o When they were come into Babylon, and entred into familiarity with the Inhabitants as Neighbours. p Did profanely ſin againſt thoſe Precepts of my Law which Heathens did know, venerate, and obſerve better than the Jews ; or it may include the Miſery their Sins had brought them to, which Miſery refleed upon their God in the Opi- nion of the Heathen. q Their Heathen Neighbours. » The miſera- ble and profane Jew. 5 With Taunt, and cutting Reprimand': Theſe theſe captive Slaves, that are moſt forlorn of Men, will have ir that their God is the Lord, the mighty and the good God, the true and
aithful One, that gave them the Land out of which they are driven.
f he be good, as they boaſt, how comes it to paſs his People are in ſuch ill ſtate ? Or, is he not able co better their ſtate? Was he weak, and could not keep them in their own Land ? Or doth he falſify his Word? You miſerable Jews, ſay what this meaneth. Burt, by their impure Life, they open'd the Mouths of the Heathen more to blaſ- pheme, and call the Holineſs of God into queſtion ; when they ſaw his People ſo unholy, they concluded, as is the People, ſo is their God ; and this, asit was a great Offence and Scandal to the Heathen, fo ir was a great Diſhonour to God.
21 < But I had pity * for mine holy name «, which the houſe of Iſrael had profaned among the heathen whi- ther they went.
: I ſpared them, who in Captivity continued to fin greatly againſt me, and for which Sins I had juſt Cauſe to cut them off; but I had Pity. « For my own ſake, and forthe Glory of my Name : had I de- ſiroyed them, the Heathen would have concluded againſt my Omni- potence and my Truth. I preſerved, I reduced, I re-eſtabliſhed them tor the Honour of my Mercy, Truth and Power. |
22 Therefore fay unto the houſe of Iſrael, Thus faith the Lord GOD, I do nor ths for your fakes,
houſe of Iſrael, but for mine holy names ſake ”, which ye have profaned z among the heathen whither Je m_ :
# Which I have done, ſparing you, and preſerving you, and givin 50u Favour in the ſight of the ” Tor : Nor do hg. ay I _ = K
0 for you returning you to Judea, planti kt , planting you, encreaſing you and eſtabliſhing you , and making you a Bleſſing : "I do not this for
u deſerve no ſuch Kindneſs from me. y My infinite 0p Temporal Bletiings ; 1o Earth doth follow Heaven. 7 jballdwe!l:
{tony 7 heart out of your s fleſh, and I will give you an heart of fleſhs.
0 A renewed Frame cf Soul,a Diſpoſition,and Mind changed from fin- ful to holy, from evilto good, from carnal toſpiritual. See chap. 11.19 let g. A Heartin which the Law of God is written, as Fer. 31. 33. It is a ſanctified Heart, in which the Almighty Grace of God is victori- ous, and turns it from Sin to God, p God takes it to himſelf, asindeed it 1s his only Work, vid. chap. 11. 19. 9g Thisis exegetical, and tells us whatthe new Heart is ; tis a new holy Frame in the Spirit of Man, which is put in him, not found in him ; given to him, not wrought by his own Power. r Stubborn, ſenſlefs, uncraftable Heart, that receives no kindly Impreſſions from Word, Providences, or the Spirit of God in itsordinary Operations and Influences, that hardens ic ſelf ina day of Provocation, that is hardned by the Deceitfulneſs of Sin: this evil Heart ſhall betaken away, and God will do, whoonly can do it. 5 Our of your Fleſh, put for the Marv, t Thar is a Heart different from the ſtony-hard Hearr, quite of other Temper and Frame, hearkening to God's Law, trembling at his Threats, by gentleſt Providences moulded to a Compliance with his Will ; to forbear, do, be, or ſuffer whar God
will, receiving the Impreſs of God, as foftned Wax receiveth the Im- preſs of the Seal.
27 And I will put @ my * ſpirit x within you, and cauſe y you to walk in my ſtatutes, and ye ſhall keep & my judg.- ments, and do thera ;
» Elſe-where pour out; God will givo as freely , fo abundantly. x» The Holy Spirit of God, which is the immediate principal Cauſe of that Change ofan old Heart into new, and of hard into ſofr. By the efficient Cauſe we may know the Effet, and underſtand what a new Heart 1s, and what the new Spirit is, when we know they are wrought in us by the Spirit of God, which is given to, and dwelleth in the Saints, which makes them Saints, and then abideth with them. y Sweer. ly, powerfully, ſucceſsfully, yer without compulſion ; for our Spirit, framed by God's Spirit to a Diſpoſirion ſutable to the Spirir's Holineſs, readily concurreth, and co-worketh, xz Be willing and ready, able, and in your Degree ſufficient to keep the Judgments, and to walk in the Starutesof God, which is to live in Holineſs.
28 And ye ſhall dwell - in the land that I gave b to your fathers; and ye ſhall be my c people , and 1 will be your d God.
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