Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2 — Section 308

* Ch.13.10, . I. . . ning lies þ Worthip. a Whom ſhe loved that I find they h h - th * Ch. z;, t-miper'd morter z, *ſeeing vanity, and divining lies & unto _— ag nw e loved, not nd they ſo much loved her, af ES, . 2 ned nothing needs to be ſaid of them- © So the 2 0 29. them 5 laying, Thus faith the Lord GOD, when the were now by their ſeizi of $yris, and poſiefii it thei ! Ws bs CO LORD hath not / ſpoken: : 2 Kings 15 ug EE AIIIRg 4s ther own, 4 þ Falſe Prophets. h Flattered their oppreſſing bloody Princes 1n : . . z Ki their ways of Sin and Violence. i With Promiſes and "ao Be nnoqacbay l - _ » CR _— with blue 4, pen E and in WW: = vt that like ill-rempered Morter, will deceive them, tho all ſeems for pre- ers f, all ofthem deſirable g young men, horſemen 4 x iding Wors. {ent ſmooth and 1afe. k Pretending they had by Viſion from God all| Upon horſes, = ſh the good they promiſed , wherea: it was all a notorious Lie and d Richly apparelled, and as the humour of that Nation, in rich and 6». int Falſhood. 7 God never ſpake ro thoſe Prophets; and what by his |and beautiful Blue, very magnificent to the Eye. e Daring valiant , own Prophets he ſpake, was of quite anether Tenor, 'twas Evil not | Men, and fit for Wars, who might defend the Jews intime of danger, : of 4c? Good. f of A and fit a” ys 1 timesof Peace. g Young, * fon | | | | <4 | z [and vigorous, full of Beauty, and Strength to commend them to the Þ © © jOr,decezs 29 The people »» of the land have uſed 7 | _ deſire and choice, þ Skilful in riding, and well furniſhe wich choice | J 2** on, and exerciſed robbery e, and have vexed p the Poor {uo on which theſe deluded apoſtatizing 1/aclites relied for help, Þ X ang and needy q: yea, they have opprefled the ſtranger|as appears af. 14. 3. = Fw + Heb. + wronglully, . Ys Thus & ſhe -} committed her whoredoms / with them, , law withous AN The —_— People. - greatly, Oc” cont of with all them » char were the - choſen men of Aſſyria, and . of way {t one another, wrong each other rauds . : - on : _ every Occaſion turned ri. angry 1: Thieves and Robbers. p By theſe _ = far whom ſhe doted 0 3 with all her idols ſhe de. anc Oppreſſions. 9 See chap. 18. wer. 7. let. s. 8. Without any colour | 160 ner elf. iS Ne T a of Juſtice, Reaſon, or ſo much as hearing of him, as the Phraſe ſeems| # By the Bye, and familiar Converſe, ſhe fell to Idolatry./ See wer. t1 Ef to import. let. i. m She embraced the Friendſhip and Religion of all of them, and anv1 30 And * I fought t for a mans among them x, that a ES Hy Deliverance = _ ” 7. e, Other #8 dors Fer. cx. * . ations with whom ſhe had Commerce, and made Leagues. o Like {FF WM 2 fy es ſhould * make up the hedge y, and ſtand in the BOP an Adulterous Wife, ſhe was mad in her Love to Fang to their Per. * poll *Pr ics before me for the land that I ſhould not deſtroy it ; but Ions, Cuſtom, Idols and Religion ; with all which ſhe polluted hes | & Com 23. lound none 4. ſelf. ; FF Dif e Very earneſtly and diligently : ſpoken of God after the manner off 8 Neither left p ſhe her whoredoms brought g from | © eerie Man. « Any one. x Among Princes, Prophets, Prieſts or People. Egypt: for in her youth they lay r with her, and they W icat y Torepair che Breach, and prevent farther miſchief. z That might bruiſed the breaſts of her vireinit d d h - 4 n M: interpole between a ſinful ſuffering People, and their offended God, h gINKYy , and poured their whore- 8 ly de and intreet for Mercy, that the Land might not be deſtroyed. a All dom upon her. ; # Adyu' were corrupted, not one, but obſtinately went on to fin, and pro-| Tho