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The poor diſconſylate Widows, whoſe. Husbands you hae firſt L | *vith the Sword of War, Or unjuſtly condemnrell to. Death, or % he Wives of Husbands whom you had opprefſed, and'by per- me | Judgment had-condemned-to- forfeit their Eftatess -:&.T his ag- verve . « rhe Sin that this was done againſt Jſae17:iſh Women, not | centage againſt thoſe that were by peculiar Provition-o0: Ga's Law — and mercifully dealt with, Ex9d. 22, 22. bh Diſſeize, Rn out, as if unworthy to dwell longer in their old Habitations, gr they pretend forfeited, as Paradiſe by 44am, who was therefure 1 this very Word caſt our, Gene 3-24»; Or as {Zagar out of Aoraham's in nily, Gets 21s 10+. 7 Either, pleaſant for.Situation, ſach Seats were ar _ dangeroys as Naboth's V neyard was to him z or elle pleaſant 10 them, becauſe they were their own, where they ep joyed their Huſ- Yands and Chi'dren, and wiſh'd no more, Preterment, content with their beloved Habitation and Domeffick Coaveniencies. 'k You have br tour Violence and Oppreſfion ruined their Poſterity, turred their Children out of Houſes and Eſtates, which were ſecured by the Law of 'God from any legal Alienation and Sale beyond the Jubilee, you have confiſcated them for ever. -7 Which was the Glory of my Bounty to them, in uſe of 'which they did: give Glory to me, and by continu- ince of which they might have lived above Contempt. - mm Either continually you have done this, or what'yqu have done. you intend to
tand for &VEF»1-, 114 © LP TLE SEO | bt | 10 Ariſe ye and depart #, for this':s not your-xeſt 0: be- cauſe it is polluted p, it ſhall deſtroy q ys# even with a ſore
deftrutionr. : ' n You Inhabitants of 1/4e!, eſpecially you Oppreſfors, beſtir your ſelves, and prepare for your Departure qut of this Land; tor, will ye, nill ye, ſo *tis, you ſhall be carried away. The Words aiſo may fairly be applied to the Oppreſſed, to leſſen the Troubles they were under, and to adviſe them to. retire. out of this Land, .o Though 'twas given this People for a Reft under God's Wing, yet, 'twas. on condition of con- tinued Obedience z bur ſince they do not obſerve the Conditipn, they ſhall never find the expetted Reft 5 one Trouble ſhall ſucceed another, until the Captivity ſweep them all-away, both Oppreffors and Op- reſſed; theſe therefore ſhould grieve the leſs at their preſent Trou- ble, nor grudg to tranſplant themielyes. p With many, and great, and old Sins. q Spue them out as a Burden intolerable to the Earth that bears them.as Lev. 1$.25. this polluted Land ſhall be deftroyed, r Such as may well require a Lamenxation, ſuch as ver. 4. a grievous Deſolation, ſuch as never ſhall be repaired. : 11 If a man || walking in tbe ſpirit s and falſhood #, do
lie 4, ſaying, I will Propheſie unto thee of wine, and of ſtrong drink x, he ſhall even be the Prophet y of this peo-
ple z, | 5 This People were weary of true Prophets, and ſilenced them,v.6.
but they were fondly taken with the falſe Prophets, and what theſe
promiſed them z and theſe, as here deſcribed, are by a dreadful Judg- | ment on this People-permitted, or left to deceive them': Prophets |
that pretend to,walke in the Spirjty 5.8; to have the Spirit of Prophecy. t And on that: Pretenge takes the Baldneſs to promiſe pleaſing things in God's Name, whereas he never received ſuch Promiſes of Good from Gol. # Againſt God, and to the People. x Micah,.,and his male- contented Brethren, foretel Scarcity, War, diſmal Calamities, and an /yim Captivity of all for ever ; 1 tell you theſe are idle Dreams, jou ſhall have Plenty, and good Days, and may eat, drink, and be merry, ſuch times of Evil you thall never ſee. » By a juſt and dread- ful Judgment from God, as well as by an unhappy and fatal Choice cf the People 3 1 Kings 22+ 6, 10, 11, 12. With Ter. 34. Fzek. 13. 2,10. + Doomed to unparallel'd Miiery by God for their Sins, and pulling it upon themſelves by their obſtinate Impenitence and Blindneſs,
12 C1 2 will ſurely aſſemble b, O Jacob c, all of thee q; | will furely gather the remnant of Iſrael e, I will put them together f as the ſheep of Bozrah g, as the flock 1n the midſt of their fold þ: they ſhall make great noiſe / by