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com ev'd home the-Embaffadonrewho-made it, Or elſe have coun: | ſclled thee to meet the War before it entret't thy Country, and have marched as Confederates with thee until thon wert come ro the Bor- ders of thy Country, as if they would there fight for thee agaiaft the Enemy. 22 This is Ingemination, or repeating of the ſame thing b-forementioned ; unleſs; Men of thy Peace, be Men that did make. Peace, and accept the Terms thou didſt propoſe for thy Advantage. | & Proyed treacherous, nay. defigned to betray thee. / Either thus their. Plot took, or elſe they turned to the Enemy, and under his Co- lours deftroy'd thee, m Thy Friends, thoſe thon haft maintain'd, the Sou!diers thou keepedſt in pay. z Have lain'a Snare armed wittſome ſharp and piercing Inftrtiment, that wounds ſo ſoon as thou falieft on
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Þ This Introgation is a firong Affertion, I certainly will. q Of War and Deſolation of Edom, when Nebuchadnezzar with his Armies ſhall invade 1dumea- 7 Either by War or Sickneſfes take the Wiſemen out of Edo, they ſhall die, 'or deprive them of Places of Truft where they might help to ſaie Edom. Or elſe turn their Wiſdom into. Fooliſhnels, as chi ops!'s was. 5s Men of found Counſel and good Condu@ in the Affairs of Peace and War. 't An elegant Ingemina- tion for illuſtrating- and confirming the Predifion. All Edom
ſhall miſerably periſh, not a wiſe Man left to foreſee and prevent It, |
o And thy mighty men 4, O Teman x, ſhall be diſmay- ed y, to the end that every one of the Mount of Eſau may be cut off by flaughter z. |
:: Valiant Commanders and Soulliers who were never blemiſh'd with Cowardice, who formerly durſt adventure en greateſt Dangers, and encounter moſt formidable Enemies, and were never daunted with a ſlow approaching Enemy how much ſoever over number to them, nor with any ſadden ſurprizing Accidents. Men of invincible Cou- rage, and moſt ready Minds, x A principal City and Munition of Kimea. Vid. Ezet. 25. 13. and #ab. 3, 3. and Amos 1. 12. y Affo- niſh'd and ſurpriſed with ſuch fear as diſableth from Aion and Coun- {el, ſhall neither dare to reſift, or hope to eſcape, but tamely give up all to the Enemy. 2 Thus all ſhall be expos's to ſlaughter when they dare not fight, who ſhould have ſaved themſelves and defended 0- thers. - Deplorable is their Condition, whe ſurrounded every way with Enemies, have neither Strength nor Counſel to relift their Pow- er or defeat their Malice.
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* @ Though /dumears were gui'ty of many other and great Sins, they
are here charged with this as the great crying Sin, inhumane Cruelty
and Perfidiouſnes, they did mcrcilcfly ſpoil and: ifely betray the,
« Fews, which will be particularly mention'd in following Verſes. 5 E- domites the Poſterity of Eſau, and the Fews Pofterity of Facob, are here called Brothers, for that the Fathers of both People were Bro- thers, Twins z and this nearneſs of Blood ſhould have been remem- bred, and kindneſs ſhould have ſtill run through the Blood and Kin- dred. It is a great Sin to be cruel and falſe to any, but greateſt Sin to be ſo toa Brother. «c Pur for his Children. 4 Contempt and Re- proaches ſhall by all Men be caſt upon thee, and cover thee as a Gar- ment, or ſwallow thee up. God and Man ſhall pour Shame upon thee, thy Memory ſhall be retain'd with Condemnation to ſhame, and thy End ſhall be in ſhame too. e Never more be a Nation or King- dom, which was in a very great Degree fulfilled. in the cutting them off by. the Sword of Nebuchadnezzar. Vid. Jj4. 34.5, 10s Exek. 35, 9. threatens the like Deſolation.
1c In theday f that thou ſtoodeſt on the other ſide g,
{] Or, his in the day that the ſtrangers h carricd away || captive fubſtance. 5 his forces k, and foreigners entied into his gates /l, and caſt lots /I npon Jerpſalem 7, even thou # waſt as one of
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f# During the War which the Baby!o1izns made upon Fudea, or in the Day of Battel when Fews tought with Cbaldeans. g Tookſt up thy ſtand over-right them, obſerving with delight how they were worlt- ed, {laughter'd and routed ; or didir ſet thy ſelf in Battel Array a- gainſt thy Brother Facob. h The Babylonians and the mixed Nations which joined with them. # Firſt maſter'd the Fews, and then made them Captives, and ſent. them away out of their own Land, a 1ght which ſhould have moved Compaſhons in thee. & His Strength, his Troops, or Multitndes that ſurvived and were taken, and their Wealth and Riches tov, 7 That invaded, ſlew the Inhabitants, and forced the beſieged Places to open their Gates, Or took the Fortreſſes by Afault. So Robbers divided their Prey and Conquerors, Prov. I+ 14. Foel 34 3. which fee. #2 Upon the Citizens and their Goods, which were found in Feru/ulem when *twas taken by the Chaldeans. # A Neighbour who waſt not moleſted by J/-2e} when they marched through other Nations from Egypt to Canaan, who waſt a Brother by deſcent, ve. 10, let. b, 0 AS mercilels and inſvlent as any of thole barbarous Foreigners.
jj Or, 44 12 But || thou ſhovldeſt not haye looked þ on the day zo behold. q of thy brother, in the day that he became a ſtranger 7; neither ſhouldeſt thou have rTejoiced s over the Chil-
p dren of Judah * in the day cf their cetruction # ; nei-
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