of the Land. y All thatflouriſh, and all chat are poor. zIt will be a raging and ſwift Fire. a All Means that can be uſed, will not avail to quench this Fire, till ic hath burnc up all. 6 Perſons and Orders of Men, expreſt by Faces. c From one end of the Land to the other; the length of 51d:ah did ſolie from South to North. 4 with Terrors, Labours, Flight, Famine aad Sick-
neſs, occzfioned by this mighty Invaſion; all Perſons ſhall wither, and be as parched, or burnt.
48 And all e fleſh ſhall f ſee that I the LORD have kindled it : it ſhall not be quenched. e That 1s, all the Nations round abour, near to them. f Clearly ſee, openly own it as God's own Work, both kindling this Fire, and continuing 1t tillit hath conſumed all which God would deſtroy by ic. 49 g Then faid I, Ah Lord GOD, they ſay of me, Doth not he ſpeak parables? g When the Prophet hath done his Duty, and propheſied, and chey ſhould have heard and underſtood, he returns with a complaint of their quarrelling, cenſuring, flouting, and reproaching him for it : One while they account. him mad, our of his Wirs, taken up with Raptures and Extaſies, or elſe otherwiſe doting and dreaming; Thus they fortifie themſelves in their Athieſm, Infidelity, Idolatry, and all other Sins, and fear not thy Word, hurt contemn thy Servant.
CH AP. XXI.
A bitter prophecy againſt Jeruſalem and the whole land, under the ſign of fighting, 1---7. A prophecy of the bright and ſharp ſword, 8---17. againf
Feruſalem ; the Kingdom : antl againſt the Ainmonites, 18 —— 32,
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5. 2. 'and 13. 17.
= Rubiet ond conſtant Jews, while Apoſtates ſtay behind. + Magnified to ya wo © praiſed for the Good I do to my People, and on occaſion of their ! am? 3
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