faft, though *twere known on the Syrian Coaft, and about Tyre and Z7- CHAP. II don ; poſhbly Fonah might publiſh it in Nineveh, » Every one called : : WK ; upon other to faft, or cried out, *twas high time to faſt, repent, and Fonab ſent agan, 1, 2. and Preacheth to the Ninevites ; their ſubverſion, | ſupplicate God ; ſo ſome think : but this Paſſage is an Anticipation, 3+ 4. They believe: King and People bumble themſelves before the | tells us what was done, and will tell us afterwards on what Grounds, 10RD; and amend their ways; 5 —— 8. They hope thereby to find mer- | Authority and Example *twas done. 2 A Ceremony very uſual in iy, 9. God repenterh, and ſpareth them, 10. Mournings, private or puhlick in thoſe Countreys, and a Token of *| their true Mourning ; this all did, great and ſmall, rich and poor. I ND a the word of the LORD b came c unto | 6 For a word came unto the King b of Nineveh, and he Jonah the ſecond time d, ſaying, aroſe from his Throne c, and he laid his Robe from him a After that Fonab had been well diſciplined for his Contumacy, and | 4 and covered him with ſackcloth e, and far in afhes f; was ſet at Liberty. 5 The Command or the Prophetick Spirit, vid. | *, This now accounteth for the Peoples proclaiming a Faſt, ver. 5, ch, 1,v, 1. let, b,c, d The firſt time Jonah rebels againft the Com- they did it becauſe *twas commanded, and they had the King's Exam- mand, now better prepared and humbled he is tried agam ; God doth ple herein. 5 Whether Fonah did particularly ſpeak to his Hearers give him the Gift of Yrophecy, and by that fignifies his/Reconciliati- | to ſend Word to the King, or whether the Strangenels of the thing on to him, and admits him into his old Station. ; might move ſome or other to report it to the Courtiers, and they to 2 Ariſe e, go f unto Nineveh that ff great City #, and | the King, is not ſpecified ; certain *tis that the King had Word Preach b unto it 7 the Preaching that I bid thee k. brought him, and it was conſidered by him : nor isit ſaid whothis King e Vid, chi 1. v, 2. let. fo f Vid. Ch. 1. ve 2olet. g. ff 1bid. let. h. | was, Sardanapalus ſeems too early, Phul Belochus is with more Probaliry Vid. ch. 1. v. 2. let. 7. great in Extent of Ground, in Strength of its | thought to be this King. © Came down from his Royal Seat. d Put off | Fortifications, Height and Breadth of their Walls, and Multitude of | Þis rich, gorgeous and luxurious Apparel, e Put on the rough and une their Towers, great in the Multitude of its Numbers and Riches of | <aſy Garments of a Mourner. f As Fob 2.8. and 42 6. E/., 4.13, its Citizens, and every whit as great in the Multitude of its Sins; but 7 And he g cauſed #t to be proclaimed h, and - pub- + Heb. let nothing retard or diſcourage thee z ariſe and go. b Publickly, | liſhed 7 through Nineveh ( by the decree of the King ſaid, plainly, boldly cry, cþ. 1. v. 2: let, k. 7 7.c. Againſt it publiſh the | 3 v5. nobles &) ſaying, Let neither man 1 nor bealt Eh:
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