26 Her » prieſts o have -+ violated p my law; and. _.. have profatied q mine holy » things : they have put 0 Parprk difference 5 between the holy and prophane, neither have',,;, ;v. © they ſhewed difference t between the unclean » and the clean, and have hid x their eyes, from y my ſabbaths, and I am z profaned among them.
» God owns them not as his ; they were Prieſts thar ſuted ſuch a
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and lead, and tin into the midlſt of the furnace, to blow
* f the fire upon it, to melt## q ; ſo will I gather 7 you in!
; mine anger s, andin my fury, and I will [| leave yox zhere, i and melt « you. |
" Founders, who melt down Metals to prove them. » If theſe dif- ferent kinds of Metals be to be gathered into one and the ſame Fur-' nace, it ſpeaks the involving all promiſcuouſly in the ſame Aflitions ; : it be meant,as each diſtin& Meral is tried by the Fire in the Furnace, | = by Fire proportion'd to the ſtubborneſs of the Mettal, then it be- |
peaks the future Afiiftion ſhall be ſuch,as ſhall melc down the hardeſt ot the degenerate Idolaters and Sinners. 2 Toraiſe the Fierceneſs of.
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People. o Men by Office bound to reverence the Law, to ſtudy it, and ro preſerve it from Mens Corruptions. p Wreſted it to oppreſ- ſion and Impiety, and to maintain Errors, and made it ſpeak whar would, not what it did. q Lightly eſteemed, as it they had been but common things; and accordingly uſe them. + Sacrifices and Oblations, which were conſecrated to holy Uſes, flinu'd beoffered with holy Hearts and Hands, and be eaten by holy Perſons in due time and place: Allthis negle&ed with protane Spiries: 5s This, and the following Clauſe, may bean Exegetis or Explicarion of the former ; or elſe thus; Neicher have they in their own PraQiicediff-tented Holy and profane, nor in their teaching acquainted the People with the
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Chap, XXII. Difference, nor in the Exerciſe of their Anthority ſeparared the Pro- fane from the Holy, either Perſons or Things ; but with promiſcu- ous Intermixtures of every thing, and all Perſons have been alike to them, whether holy or profane, 3. e. of common and ordinary uſe. what Perſons might not be approach'd to, and converſed with , and what might ; all which was the Duty of the Pricſts, rhe negleCt z Have net made the People know, ſo the word. s Things and Per- ſons, what Things might be touch'd, cr eaten, or whar might not ; whereof ſpread the uncleanneſs of the Jews over the whole Land. * Deſpiſed, and would nor ſee the Holineſs of the Sabbaths, nor would look on ſuch as obſerved thein aright ro encourage them, or en thoſe that prefan'd them to reprove them, ſo they did nor ſee what they v;ould not fee, » Tho they are expreſly commanded to be kept holy, and with great Care and ExaQtneſs, 1/s. 58. 13. Jer. 17. 24 25. tho the Portion of Time I conſecrated to my Service,they ſa- crilegiouſly dire& to other Uſes, and grudg it me, nay rob me of it. z Contemned, diſhonoured, diſobeyed, and all my Laws tepreſented as trivial and light things.
27 Her a* princes 6 in the midſt thereof are like wolves
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not Jong bfter their coming down into Zgyp?. 1 This,and what follows
is an Alluſion, which illuſtrates what was before ſpoken ; while they
were conſtant to God and his Worſhip, they were as beautiful, chag \ and lovely Virgins ; when ſeduced to Idolatry, they became ag loath. ſom Harlots, or Strumpets.
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