f See chap. 2. ver. 13. let. , q, 7,5 g Nineveh as an Harlot lad been proud, and appeared beautiful and gay in the Gifts of her Lo- vcrs3 but now God will deal with her according to her ways, ( and as Men provoked uſe to do with Harlots) ſtrip her naked, and eX- poſe her to the greateſt Infamity; or deal with thee as ;inhumane Sol- diers do deal with Captive Women: Vid. Annot. 10 Ezek. 16. 37- þ Which once did reverence thy Greatneſs, ſhall now abhor thy. Na- kednefs which they behold. 7 Thy Vileneſs and thy Shame, as 1n the next words.
6 And I will caſt + abominable filth / upon thee, 3nd make thee vile 7, and will ſet thee 7 as a gazing: {tock 0. : 4 ;
- By the Chaldran and Mediſh Army which God will ſtir up againſt the Arian Monarchy, | As is done to lewd Women. m Nineveh had made her fclf morally evil and vile by fianing ; now ſhe ſhall be made penally vile. n O Nincveh. 0 At which rhey ſhall wonder and be attoniſhed, ſome ſhall take warning too 3 ſo Sennachertb's Tomb was a ftanding Monument to put Men in mind that God 1s to be tearcd, and that Men looking on it may rcfle& on their Inſolence and decline it. So Senmackeriy's Tomb-1tone with his Statue : Of which chap. 1. 27, 14.
7 And it ſhall come to paſs p, zhat all they that look upon 4 thee, {hall flee » from thee, and fay s, Nineveh is laid waſte 7, who will bemoan z her ? whence-x ſhall i ſeek comforters for thee ?
p It will moſt certainly be. 4 So ſoon as ever thou art ſeen and ditcovered, O Nineveh, in thy Vileneſs. 7 With hatred, loathing and abhorrence for her former Pride and Wickedneſs, and for her preſent Miſerics. s With Wonder, Scorn, Rejoycing and ſpreading the News. # Taken, ſack'd, emptied of Inhabitants, yea utrer:y ſub- verted, that ir may be no more a Rival with Babylon ; tis certain
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that 'tis not nov where it once ſtood. # Whoſe Bowels will be moved for her that had no Bowels for any one, who will move Font or Hand roward her Relici ? x From what Place ? She hath wronged all her Neighbours, and ruin'd ſome of them; from amidft theſe ſurely not one mav be ferch'd to ſpeak comfortably to her; theſe do with reaſon upbraid her former Cruelty and- Pride, and rejoyce in her preſent Calamirv and Ruine, and Strangers will not be con- ccrn'd for her. , $ * Art thou y better £ than || + * populous No, that was firuate among the rivers a, that had the waters round þ about ir, whoſe rampart c was the ſea d, and her val! ws trom the fea c £ y O Nirneveh. 2 Tis generally ſuppoſed, that this was what we now call Alexandria, a City full of People, and as full of Luxury and Un- clearneſs, the Sins whereof had brought it to Ruine, though the Hi- Rory of it do nor ſpecifie Time, Perfon or Means, Wc. Art thou greater, fironger and wiſer, more able to rcfiſt an Enemy and pre- ferycthy ſclt? Yet all her Power was broken, her Riches ſpoiled, and her Glory buried in Ruines. This known in thoſe Days, was a fit Example to be ſer before the Ninevites 3 and though ſome conjefture the Prophet forete!s what ſhould befal populous No, to awaken the N7- pevites.,yerit ſeems incredible that the Prophet ſhould take an Inſtance 2 terrific ſecure Ninevites trom ſomewhat to come to pals 1n after Ages. @ Ina Flace where the ſeven Streams of Nilus very fairly might be acccunted ſo many Rivers, and near to one of theſe Streams roward the Sea was this mighty and rich City ſeated. b Though at tome diſtance, vet at noegreat diſtance. c Or defence of its Walls on one fide. d That part of the Midland-Sza which was Mare Egyptia- c:-51, and was Nerthward from the City. e. A mighty ſtrong Wall baile trom the Sea on the parts Landward, where need was. 9 Ethiopia f and Egypt g were her 1ttrength Þ, and 77 ras infinite 7; Put & and Lubim / were F thy hel-
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f Tis not very probatle that this Frbiopra fhould be that remote Country thaz lay South of Ezypr, though in Truth 'tis poſſible, and while Ez1pt was in Friendſhip with No-Amon or Alexandria, the Aids might in length of time come from Ethioptz or Habaſſia : But there was 4 Cut, an Ethinpia in Arabia, near to E-ypt and Alexandyia,whoſe Feople were likeſt to undertake the affiſtance of Alexandria their Neighbour. See 2 Chron. 14+ 9. Ezek. 30.4, 5. Hab. 3.7. g This Noor Alexandria, was either a City ſubject to, and was part of Eeypr, or 1f ( as ſome conjeRure ) 'rwas a tree City, 'twas in League with Ezypt. h Furniſhing Souldiers and warlike Afiſtance on all Occafions to Alexandria, which relied on theſe Confederates. 7 They never made an end of their Confederacics and warlike Proviſions, It js re- ported that when Amaſis reigned, Egypt reckoned twenty thouſand Cities; and «hen ZerahKing of Ethopia came againſt Aſa,it was with an Army of ten hundred thouſand Men, and three hundred (thou- ſavd ) Chariots; theſe were the Affociates of Alexandria. bh Or Phu- teans or the Modrs, who liealong weſtward of Alexandria. 1 The People that inhabited the Parts of Africa, and rhought to be that which is now ca'led Cyrene. Vid. Ezzh 32 m O Alexandria.
10 Yet ſhe was carried away 7, ſhe weng into capti- vity 0: her young children p allo were daſhed in pieces g at the top of all the ftreers: and they caſt lots » for her honourable men s; and all her great men 7 were bound in chains z. |
n Its probable this might be about thirty Years before; for about 3207, as CalT:/i75,, or 3277, as Arch-Eiſhop Uſher, Sabactn Ring of
and flouriſheth. o This ingemination confirms rhe certainty of the thing, and intends to affe& the Ninevites the more. p Their innocent Age was no fateguard to them. q Firſt barbaroufly murdered, ans then trod under foot in the Streets, as was uſual with thoſe cew-! bloody Souldiers, 2 Kings 8. 12.Pſal. 137. 9. Iſa. 13, 16. r Either to put a Scorn upon them, or eiſe to prevent any Conteſt alays them, being taken among many others together, and none could fu; this is my Priſoner. s Citizens of note, or ſome Officers 'or G4. vernours. # Great in Place, Strength, Valour, Wiſdom, and fo ijke- ly to do the Conquerour a Difplcature, ſhould they not be ſecured. u Of Iron or manacled, uſed as worſt Slaves.
11 Thou x alſo * ſhalt be drunken y : thou ſhalt be "Pai-;; hid Z ; thou alſo a ſhalt ſeek b ſtrengrh becauſe c of the 145.7,
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