_ helivedto-ſce his Threats tulfilled, x Heb. 5 «| My people t are + deſtroyed 4 for lack of ; knowledge: : becauſe thou y halt rejected Knowledge z, I will aiio rejeX thee, chac thourtſhale bz no. prieit co b
ed, nor ſatisfied with what they eat. _ See' /Zapit4. 6, 7 Tho tif { "> « 24: Avant multiply Wives to'relieve them under the Cutie. of Barrenne' a I5, IG, and 23. Ig, 7 Be In as ſad calamitous Condition as atr\', [want of Children, -or by Fornication ſeek” ro mulciply their Of 0 Either the Prophet that is with thee, that lived with,and prophelted ſpring, tho they do this which they ought not ro'Qo. b . Eves, 9 _ not hereby increaſe the number of their Children, either the Wort captivated, with them the falſe Prophet ſhall likewiſe be ruin'd and ſhall not bear, or the Children nor- live. - x They have a poſtatize captivated. p Either proverbially taken, People and Propher [hall | ac turn'd trom the true God, from'his Worſhip and Law.
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to luch People. q The Lord againſt whom thou haſt finned. r Cut off | - 'y Unlawful Converſe with wanton Women, the forbidden Plet ſures of an Adulterous Eed. 42kxceſs of drinking, and 1c immoderate Pleaſures ; one kind being put for ali.
' deprive them of the right ule of their Underſtanding anu ee” uck to the by theſe courſes both Pricits and People here have dilzvice Fen S 1/720) hat]
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his rovidences and Government of the World: "Had they knowy |; # his holy Nature, his Jealouly for his own Glory, his Hatred of Ge © . and his Power to puniſh it ; had they known their God, they Woulg uu either have forborn to tin, or repented of what Sins they haq com So bs mitted, and ſo prevented his Wrath. . y The Prophet now turns his W -;;; words from the People to the Priefts among them. The Peoples I : -: Sages norance was much from the Tgnorance and proiane Humour gf ther hy Priefts, and this -the Prophetidoth \tacitly charge on the. Prieſt; to 7s whom he ſpeaks as to one particular Perſon ; thou who calle th a let, art accounted by' the People; /and 'goeft under. the Name g 2 wi Prieſt. x Strange Perverſeneſs!. they who ſhould dire others, who TO I
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7 will reje& thee, I will deſtroy* your Church-Conftitution, and ji F and and Abhorrente tob. ' '6 O 17x { and. you O Prieſts. you haye xy I al. 4 linn'd together, flighted 'and difreſpected the-Law, broke all the Ire, wg by h cepts of it,” Jet up other Gods;:other Worſhip, other-Prieſts than th, MIS CEry Law directs; - 7 I will pay thee' in thy own Coinz 1 will, forget, ;,, WF 5&3 flight and diſregard. 4 The People of 1/rael, the whole Kingdom o = times ten Tribes ; "both thoſe pretended Prieſts, and their Ghoſtly Chilqrey = Out þ with them. E157 m_ | eltecr 7 As they e were increaſed 'f, ſo they finned apaing G9; me g : therefore * will I change þ their glory ; ing! where ſhame k, | oo :- lp not hi e Kings, Prieſts and People of that Age, that 1s, Feroboam, ſecqr could | great Grandſon. of Febu, who raiſed the Kingdom: to its higheſt Pit White and Glory,-: f Both multiplied-for Number and grew great in Riche, Ont toy Power andcHonour. Such Temper were they of, 1/2. 1.2. 75S Antier grew with their Wealth and-:Honour 3 God who. raiſed them ya;hy People them provoked the more, they turn'd his Bounty .1nto Sin. Toouſy 8 Pough a return from Sinners to God. © -þ Turn by a juſt Retaliation. i They 7” Cony turn'd their” Glory, all that in' which they might glory above other 8 acrific into Sin. . # I will turn it into Shame; that ſhall be their Diſhonoun, MIR Place &: which had it.been well uſed might have been their, Honour, 1 vil (as the.
| degrade the Priefts, impoveriſh the People, captivate both. " often 3 They & eat up / the' fin m2 of my: People », ard ; fr Sins they o | {it their heart.p on their iniquity 4: 0 where by _ k The Prieſts who miniſter .to the Idols. '7' Live upon with Ds” lies, b light, maintain" themſelves andtheirs. m2 Either:/by. conniving at, he Sin their Sins,.not:reproving as they feſerye, leſt thereby. they ſhould dil Juſc Hand oblige Perſons and lefſen their Bounty to them. Or leave themtfi Gm pup hirir, and next look for Sacrifices for thoſe Sins, like ſome that make 4 Or, Sp Gain by, the Sins gf People with whom they diſpenſe; Or more plan to any Fa ly by Si2 is. meant Sin-offering, in which the ' Prieſt had his (hare grievous toretold (
hope and expedt.. q The People will fin, and bring Offerings for Si **.} | which is the iniquity as well as Gain of theſe Prieſts. + - + whe '9 And ** there ſhall be like people, like prieſt : and! pontter) will puniſh them for their ways, and - reward then Jl bat =
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