& Which is declared in the following Words, *twas ſome great ſn. jury or Affe ont done te God. 7 My holy Things, Hobuſe, Altar, $2. crifices and Oblations ; one Parr of the Temple put for all Parts of the holy things cf God. »» When they had newly polluted Fhemſzlve; with moſt horrid Crimes. Tdolatry and Murder, they thruſt into the Temple; whereas by rhe Law, if they had been butunclean by Touch of a dead Body, they muſt have been cleanſ:d by Sacrifices before they oughr to come into Company with the Jews, » By offcring $4. crifices to Idols, and doing that on thoſe Days which God, Nature and allcivi! Nations abhor, only the Devil is pleaſed with, (who is Murderer froin the beginning) promotes ſuch bloody Cruelties
39 For when they had ſlain » their children to their idols, then they came the ſame day into my ſanctuary to prophane pit; and lo, * midſt q of my houſe.
0 See chap. 16. wer. 20. Jet. m,n. p Uſing my holy Temple as if twere a common and unclean Place. q Nay, theſe things have been done irt my Houſe; they have offered tothcir Ido!s 1n the Houſe where my Name alone ſhou!d be called upon,
42 And furthermore, that ye have ſent r for men + to come from far «s, lent ; and lo, they came, « for x thy ſelf, paintedſt thy eyes y, with ornaments,
r See wer. 16. let.:. s From Chaldea. King of 7udah, with Advice of his Princes, no dowbt. « See wer. 19, let. /and nm, x Afffer the manner of Harlors, gott'ſt all fine, clean and delicate againſt thy Paramours came; ſo Idol.Temples built, Altars beautified, Sacrifices prepared, all to commend thy {cIf to their Alli. ance and Help. » Like a decayed Harlot, madeſt up thy D-feRs with Paint. &« Purſt on the rich Clothing I gave thee, and with thy Huſ.
band's Bounty allured Adulterers to thy Bed ; ſo ch. 16. 1 was God abuſed and provoked. # 3, 14- thus
41 And fateſt 2 upon a + ſtately b bed, and a cable t it c prepared before it,
cenſe and mine oil.
# 'Tis a Table-geſture, as appears ſhe wag prepared to feaſt them. hs 6 A magnificent rich Bd, on which Women far to feaſt, when Men leant on their fides, which would not have been a comely Poſture to a Woman. c Table furniſhed with choiceſt Proviſion, ſuch 45 made for Feaſts when Solemn Sacrifices were offered, or when Vows were paid; as the Har!or, Prov. 7. 14, 15. d This aſſures us that Idolarrcns Wore
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ſhip was aCtcd by her in compliance wich the Cbaldeans ; the off:redto their Idols, and then feaſted the Idolaters with whar God had given her, when they confirm'd their Leagues, and ſwore by falſe Gods.
42 And a e voice of a multitude being at caſe f wat wich her g, and with the 4+ men of the + commonmiii i ſort 2vere brought | Sabeans from the wilderneſs, which" put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon;,. their heads. _ e A ſhoutfor Joy, that there was Treaty of Peace between the Jews and the Chaldeans; or Songsof Gladneſs for the Peace made and con- firmed, not in God's Name, but in the Name of the Idols. f Free
now from the Fears of any Wars to diſquict them. g About the Al- tar firſt, where the Peace was ſworn ; about her Bed next, where ſhe
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the beſtowed upon this Harlor.
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been long ſpiritual Adultereſſes, and one would think her Lovers would be weary of her,
woman that playeth the harlot : lah and unto Aholibah the lewd women.
phor the Propher expreſſeth the Confeds f th - (Co's expreſs Command, with the Nations r racy of the Jews againſt Cu
ter League wtth theſe Robbers, and whoredom with them ;
Jews Idols too, and fo commir whoredom with her: © is laſt Words of the 434 Verſe th her; expreſs'd in
feaſted her new Allies that were great Princes and Nobles. + And to theſe worthy the Name of Mea, or -befide theſe great and famous ones, (Er aves ces hommes) as the French Verſion. ; Meſleogers were ſent to, or received, or entertained, and careſſ:.q from the roaring Sabeaxs who lived on Robberies and ſpoiling the Merchants, theſe were brought to Feruſelrwm from the Wi (derneſs, Deſerts of- Arabia ; a rude, barbarous and idolatrous Scum of Men, deſcribed by their ill
Servants; in this Verſe deſcribed by their Orna
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Arms, and Crownson their Heads, which ſome think
| 43 Then ſaid & I unto herl that was old m in Adulte- ries, Will they now commit + whoredoms with her, and yi ſhe with them? pins k After the mannerof Man God ſeems to and muſing, or ſaying to himſelf, or it may be ſuppoſed that God ſpeaks to his Propher, ask-
{ Or rather of her, concerning her. mz Such uſually are outof Requeſt with Adulterers, and now Samaris and Jeruſalem had
if ſhe were nor weary of them. 44 Yet » they went in 0 unto her, as they goin unto a ſo went they in unto Aho-
» This reſolves the doubt of the former Verſe.
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