-. thee with Oil «; and ſweet Wine x, but ſhalr not drink | 1.5, WING Y. -
7 Be at great Pains and Coft in Tilling and Sowing. &£ It ſhal! el- ther not thrive to a Harveſt, or if it does, an Enemy ſhall reap it. : Lay out thy Labour, and weary thy elf in it ; plant the Tree,gather the Eruit and tread it; and when thus prepared to ule it, an Enemy {all rob thee of it» u Which in thoſe Countries was much in uſe, be- couſe of the great Refreſtment it gave to the whole Body. x Here is 2n Ellipſis, and muſt be thus ſupplied, thou ſhalt tread the Grapes which afford ſweet Wine, In this, as In the other two, thou ſhalt be diſappointed 3 thou ſhalr not enjoy thy Labour, nor ſhall thy Heart be cheared with new Wine z nay, thou ſhalt be fick with vexing, to {thine Enemies Hearts glad with the Wine thou hadft prepared for other Gueſts. =
ke 16 © For || the ſtatutes of Omri z are kept a, and
#1] the works of the houſe of Ahab b, and yec walk in their counſels d, that I ſhould e make thee a de- ;- folation f , and the Inhabitants thereof g an hiſ- ſing þ: therefore ye ſhall bear the reproach of my peo-
le z,
c ; Of which you read, 1 Kings 16. 25, 26, 27,28. He built Samaria to bea Royal City, and Seat of Religion, brought in by Feroboam : Thus he both ſtrengthned, and put more Credit upon the Idolatrous Worſhip which was ſet up by Omri; in a Royal City ; whereas by Feroboam *twas ſet up in Places of meaner account. « Diligently, very much, b Sum'd up, in eftabliſhing Feroboam's Idolatry, introdu- cing, the idolatrous Worſhip of Baal, 1 K?ngs 16. 31, 32, 33- cutting off the Prophets of the Lord, 1 Kings 18. 4. and 19. 10, 14. anda- boliſhing the true Worſhip of God z beſides the barbarous contriving the Death of the Innocent, and ſeizing the Eftate, 1 X7ngs 21.8,9, &C. | c Of the Houſe of J/rael, though under the Government of Families, which had no great Reaſon to value the Houle of Abab; yet you have done their Works of Idolatry and Oppreſſion; and you allo of the Houſe of Fudzh have degenerated, and done like their Works. d Li-
tetally fulfilled in Fehoraw's Reign, Atts and Counſels, 2 K7ngs 817,18, and in AbaziaÞ*s,who was Son of Fehoram,and Grandſon of Fehoſhaphat, 2Kings $. 27. and ſo did Feb, and his Succeſſors, all perſift in the wlatry of the Calf-worſhip,and in Oppreſſion of the Poor : Thus in- fead of walking humbly with God, they did openly depart from
lim, contrary to what God required of them. e Eventually this was
the end, or in neceſſary Tendency it could not end otherwile, tho'
hey did not intend this, nor did God will them to do ſo,that it might
end, f An utter Waſte, ſuch as ſhould aſtoniſh thoſe that ſaw it.
£ Of the City or Land. h In token of Abhorrence and Derition,
Deut, 28. 37. Fer. 25.9, 18, and 29, 18. 7 The Reproach threatned' In the Law, if my-People forſaize me z or Feruſalem ſhall be as much
eproach'd as Samaria, Or as Exh. 36. 20.
CHAP. VII.
Ihe Church' complaineth of her ſmall number, the corruption of great and ſmall;, exhorteth ro truſt in God, not in man : triumpheth over her ene- mies; God comforteth her with mercies, as the confuſion of her enemies, pardoning ker ſins ; all which ſhe admires ; and waiteth by faith for the coming of Chriſt, 1-— 20.
Oisne a,for I bb am as-| when they have gather-
ed the ſummer-fruits b, as the grape-gleanings f the Vintage c : there 5s no cluſter to eat d + my ſoul deſir- ( © the firſt-ripe fruit f.
4 All are agreed in the Scope and Meaning of theſe words, that they C deſigned a Complaint for the great Scarcity of Men that feared 09, (id Juſtice, and loved Mercy ; aud ſo the Prophet begins with a athetical Complaint, 1/0 is me ! Ordinarily this Phraſe is Minatory, t here 'tis Lamentation z as every Eye may ſee, who diſcerns the [0priety of the Zeb. bb Either the Prophet in his own Perſon, or & in the Perſon of the good Man, or by a uſual Figure, the Land ay be brought in, complaining, that whereas *twas once well fto- d, now it hath few right good in it. 5 All the fair, goodly, and
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