þ This calls for cur Attention. q The God of j;r.ze whom thou hait deſpiſed and Laſphemed. r Afſirian Kingdom and Nineveh, s Whoie Cummand a!l muſt obey. # Ninevth. a In wrath or ſud- devly; or what if when the City firſt plundred, then burnt, theſe Chariots were burnt in that ſmoke? x» of the conquering Enemy. Y Young Princes that either arc found in Arms, or eife arc cur off in tne places of their Retirements for ſafety, + Cauſe thce to ceafc from maiung a Prey any more, of Ceftroy all thou haft portca by thy Prev. a Either Einbaſſadors ſent forth, or Tribute: gatherer:, or Muſter-maſters to liſt Souldicrs, or Heralds to proclaim Edie-., 4 None fall concern themſelves with one or oft: of them 3 now ovey or fear thee,
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The miſerable yuine of Nineveh and Aſſyria like that of N1, and d(Iry 4 for the ſame ſin, 1 - 8. The:r jtrength and great power thall avail mthinz. 9 —— 19.
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a f comprevenſive rthrcat of many and great Calamities coming. b Nineveh, the chief City ot the Aſſyrian Ringdom, Vid. chap. 1. vor. r.ler. b, c Every part, Oificers and Rulers; Traders, both Buycrs and Sellers z Shops, Houſes, Judicarories, all fill'd with Falſhood* and yes. de Cheating in their Trades, and falſe Witneſſes before rhe Judges. e Their Gain, though rhey count Honeſt, is no better in God's Account than Robbery or Rapine, as 1s that the Lion taketh, reareth and devourcth, as the word Heb. unplies. f Urjuſt acquiſts by Fraud and Force, Extortions and violent taking away what was not tncirs. g As they did fo long itnce, they continue fill fo ro do, no change from Tvjuſtice to Juſtice. |
2 The noiſe of 4 whip Þ, and the noiſe of the rat- ling of rhe wheels z, and of the pranking horics &, and of rhe jumping / chariots.
The French »eads this Verſe with a Negative Diftributive, and fo links this and the next Verſe with the former Negative, ver. 1. thas, the Prey departeth not, nor the Noiſe of the hip, cor, 7Fc. inti- mating the I-ng continuance of rhe Chaldeans infulting over the Ni- nevites. h With which the Charioteer rouzed and animated the Horſes which drew the warlike Chariots, 7 By the fwift motion of
the Horſes. bþ In the Chariots proudly and ſtately trampling. ! Made to jump by the ſwitneſs aud ſtrength of the Horſes which drew them,
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m The Chaldean and Meds, or their Confederates in the War. n Hath his Sword noc only drawn, but in a Poſture ever ready to {mife, wound or kiil. o Thefe Warriors kept cheir Weapors :n tuch manner, thar they wcre fic both to cut and kill, and alſo to dazle the Eye, and affrighe. p Ila Nineveh and the Streets of 't. q By the >word of the prevailing Befjegers. ry The {lain lay in the Streets unburied, Fs None knew the Numbers of the flain., t Both Inva- ders and invaded, all within the Ciry. # Are ready to fall at them, nor ale to avoid them.
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that Jelleth þ nations c through her whoredoms &, and woe I T4 Sal erm boa tamilics.e through her WitCucratts.
x God 1s juſt, Nineveh hath deferved all this. y Her Crafts 2nd her Policies. z In which the reſembled thofe lewd Women,as they by their Wiles abute and deceive Men, fo did Nineveh or the Aſſyrian Kingdom deccrive,1mpoveriſh and entlave Nations by State policies, fo Ja. 23c 17. and Rev. 17. 2. or elſe by Whoredoms here may be meant Ido- latries, which were multiplied by the many People-that ſerved the Aj{y;1an Idols, or by their multiplying of Idols, which probably they
did by taking inro the Muſter-roil ot their Gods thoſe Idols whict the conquered Nations worſhipp'd 3 or Whoredoms liceraily under» ſtood, for this Sin undoubtedly did abound where Wealth. Luxury, Fate, and long continuance of theſe were to be tound. 2 The glory of their State aud Government, or the ſplendor of their idols, Tem- ples and Sacrifices, or the Comelineſs and Beauty of the lewd and whoriſh Women among them, a Bewitchins Pclicies, and enchant- ing Counſc!s, Confederacies and promiſed Favours z or it may be j:* tcraily raken for Witckcraits or Necromancies, which Sin aboanded no doubt among the Aſ]j,7ans. .b Diſpoſeth of them as impericuſty and abfolutcly, as Men do Slaves which thev buy ; or eife drawing thein into the Wars tor pay,expoſed them to laughter uy the Ere- mics Sword, as if they i:ad tought there Ferfvis to felt rievw Lives, rhat thereby their own Coutry-men and Citizens mgnt be ſpared and cſcape. Or f<llerh, 7. 2. occaftoncti them to-avound 1n f19, tor which God in his juft Judgment telleth them into the Enemies Hard, c Whole Ringdons. & See let. y, e Either tis anelegant liuftra- tion of the turmer Paſſage, or perhaps ir may intimate tne feduciug
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hereditary and perpetual Service to the Ajyrian Idols, or to Witch- crafts, in which the Devil jmitated God's Inſtitution, 10 taking a Fa- mily to his Service, ſo the chict Families had the Authority of ruling, and the Burden of an Idolatrous Prieſthood, Gr. Tholoſan. de Rep. lib. 4. SeF. g. and lib. 8.c. 2. Sc&. 6, and 8» :
5 Bchold f, I am againſt thee, faith the LOR D ot hoſts, and * I will diſcover g thy Skirts upon thy face. and 1 will ſhew the nations þ thy nakednels z, and the kingdoms thy thame. :