ſhetook in ſo many Gods of the 4fjriax, yer ſhe did notre eth ] voke me. Rounce , or caſt off the Gods of Egypr, but kept them too. q Ir is plain Wear 31 Therefore b have I poured «c out mine indignation _ Fo in Egypr, carried it with them out of Eg, of vpen them, I have conſumed 4 them with the fire of my |*" "Who c ak wok. --+—=. whe vere wrath: their own way e have I recompenſed upon their| .? herelore s I have delivered # her into the hand * ir heads f;, faith the Lord GOD. - _ —_— intothe hand of the * Aſſyrians, upon whom, fiſte; b Thus provok'd by all. c as a Flood to ſweep them away. d Kind- |!2& COted. 4 7 E Jed a Fire dns * vb het wil! deſtroy "1 e Sinful abomina-| , *. For this boundleſs Idolatry and Lewdneſs. : Long agone 1 hare & to all ble Ways. f Brought theſe as a Net on them, as wild Beaſts caken delivered the Ten Tribes: Firſt, P#/ put them under Tribute, 2 Kins Þ Þ per. inthe Pit. tobe deflcoved I5. 19, 20, about 200 Years before our Prophets time : Then Tiz/ath- mpu , yeG. Pileſer, 2 Kings 15. 29. and finally into Sa/manaſſer's hand, who deſtroy- with, C H A P. XXIIL ed the Kingdom, 2 Kings 17. 6.{s Puniſkt them for their Sins by thoſe, of 7u | | were fellow Sinners with her, 3 and 1 Under the w/ vredoms of Abolah and mr y (you the fn ;& _ 10 Theſe* diſcovered her nakedneſs x, they took y her hm | = Ga wa 0 1p 4 whe tan pf piagnedt Oy ner meverts 36 35: flons and her daughters, and flew her with the ſwords: WY ,. 6 Juagens 3 49: : and ſhe became + famous « among women, for they + had} had 1 HE word of the LORD came again unto me >|executed czudgment upon her. Hh P laying, x Uſed her as lewd Women deſerve, ſtript her naked, and expoſcl ” latry « 2 Son of man, there were two women g the daughters | ker to ſhame, as wer. 26. God her Husband had clothed her, and co- 2 ther to of one mother 4. — — bur = lightly eſteemed her God, doted on [dols I Do Sheds 26.41 the + hd þ Sorung fi ke"? and Idolaters ſtript her. x Made them Captives, and carried them#- © Joivest Fe el en ts rom 39 ct10 | wa 5 Sareres fre te Lats of brroe Congurrs 6166 Wd med theſe two were daughters, that is, parts, and the Mother is the whole Sexes were uſed. z As a Perſon ſlain with the Sword ceaſeth to be, (0 ' | nil blc Policrity of the 12 Tribes. this Kingdom of 1ſrae! under Hoſhea, was by. the Sword of Salmausſs ; 29 | ; 2s utterly deſtroyed. # Her Lewdneſs made her Infamous, and God's; feſh ; pee ies 3 And 4 they committed whoredoms : 1n Egypt, they Judgments for it made her more known in the World. b The Aſſyrian, , FA z Ch - g commucted whoredoms 10 their youth & : there were their | a proud, bitter, and violent Enemy. «c Had executed their own mal; ue of b ' breaſts preſſed /, and there they bruiſed the teats of their | <i9us Revenges, but God's juſt Diſpleaſure upon her. nn e Ver, virginity. 1x And * when her ſiſter Aholibah 4 ſaw this e, * ſhe; Pan, + ” . . | r, # When they came down into Egyp?, and ſojourned there, poſſibly ee won f corrupt in her inordinate love than wr IP. x they might commit Bodily Whoredoms; bur Spiritual Whoredoms , | 2d 1n her whoredom + more than her ſiſter g in # of the z.c. Idolatry they did certainly commit, as appears Joſh. 24. 14, and | whoredoms. þ for ouj Ezck. 20. 7, 8. which ſee; in alow Condition by converſe with the] 4 Fudah, yet Two Tribes, e Both the Sins and Puniſhments of che' Wome Lojatrous Egyprians, they fell in with their Idolatry. & Early, tho| Kingdom of 1/-ae!, which ſhould have been her Admonition. f Rai p 1 ſeems ( '©5 no where ſaid when they began, yer by thus it appears, that twas| more violently inte both Friendſhip, Confederacies and Idolarrity PR, fitteſt &