—_— * - - x = ” " Ki Ie 4 - ++ e Gyre wo > "Y 4 * X * wwe" + RR - c ad. 4 Iu 5Get » - £ . — gm 2 £2 a * "i. 4" > > arg: , —_—_——_— = - . . By -” "= £ | I 6 - _ _ A . 24 wo - ns "> : v4 q IARC I me =
= "I IT > x — ——_ — VL
*. -—- n - RE. Deans GOT IRC Ton" Mp: ; 2 . "= ' yy A wr_ > 1-5 fp lens, a = ono > 6, ney xenbth3 ak, 54 XK none
—
-$,
NEO FISEWIEY aoudl En
SRL ory EL _ _ — OY
Pets BE 4. Les % PR ———_ > = ” q We x Wn a "=
C - + ; - yo" 5 2 73 BO "3; 4, P22 IP an—_— 720-0 ont; X - » 22 4
4 at.” . < PR - _ TER _ 4 _ 22." = OP => _
243,
-
np
III * _ _ T5. . _— D ans 4 8d x" p - - -- Fu -_ _—_—_ "* ws 2h XD E a - =y = Cog Bag —— - . : 8 : Fol -
T_T. SY —— WS ”
Io © + p po £ £ oF vw - - ors —_ . pom : ; . _ R_— ps —_ - > NR SR IT. be nk _ _— — _ — <_—_— EI — wy = ah. ., _ n 4 _— 2 a — ond - + "$8 % £©& NE -: D x uf ite gy < _— - 0 eter Heb = 0 gs EY Pt > . —_— : AT Int _" NEE SIS At 4 20-1 == ( = "oe - 6 > extrthtdrts &a « . _ eo AV *-.. . Ava Fe 443" Sg RAI v > : C . 6 ——— . Eten = X <_ oo tf ng or tru Agee + he o "—x 4% £ . a
: py 2 ſo . gr Se "3" a> » = AAR, 0 Po At en rn... - Lo 20 ns + ABA - - = 1 OO —_— ©. DS OS oe, SOIT .
. TOSCICALARS i I Se T7 7 re mg ho >
Chap. 11.
13 And I will viſit m upon her » the days o of Baa- lim p, wherein ſhe burnt incenſe to them q, and ſhe dec- ked her ſelf with her ear-rings and her jewels r; and
ſhe went after her Lovers s, and forgat me t, faith the
LORD.
m Puniſh, for the Prophet threatens them with this Viitation, by which it evidently appears to be a Viſiting in wrath. = Dhe Kingdom o The Sins of thoſe days paſt. p Baal was the great Ido] of the Ten Tribes, the Chief of their Idols, their Lord, (as the word {7nifieth, ) and Patron : Hers it is plural paulim, either co denote the Multitude of Idols which they worſhipp'd, all call'd by this one the Multitude of his Statutes or Ima- es, and of his Altars and Temples erected to Ba. in all Places of the
Land: q Sacrificed and Worlhipped, for this one kind of religious r To put the greater Honour ups
icheſt and beſt Attire, or it may be it would make them the more ac-
of Iſrael.
Name, or perhaps becaule of
Obſervance is put for all the reft, on the Idol, they put on their r they blindly thought this rich Hab : : ceptable to their ſenſlels Idol, s Deckd thus, Strumpet like, ſhe went on by her Spiritual Adultery to prayvoke Me.; me, if ſhe did at all think of me, Adultereis like. -
(ke p 14 ©þ Therefore « behold x, I will allure y her, and SH *., Dring z her into the wilderneſs a, and ſpeak || F comfor-
ber heart, rably þ unto her.
u This Particle ſeems to conne& theſe following Paſſages with thoſe that went before as cauſul, or giving a Reaſon why God will do thus, and ſo are difficulcer than if read as ['JJ? ,] might be efrher as a Particle that ſpeaks Order or Time of things, and 1s as much as afrer- wards ; ſo *twill be eaſy, 7 will viſit, &c. afrerwards 1 will allure, firſt puniſh, next comfort : or elſe it may be adverſarive, as much as yer, or but ; ſo*tis plain, thus ſhe like an Adultereſs hath finn'd, and I have puniſh'd. Bur, or yer, or notwithſtanding 1 will allure 3 or elſe 18 Is 4 Particle that dotb more ſtrongly affirm ; ſo rendred, the place would be leſs obſcure, thus, 7 will deſtroy her Vines, &c. Surely I w7I allure, &Cc. is uſed Feremiah 5. 2. and Zechariah 11.7, & With Attenti-
thus 395
merly, where with beft Leiſure ſhe may conſider and bethink her ſelf : So underſtood, our Verſion is eaſily intelligible, 6. Things that are full of Comfort,and in ſuch manner too as is comfortable to the Hear- er : Here are glad Tidings, gracious Promiſes, and wonderful Mercy to the true jſrael after Atfitions. have brought them to God, after they are converted from Sin, by theſe means. | SA
* Joh. 7. 15 And I c will give-her her vineyards d from thence
4 e, and the * valley of Achor f for a door of hope g, and
ſhe ſhall ſing þ there as in * the days ot her youth #, and
ter. 2:7.
Ezek. 16, AS in the day wien ſhe came up our of the land off
22, 60. Egypt k. TOS c Reconciled to her, 4 Will hath ſettle her, and abundantly enrich her with Bleſſings, as the Uhraſe implieth., e Either from the Place of their Exile and Sufferings, or from the Time of their Hearkening to the Lord ſpeaking to them in their Diſtrefſes and Sorrows or if it refer to ver. 12. *tis a Promiſe to comfort them under that Threat which ſwept away the Bleſſings of Vines and Figetrees, in their own Land: and here is a Promiie of Vineyards to them from the time of their Repentance, and from the Place where they are Captives. f Which was a large, fruitful and pleaſant Valley near Fericho, and on the very Entrance into the Land of Canaan ; . where after forty Years Travels and Sorrows, 1/rael firlt ſet foot on a Country,ſuch as they ex- petted. g As that Valley was a door of Hope to /ſrael then,by that 1/- rael ſaw that he ſhould enjoy the promiſed Land 3 ſo would God deal: with repenting J/r2el in the times here pointed at. bh Praiſes to their God for his Mercies, and fing forth their own Joys too, and anſwer each other, fing in reſponds, as the word tignifieth. 7 As that Age is moſt jocund, and exprefſeth it by Singing ; ſo ſhall it be as renewed Youth to 7'rael, full of Bleſſings from God, and full of Praiſes to God. + This Paſſage explains the former; their Youth is a time ſomewhat. ke the time of their coming out of Egypt, their Mercies now like the Mercies of that time, and their Joys and Songs ſhall be like too: How- ever, theſe things were fulfilled to the Type, whole Repentance and Return to God is not very eminent : They are all fully made good to Antitype J/rae] the Church of Chrift in ſpiritual Bleſſings, chietly here
intended. |
{| Thatis, 16 Andit ſhall be at that day /,” faith the LORD m, _ that thou » ſhalt call me || Iſhi s, and ſhalt call me no
I{ That is, MOTe || Baali p. | my Lord, 1 When through deep Diftreſſes T have prepared her to return, and ſhe who was an Adultereſs repents, and renews her Covenant of Love and Obedience, and in the day of my Bleſſings on her. mw This confirmeth, and enſureth the thing. = My repenting J/-ael :. o Both by Words, Affections, and Obedience ſhall own me as thy loving ten-| der Hushand, and delight to call me ſo. p Though the Word hath no 11l in it (elf, yet *tis ſo near to the Name of the abominable Idols, that E will no more be called Baal:. |