x Tho I have repeateu ſo ofren my Promiſe to return them , tg rebuild, to multiply them, yet they ſhall know 'tis their Dury to in. \ treat it, to wait on me, and then I will givea merciful Anſwer, anq [ do it. Thus Danie/ pray'd when he knew the Return was ſure anq l near. Or elſe it may be thus ; Above all this, or yet more than a1 y this I will be found ofthem when they doſeek me; thus 'tis a Promiſs | made to their Prayer, in the other 'tis a requiring them to pray , {g t they ſhall increaſe as a Flock. | F O 38 As the + holy y flock, as the flock of Jeruſalem WW in her ſolemn $v feaſts; ſo ſhall the waſte cities be filled 4 1 a with flocks of. men , and they ſhall know that I am the fit Mn LORD. Wy 3 Flocksdeſigned to holy Uſes, as Sacrifices, and therefore farther OC: deſcribed by the Place where they are, Jer»/a/em. 2 The Occation SB bt and Time, ſolemn Feaſts, either the three annual great Feaſts , or - you may take in the daily Sacrifices. Theſe Flocks were for Quality, B the beſt of all, and for Numbers, very great on the folemn Fealts ; m3 30000 at once of Lambsand Kids in Joſiah's time, and many more at _ the Paſſover in after-times. Thus ſhould Men multiply and fill the Fl, Cities of replanted Juzes. of CHAP, XXXVIL | | \ By the refurreFion of dry benes, the dead hope of Iſrael is revived, and thei Th dcliverance from Captivity foreteld, 1———=14. by the joining together of ww Oo two ſticks , is ſhewed the union of Iſracl and Judah, 15 I9. the : everlaſting kinzaom of Chriſt promiſed, 20 — 28, live 0 Se hand 4 of the LOR D was upon me, and at carried me out in the ſpirit 5 of the LORD, mig and ſet c me down in the midſt of the valley 4 which was _ tull of bones e. | zafi # Either the Prophetick Spirit, as chap. 1. 3. and chap. 8. 1. let. g, Qua moving him to propheſie by this Emblem, or elſe the Spirit of God ſpire carrying him wi/ioally not corporally, as in chap. 8. into ſuch a Prolpet chew or Landskip. 6 Either in the Power of the Spirit of God, or 1t may _ referto the Prophet's own Spirit, he was in his Spirit, or Mind and h Apprehenſion. c So it ſeemed to me in the Vitton, that I was rea gently down. 4 'Tis vain toenquire what Valley this thould be, which UP Uj wasviſional , not corporeal or real. e *Tis as vain to enquire whoſe EL Bones theſe were, they are vi/imal and Hieroglyphicks ot' Iſrael's preſent Soul, Condition. _ 2 And cauſed f me to paſs by them round about g ; and ns" behold, þ there were very many 7in the open & || valley ,1q, Ss and lo, they were very dry /. pin and y F In the ſame manner I was made to go round about them, in which would I was carried to ſee them. g Round, round ; perhaps twice or oftner II to view them well. þ He reports what he: obſerved remarkable, the \ i For Number Firſt, they were not only many, but very maxy , as ver. bones ro. that they made an exceeding great Army. k The Place nexr, the our p Face or Surface of the Plain, expoſed to Wind, Weather, and to Vio- d Tl !:nce, 1 The 2uslity of them, dry, wery ary, 1n which could be no- | dilcour :hing that might promiſe Life. | very, a 3 And he »» ſaid unto me, Son of man, can « thels WR up ar 1; bones live? and I anſwered, O Lord GOD, thou {| bur th; knowelſt o. | Ps | 7» The Lord, who brought Exzekic! hither , ask'd him what he bake 4 thought. » Either is it likely they ſhould , or is it a future thing that ſhall be, or poſſible that they may live > o The Propher's Anſwer open refers all to God, to whom all thingsare poſſible, which argue Power your g in doing, and who knows all he will do inttime to come. The Prophet's U bTe Anſwer ſeems toown the Poſlibility, and refers the Futurity co-the BF miſe an Will of God. & poor d 4 Again he ſaid unto me , propheſie p || upon thele p mo y bones, and ſay unto them, O ye dry bones, hear 9 th* "Wi Capt word of the r LORD. Grave, 2 The Prophet had ſpoken often to things that could as little hear WW 2 Hand as theſe Bones could, yet when they are deaf to a Prophet, they'll hear (7 that yo the Prophet's God. 9 Alas, what dry Boneshear ! no, not a Sylls- 02 $95 0 ble of this Word. » But this they will hear, obſerve, and obey it; ot Youma) his Voice, who calls things that are not, and makes them to be, gives s 13 Being by his Word. | have « 5 Thus faith the Lord GOD unto theſe bones, Be- up = | hold, I will s cauſebreath * to enter into you , and ye hal —- IVC raculouſ] s My Prophet propheſied and ſpake, butT, ſaith the Lord,only cal & of my P, and I will ſurely give Life to them. : When God had formed 44» $ i 6 1 Body, as lifeleſs as theſe Bones, he created him a living Soul, by | and ] | breathing into his Face the Breath of Life, by a creating Power h* | know 0 brings Breath into theſe Bones too. » The Effe& ſhall be ſure and ir fox ( ſpeedy, when God brings his Power to work it. —_ . . . 0 6 And I will. layy finews upon you , and will bring thankfur- up & fleſh upon you, and cover you with a skin , and put and in R b breath in you ; and ye ſhall live, and ye ſhall know chat Poſſeiſ.on! I am the LORD. 'Fulneſs: 7 Sinewstie the Bones together, & 7!eſh fills up the Hollownell:s, ' and being full of Muſcles, helps Motion. a Skin as the upper St] | 11 $1 q ken Garment, covers all with a clear and bluſhing Colour. 5 Breath Jing, laſtly muſt be added. Allthis God declares he will do, and I ſupp%* ; 16 M rheſe Promiſes are what the Prophet is ro declare to theſe Bones th q ſtick, they may revive. children 7 Sol propheſied cas Iwas commanded 4 : and as I p10 ther pheſied e there was a noiſe f, and behold, a ſhaking g, 2" ck of the bones came together þ bone to his bone. . COmpanz c Declared, or pronounced theſe Promiſes, or gracious Purpo{es 9 _ Tablet God concerning them. d Whether it was thus or ſome other 2) ' _— bs the Prophet was commanded it, and fo he did it ; he ſpake *9 chem w Wo
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