tnele her Paramours ; and at work with her Husband, she was better can at beſt with Adulterers.
gold f, || which they 2 prepared for Baal h.
+ This ynexemplified Ignorance or Inconfideratene$ was the Cauſe of all this loft Labour and Unthankfulne(s to God. 4 In her Fulneſs and Proſperity, as were the days of Feroboam : in Which much of this Lewdneſs was committed, and in which the Prophet calls them to Re- pentance. 5 Conlidered not, but carried it toward God, as if indeed ſhe did not know z nor did ſhe own it,or acknowledge it by any {utable Obedience and Thankfulnefs to the God of her Mercies. c Without Deſert or Worthineſs, it was Mercy, and this free,from whence ail ſhe had came. d Which is the Stay and Strength of our Lite, one necci- ſary Comfort put for all the reft. e Theſe chear the Heart,and include all Proviſion for Delight-and Sweetneſs. f The Treaſures of Gold and Silver, and all precious things brought in by Trade, and increaft among them, were the effe& of mine undiſcerned, and unacknowled- ged Bounty and Goodneſs. g The generality or body of the Fews; theſe idolatrous Fews, þ Firſt made the Idol with the Gold and Stlver,and next dedicated it to the Service of the Idol. Sottiſh Igno- Trance, that with one part of the Gold and Silver make a God,with the other part provide for Sacrifices to be offered to it. Thus one part js advanced to be a Deity, the other part of the ſame Mafs conſecrated to the Service of its fellow-Lump. What Abſurdities will not down with ſuch Fools and Sots ?
9 Therefore 5 will [ return k, and take away 1 my m7
corn # in the time thereof o, and my wine in the ſeaſon
cover her nakednelſs p. |
? Becauſe I was not acknowledged,nor ſerved as the Giver. þ Much after the manner of Man doth God ſpeak ; be had left large Blefhngs behind him among this People, but their ſottiſh Ingratitude provokes him to Reſolutions of returning and ſeizing of ail. ! Take into my hands,or reſume all I give,for all given was mine till,God never gives away his Right, m It was hers while thankfully received, and rightly uſed 3 but want of theſe forfeit that Right, and the Propriety reverts to God, 7 See ver. 8. let. d. o Either when they ſhould gather it in,as being ripe, or when they need it, and ſhould uſe it ; All they enjoy is mine, but ſince they ſo uſe me as to ſerve Baal by it, I will either take all away from them,or make all uſeleſs to them. p When I take away my Wool and my Flax, ſhe ſhall appear ſhamefully naked, not having one Rag of her own.
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; expoſe-her, or elſe I ſhortly will do ſo, &re long, | kednelſs. of her idolatrous Worſhip, (and perhaps the corporal Lewd- nefſes which Idolaters ſeldom were free from, may be here intended.) S Among whom moft will loath her, and hoot at her, ſome ſecretly deſpiſe her ; if any ſhall attempt to help-at this dead lift, it ſhall be to no purpeſe. # They who would deliver her are tew and weak, un- able to reſcue her from the Infamy I adjudge her to. In short,as she hath like. a Strumpet, shameleſly inal ſo like a Strumpet the shall be shamefully, with greateſt Infamy punished ; and I, ſaith the Lord, will ſee it done.
11 I will alſo cauſeall her mirth to ceaſe x, her feaſt- days y, her new-moons x, and her ſabbaths a, and all her ſoiemn feaſts b, | x The Jollity of Iſrael was certainly dampt, when Tiglath Pileſer took 1jon, and other Cities, and captivated Naphthali, 2 X ings 15. 29. which was ſome, yet but few Years after this Prophecy : But 1ure all their Joy ceaſed above ten or twelve Years after, when Samaria was faken, aud Zoſhea and all 1/72} made Captives z ſo the Threat was executed in this Senſe : But the Prophet ſpeaks (as by what follows ap- peareth) of their ſacred or religious Joys, which God will abolish ; He did not ſet them up, but he will pull them down. y Though A- Poſtate 1/748] was fallen to Idolatry, and renounced the true Worship of Gad, yet by this Text it appears they retain'd many of the Rites and Ceremonies that were uſed by the Fews, or elle {et up others like them, as their ſolemn Feaſt at ſetting up the Calves at Dan and Berhel, in Feroboam's time. 4 Theſe were days of greater Sacrifices, Numb, 28, 11. and greater Feaſting, 1. S4M. 20. 5. 4 Their weekly Sabbaths. 5 The three Annual Feafts of Tabernactes, Weeks, and Paſſover, or others with them ; all which should ceaſe when theſe Peo- ple were carried captive, as they were by S2/maneſer.
that my lovers hath given me g- and * 1 will make them ha foreſt 5, and the beaſts k of the field ſhall eat
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c Go& will do it either by Blaſting,or by the Aſſyr7ans,who as other Invaders, Shall ſpoil all. d4 Make very deſolate,or lay wafte. e Theſe two were mentioned, but all other Fruit-trees are meant, f This was in peculiar manner the Sin for which /ſ-2e} was punish'd thus ; they gave the Praiſe of the Eruitfulneſs of theſe Trees, and the Abundance of them, to Idols, robb'd God of the'Praiſe due for them, theretore God will take them away. g Their falfe Gods are here made the Givers of all outward Bleſſings to 1ſrael z vid. ver. 5 þ 1heir Vine- yards and Olive-yards, and Places where they planted and tence in! their Fig-trees, and other fruitful Trees. # Wild and uncultivared 5 the Hedges and Fences $halt be thrown up, and all run into the Wild- neſs of a Foreſt, as it cams to pals in the A{yrian Tnvalton. k Salvage Men, ſuch as the Afſrians were, or rather in the Letter tne Beafts of the Eield should break down their Branches, and devour them, and pull off the Fruit as Foxes pull the Grapes, or wild Boar of the Wood root up and eat the tender and ſappy branches and Springles. 1 1he
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