Abominations were. f All the Kinds, not all individual Affts of married, whom art unſeaſonable time they forced to ſatisfie their Lufts. Y them. Y — 2_ 18. 19. and chap. 20. 18. and that on very jult oi,
3 Then fay thou, Thus faith the Lord GOD, The city — — many Milcuels, which follow fuch us Silver
g ſtheddeth 5 blood in the midft ; of it, that her- time] __ hat 3-2 hath © TG - [l 4 Fg & may 1 come, and maketh idols m2 againſt her ſelf to de },.. ne 4 hath committed abomination 5 wit)? all ; ee (IE _— CO wite, and {| another c hath. ſllewdly de- rag 4 . ! R ed hi 7 4 > hath ;; f g Jeruſalem. þ Is ſhedding Blood, *tis her preſent Pratice as well humbled his —_— f. os _ - oa ou thee hath * 1 F as her former. Murders are commitred by her, and tis faid the City . : = anners © daughter. - of, I y did it; *rwas done with publick Conſent, and probably, under pre- T "h De Some, or the Man of Quality, State, and ſuch as were ofC into % textof judiciary Proceſs to colour it, as in Naborh's Caſe, and as they ng gree, as the word 1s tranſlated, Pſal. 62. 9. Or what ita: ſumed would have done to Fercmiah. i This aggravates their Murders, and — agg tranſlated, as wer” 6. every one, "twas grown a moſt general {C: | makes them more bloody, in that 'twas done where fo many were, ICC, as Fer. 5. 8. 6 Adultery, which God doth, and Man ſhould/:s 20 that ſhould have been Safety to the Innocent; *twas not done in a abhor. c Horrible ſhameleſs Doings, the Father-in-law commirting and lc Wilderneſs. & The Time of Ripeneſs in her Sins, and of Execution Inceſt with the Wite's Daughter. 4 And Brothers defile their 095 p the of Fudgments on her for them. / Thisthey did not deſign; they ra- Siſters ; all this againſt che Light of Nature, the Law of civilized! m1 ther took away Innocents, whom they ſurmiſed were dangerous to | ations, and the Law of God. And, if our Conjefture be r ight,all' yh their State, to prevent, (bur this haſtned) the Puniſhment. % Either this done 1n their lewd idolatrous Feaſts kept to the Honour of Ter $7 and n maketh new Images of their old Idols, or repaireth the decayed Beau- muz,, and in the very Temple, or near toir; compare this with tn: Wo n Fe ty of them : Or, tak<th in new Gods of their Neighbours, who might 9th ver. and with chap. 8. wer. 14. RE *rent| help them ; bur all this is againſt themſelves, for this doth more defile 12 In thee * have they e taken giſts to ſhed blood ©, 8m ace, 1 her d voked God h :1aſt th k > . 1 "BE If it be them, and provoked God ro wrath againſt them. thou haſt taken f uſury and increafe, and chon 12"; wp yy, by a 4 Thou art become » guilty in thy blood that| greedily g gained of thy neighbours by extortion, "408 ſpeak F211 ty | 22 Ott e
haſt forgotten me ſaith the Lord GOD. © - Judges who ſhould have ſaved, have fold the Life vf Innocents who fare on God's Tribuna!, have afted the Devil there, and mur- dered Innocents, contrary tO Exed. 23.8. f Vid. chap. 18, vey. 8: let. x, 1,% 4. g With unſatiable thirſt of Gain, torn to pieces and AZevoured thy Neighbour ; ſo haſt thou been an opprefſing Extortioner where thou houldeſt not have been a moderate Uſcrer, and thus forgot- reſt thy God. EET 13 @T + Bchold therefore, I have * ſmitten # mine " harid ar thy diſhoneſt & gain which thou haſt made,
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þ Hear therefore, and mark ye wicked Jews. # In teſtimony of my Abhorrence of your Ways, as threatning to puniſh you, and ſet- | ring on the fierce Babylonian upon you to execute my juſt Diſplea- 2. ſure. k Thy Covetouſneſs, the roor of all the Evils in thee , thy ” curſed, inſariable Hunger for Wealth. ] Which thou didſt ſhed , that thou mighteſt then ſieze their Eſtates , kill Naboths, and take Poſletiion. I :
14 Can m thine heart endure ”», or can thine
hands o be ſtrorg in the days p that I 4 ſhall deal with thee? * Ithe LORD have ſpoken r z#, and will
do zt,
» This Queſtion is a vehement Negation ; thou canſt by no means endure. » Withſtand , and repe! the Evils that are coming, or bear them when come z will thy Courage hold out, and conquer ? Nay, "twill be with thee, as chap. 21. 7. your Hearts ſhall melt. o To hold the Sword, and manage the warlike Proviſions againſt Nebuchadnezzar
and bis Army : Your Hands ſhall be excecding feeble, chap. 21. 7. your a Weapons fall outof your Hands, your Hearts firlt melting with fear. i | p The Times of long and multiplied Sorrows, and furious Indignation. of ® © 4g The Babylonians are but Men, butI the Lord your God, whom you re > have provoked, am with them, they are my Weapons of War, and I r | * firike by them, and thou ſhalt never be able toſubſiſt under it. » Flat- or Þ ter rotthy ſelf, the Lord will do it as he hath ſpoken it. 15 And * 1 will ſcatter 5 thee among che heathen r, and {16 diſperſe thee in the countries #, and * will conſume thy fil- * s thineſs out of thee x. : s A« the Wind ſcatters Chat, 2: Worſt of the Babyloniſh Vaſſals. , Donbled for certainty ofthe thing, + Some take it for a Threat Mk - by a Fire that ſha!) conſume the filthy Sinners, the filthy Sins will _ caſe; or elſe, rhatby removing them our of Jersſalem into Captivity, | nd and reducing them toa very low Condiridn, they ſhould not any more fo. commit, bur for ever loath their Wickedneſs: Some ta&o it for a Pro. [he miſe of purging Mercy.tobetter them, 7. e. the Remnant of them when y-/ the reſt are deſtroyed, and waſted. | 2s $3 16 And || thou ſhalt take thine inheritance y in thy ſelf nd, NO - in the ſight z of the heathen, and thou ſhalt know that | , n PZ 'an the LORD. ne . +46
y Whereas I was thine Inheritance, and thou enjoyed(t all Riches, Delight, Safety, Peace and Honour in me, ſb long as thou wert a holy obedient Peopie : Now that you ate polluted, a very Sink of all Fil- thineſs, for which LThave caſt thee off, and ſent thee into Captivity. There to be to thy ſelf what thou canſt be ; for I will nor be thine Inherirance. z And this forlorn, abje&, helpleſs State, ſhall be ſo viſi- ble, that the very Heathen ſhall diſcern, and know, that you are re- je&cd of your God, and he very juſt in doiag fo.
* 17 And the word of the LORD came unto me, 2 ſaying,
3 18 Son of man, the * houſe « of Iſrael b is to me be- B22 come c drofs ; all they 4 are braſs e, and tin f, and iron g,
hed ,
W: and lead 9, in the midlt of the furnacez; they are ev.nthe ; f droſs of (iiver &.
ney, a Not a few amo1g many, but univerſally the whole Houſe of Jr eel.