*Toch.22, 17 For q * I will take away the names of Baalim r out 7.PC, 16.4, Of her mouth s, and they t ſhall no more be remembred
Zech. 13. by their name «.
2. q It.is my Purpoſe to aboliſh the Memory of Bazlim, r This great Idol for all others ; God will cut off all the Remains of Idolatry from his Church. s So God required of old, Exod. 23. 13.t Thele falſe
Gods, and provoking Idols, Shall be quire forgotten. « Their Names | ſown in the Earth, which multiplieth exceedingly z fo the : ct” [
perishing with them, when G2d $hall ſo cut off all 1dolatry from his
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might either ſerve or hurt them.
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now it shall be an everlaſting Contra@ and Marriage between ny]; rael and their God.. þ This Promiſe is repeated to confirm it, andy remove Scruples and Jealoufies. # On equal terms on both fx, þ With mature Advice, or well in formed and ſetled Judgment wi Reſolution, this Covenant $hall be as a well taken Oath, finite with Integrity of Heart and Judgment. 7 Without deſert in herthz is betrothed of meer Lore, and freeft Kindneſs. .m' This, tho the fare
Loving-kindneſs is the never-exhauſted Fountain, Mercies are the ver-failing. Streams, the abundant Eruits of that Love towardth: poor and undeſerving Objetts of it. EY
20 I will eyen betroth thee unto me in faithfulneſs,
and * thou ſhalt know the LORD 0. | ] | #7 This Verſe is a third Promiſe in the ſame words to comfort ay encourage the true J/7ael, only Faithfulneſs is here added: a Qualina- tion of this new Marriage, which $kall continue firm on a mitul faithful Promiſe, Love and Contra@. 0 His juſt Anger which tath punished, his rich Grace which hath now pardoned, and now taket | into Covenant again, his Faithfulneſs and tender Compaſſions, hisAl ſufficiency and Sovereignty, that we'may obey him, and reft ſatist in his Love as *tis our Reward and Happineſs, |
21 And.it ſhall come to paſs in that day p, I will hea, 4. ſaith the LORD 7, * I will hear the heavens 5, andthe ſhall hear the earth, ff _ þ In that day when this new _. Alliance is made, or in the day Goſpel-Grace., q This general Promiſe God gives us to encourages to cry to him, he will ſo hear as'to anſwer. 7 This is the Sealtoti truth and certainty of the Things promiſed. s There is a Subordts tion of Cauſes, all ſecond Cauſes do in their Ranks (like Wheels in! curious Engine) move as moved by the firft great Spring, and ſo at
God the firſt and yniverſal Cauſe will influence the Heavens, hel
God did not command them to diftil their Drops or the Earth vIt! this is dry, parch*d and barren, and it does as *twere- cry to Heat - for refreshing Snawers, for fruitful Rains 3 when the Seed ſown, Vines and Olives, planted, are-at a. ſtand, take no rooting, the as it were Cry -to. the Earth for its kindly Influences and Fate that they may ſpring up, and yeild Fruit for Fexreel ; which maydl and cry, and wait, but never be ſatisfied if God do not hear titl and | cotnmand - his Bleſſing of fruRifying Influencs, which Godle? doth promiſe to his people on renewing Covenant with them : Got Seed, this gathered. ones, his eſpouſed Church ſhall be ſerved tolt Comfort by all :the Creatures. When Diſobedience, Backſlidnh Idolatries,and ſuch. hike Sins did provoke God to puniſh them vil Famine and Scarcity, now their Repentence and Obedience 519 bieft with Plenty; and: God will ſet the frame of Heaven and Ext due order te effett -this, there shall be an Harmony and Corte dence between all- ſubordinate Cauſes moved by God the firſt g's Caule, whence-expetted Events and Fruits shall certainly be pi0w# ed for their Good and Comfort.
22. And the earth ſhall hear the corn and the # and the oil, and they ſhall hear Jezreel. |
23. And * I will ſowt her unto me in theeatlls and I will have mercy upon her that had not obam mercy x, and I will ſay to them which were not my Þ® ple, Thou art my people y ; and they ſhall ſay, T hou 4 my God z, /
rt Their Sins, the Enemies Sword, and God's juſt Diſplzafure
| VF 1o theb waſted and lefſened their Numbers,bnt now the Lord will ble, with. wonderful increaſe of People, expreft with allufon ways
tiplied after the Babyloniſh, Captivity,but much more are 11 ur”
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18 And in that day « will I make a * covenant x fo, ; them y with the beaſts of the field, and with the fow,, of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground :.;* and I * will break the bow and the ſword, and the bare! 2 make them to lie doyy'tk
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u See ver. 16. let. l. x Command, or enjoin, and theſe Creature; " Shall as duly obſerve the Command as juſt ones keep a Coven, Jo » True Converts, «the 1ſrael of God. x3 With all the Creatures thi
It is a full and gracious Promiſe of abundance of Peace, Safety, an, Love among all through the Creation. for the Comfort of God's Peg. ple. 4 But if Brute Beafts do not hurt, yet unleis more brutish Cre, tures, bloody Men, be tamed, there will be little ſafety to the Church, therefore God will put an end to Wars, and make Men peaceabte jn their Diſpoſition, far more peaceable than heretofore they have hee, b By a ſpecial Care of, Love for, and Preſence with them, Gag yij provide for their Safety. Now, I doubt not but all this in ſome mg, ſure was made good to the Fews returning out of Captivity, among whom were allo ſome thouſands of the Houſe of 7/7ae} who had thei Share in this promiſed Peace, Safety and Proſperity. But the full Ace complishment is tobe to the Church of Chriſt, and.in Spiritual Bec
i9 And Ec will betroth d thee e unto me f for eye Z, yea I will betroth thee unto me þ in righteouſneſs; ' and in jndgment k, and in loving kindnels 7, and in mer.
c Thy God, who was offended, but now am reconciled. 4 Tho was divorcing thee, will now betroth, on new Terms enter Marriage. Covenant with thee. e O Jſrae}, who art my People, and learef thine Tdolatries and Rebellions. f God of Mercy and Truth, gh | hath forgiven and changed thee, and made thee ſutable to my on and Wonder at the Methods of Divine Grace. » With kind | and who will be as kind and gracious as thou canſt defire or nee,