k O. Prieſts, principally and firft, the People next by their Exam. ples. /-Uſed it as a commen thing,and valued it at a ttrange Under. value, as it neither excellent or uſetul. m By your Deporrment yoy ſay ſo perhaps, you do not ſay ſo in Words, this were too impudent indeed, n Nota ſacred thing, or to he reverd. 0 Either the Meat which fell to the Pricſts ſhare, and was for them ro live upon ; this rhey deſpiſed : or elite the Vortion which d1d belong to God himſelf, and was laid upon the Altarz they were neither pleaſed with that the Lord did reſerve to himſelf, nor with that he gave to them, bur the found fault with both. p A poor fordid Allowance, ſcarce fit for ineaner Perſons, and lets Service.
13 Ye laid allo p, Behold, what a wearinels 9 7s it 2 | and ye have fſnuited 7 ar it, fairh the LUKD of hots, g; w., and ye brought s zhar which was || torn, and the lame, s ju and the fick: thus ye brought an ottering 7 : 1thoujd | ls: accept this of your hands ? faith the LOxXD z. _
Þ To thoſe fins before-mentioned, the Prieſt chietly, and the Peo- 10r'p bn
Service. q What a toil and drudgery 1s it to ubſerve eycry Point of the Law about ordering our ſelves, and tie Sacrifices? r In token of Diſcontent, and that you thought it was all needleſs Labuur, would not examine your Sacrifices as you ſhould, s For want of Value for the Ordinance, and Patience in examining whether the Sacrifice were perfe& and according to Law, you riefts accepted and offered the torn and blind, gc. which are expreſl+ fort1dden to be made Sacri- hices, vid. ver. 8. let. v. t With ſuch Minds ſ:uffing at my Set- vices, and with ſuch Sacrifices, urfic tor mine Altar, have they wea- ried themſelves ſomewhat, but their God more; ſhould he receiye this at their Hands? « 2.e- 'Tis not at all fit to be accepted, nor will our God receive it.
4 Bur curtcd x be the * deceiver y, || which hath in* his tiock a male 5, and voweth 2 and ſacriticeth þ ung! i
the LOR D a corrupt thinge : tor * [ a a greatking C3" luith the LOKD of hots, and my Name zs dreadtul +p;y among the heathen e,
x Now comes a Thunder-clap from Heaven agaiſt Sinners who
were before reproved, curſed be, &c. y The Hypocrite that doth deceive Man, and would deceive God 3 the falſe Heart thar intends one tning, and pretends another, would ſeem to offer a Sacritice of the Left, bur puts God off with rhe worſt. + A Perte& Male, ſuch; God requireth and accepteth. a In Vows God requireth very pertett and unblemiſh'd Offering, Lev. 22. 18, 19. but here are Juzlers tht vow corrupt things, when they hayc what is perfett, and ihvuld voy that. b Solemnly facrificcth the worſt, wholly uofit for acceptance, c Any thinz, but the <ſt we have, is this crrupt thing ;/ for the beſt we have 1s juſtly commanded, and that only is acceptable to the Lord, d Very full of Majeſty, and therefore will by no nieans be lighted. e Heathens reverence this Name, and will do ſo when converted, and you Jews ought not to undervalue it,
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God reproveth the priefls for -negleting and corrupting the covenant, I 10, and the people for profaning God's holineſs by their idila- try, adultery, and charging bim with .a delight in that which is ei, I _—_— I7.
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| you þ. | a Either this which he had already minded them of, about the &- crifices, what ought to be offered, and what refuſed, if the People brought defettive Sheep or Oxen, they who were Priefts, ought not to have admitted ; they ought not to have offered them upon God's Altar : or this Commandment he now brii:gs from God to them, and which is contained in this Chapter. 6 By eſpecial DireRion tis ſent to you, and look ro it that you obey it. T7 2 * It c ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it IN heart d, to give glory unto n:y Name e, ſaith the LORD pe. of hoſts, I will even ſend a curſe f upon you g, and [15 will curſe your bleflings þ ; vea, I have curſed them al- ready 7, becauſe ye do nor lay 77 to heart #.
c This zf, to the Prophet was dubious, but to God who ſent the Prophet, 'twas not doubtful, but *cwas tor Monition to the Pricfts and Jews, and- implied a Condition of Mercy if they would yet hear, but an inevitable Curfe if they did nor hear. d If you do not confider what you hedr, to do the Good, to forbear the Evil, e By a due and holy manner of ſacrificing and offering Incenſe: in negle& 9! which you have greatly ſinned and diſhonoured me, and polluted my Name and Altar. f It is a comprehenfive Threat, many Miſeries i one Word ; it is a Blaſt on their Good hoped for, and 'tis Poifon 10 the Good poilefſed ; and when 'tis, as here,ſent of God, 'twill ſurely do both, 'twill be a Blaſt on Hopes, twill be Poiſon in what is polſefſed and ſhould be enjoyed. g 811, both Prieits and People, but <Ipc: cially on the Prieſts, h All the good, ſweet, necefſary Supports 0 Life, and Comtortsof your ſelves and yours. # You have ſo ics
polluted my Name, and would not refurm, that I have already ie
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we” - 3 out the Curſe, and 'tis in part upon you, though you are not ſenſible of it, nor will feel itz and this is forerunnex of greater Curſes yet coming unleſs you repent. k The Sin was great in that you po luted my Name, but 1t becomes much greater when you add Impe- nirence to it, and harden your ſelyes, and will not lay it to Heart; therefore the Curſe js gone out with Commiſſion from God to ſeize
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——» dung upon your faces 7, even the dung of your ſolemn +Heb, Feaſts o, and || one ſhall take you away with it p.
ſcatter. / Note it well and conſider. m Take away the prolifick Virtue jor, it and Strength of it, that it ſhall bring forth none or little Fruir; your ſhall rake Seed you make plentiful, but you cannot make your Harveſt ſo, nor zou away gigt 1, till you give me the Glory contend tor, and will have c're #0 tt | have done; Iwillrebuke or check your Seed, which will ſurceaſe