A commentary upon the prophet Ezekiel . ^F^^ CHAR XXXIV. The Argument. G0J reproves the III Conduct of the G over now sof the Jewi/I) Nation loth Civil and Ecclefi-aftical: oAnd promifes a General Rejlorati-on of his People, and their Happy Conditionunder the Government of the Messias their Ver. 2. s m,Rophefj> againft the 1 herds of Jpael.] TheWord Shepherd in the Pro-phetical Writings com-prehends both Civil andEcclefiaftical Governours. See the Notes upon Ifa. lvi. 11. Jerem. ii. 8. xxiii. 1. Princes being called Shepherds of their Peopie as well as thole who have the immedi-
A commentary upon the prophet Ezekiel . ^F^^ CHAR XXXIV. The Argument. G0J reproves the III Conduct of the G over now sof the Jewi/I) Nation loth Civil and Ecclefi-aftical: oAnd promifes a General Rejlorati-on of his People, and their Happy Conditionunder the Government of the Messias their Ver. 2. s m,Rophefj> againft the 1 herds of Jpael.] TheWord Shepherd in the Pro-phetical Writings com-prehends both Civil andEcclefiaftical Governours. See the Notes upon Ifa. lvi. 11. Jerem. ii. 8. xxiii. 1. Princes being called Shepherds of their Peopie as well as thole who have the immedi-. 278 ^Commentary Chapter immediate Care of their Souls, See Tfal lxxviii. XXXtV. 71,72. To the fame Senfe Homer calls oAga- l^VNJ memnon, Tioltuva **&>>, the Shepherd of the Peo-ple. And as the Threatnings here denouncedextend to all forts of Governors, fo the feveralSins of the Princes, Priefts and Prophets are re-proved Chap. xxii. 2$, &c. Compare likewifeChap. xlv. 8, 9. Ibid. Wo to the Shepherds ofIfrael that feedthem/elves.] That regard their own Profit andAdvantage, not the Good of the People com-mitted to their Charge. Tlato in the firft Bookof his Commonwealth, defcribing the Office of aMagiftrate, faith, He fhould look upon him- felf as fuftaining the Office of a Shepherd, that makes it his chief Bufmefs to take Care of his Flock; not as if he were going to a Feaft to fill himfelf and fatiate his Appetite, or to a Market to make what Gain he can to himfelf. Eufebm in his 1 ith Book De Tra-faratione Evangelica, Chap. 44. hath tranfcri-bed the whole Paffage, as an
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