A commentary upon the prophet Ezekiel . he City, $. that is, to pronouncethe Sentence of Deftru&ion upon it. And the Prieftis faid to make the Leper unclean, Levit. xiii. is, to -pronounce him unclean, as our Tranfla-tion rightly exprefles the 20 ^er 2°* Wherewith ye hunt the Souls to makeL * them fly.] To make them run into thofe Nets andSnares that you have laid for them: See Ver. Metaphor is continued from the manner ofhunting and purfuing living Creatures, by thatmeans to drive them into th&rToils prepared forthem. Ibid. upon EZEKIEL. 93 Ibid. I will tea
A commentary upon the prophet Ezekiel . he City, $. that is, to pronouncethe Sentence of Deftru&ion upon it. And the Prieftis faid to make the Leper unclean, Levit. xiii. is, to -pronounce him unclean, as our Tranfla-tion rightly exprefles the 20 ^er 2°* Wherewith ye hunt the Souls to makeL * them fly.] To make them run into thofe Nets andSnares that you have laid for them: See Ver. Metaphor is continued from the manner ofhunting and purfuing living Creatures, by thatmeans to drive them into th&rToils prepared forthem. Ibid. upon EZEKIEL. 93 Ibid. I will tear them from pur oArms.] I will Chaptermake your Cheats and Impoftures appear fo evi- , that no body fhall be in danger of being L/VNJfeduced by you any more. See Ver. 2$. Ver. 22. KBecauJe with Lies ye have made theVev. 22»Heart of the Righteous fad, &c] As you have de-luded the Wicked with vain Hopes (See Ver. 10.)fo you have difheartned the Righteous withgroundlefs Fears: Ver. 19. and compare Chapterxxii. CHAP. 94- A Commentary ChapterXIV. Ver. $. CHAR XIV. The Argument. Xfo Trophet denounces Gods Judgments againftthofe Hypocrites who pretended to be his Wor-ffjippers, and at the fame time fccretly practicedIdolatry. He afterward Jets forth Gods Mercytoward the Jews in [paring a few of that finfulNation, and thofe no better than the reft thatwere de/troyed, when he might in Juftice haveinvolved all of them in one common cJ)eftruclion. Ver. 1. ^iiiSSiSSS^^ came certain of the El-ders ofIfraelyhc~] See Chap,viii. j. Thefe Men have fetup their Idols in their heartySS&SSSSi and put the Stumbling-blockcf their Iniquity before their Face.] They are notonly Idolaters in their Heart, but they have actu-ally fet up Idols and worfhipped them : and there-by have fallen into that great Sin of Deferting meand my Worfhip. See Chap. vii. 19. Ibid. Should I be enquired of at all by them ?3ThO tiley have the Impudence to come to ask Counfel
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