A commentary upon the prophet Ezekiel . ChapterXVI. CHAP. XVL The Argument. God fets forth his Free Love toward the Churchand Nation of the Jews, represented here by Je-rufalem, under the Emblem of a T erf on thatfljould take up an expofed Infant, breed her up,and afterward Marry her. He then upbraidstheir monflrow Ingratitude in departing from hisWorflrip, and being polluted with Heathemjh Ido-latries : which the Trophet illujtrates by theKefemblance of a Lewd Woman that proves Falfeto a KJnd and Indulgent Husband. For whichGod threatens to deal with her as abufed Hus-bands ufe to deal with W
A commentary upon the prophet Ezekiel . ChapterXVI. CHAP. XVL The Argument. God fets forth his Free Love toward the Churchand Nation of the Jews, represented here by Je-rufalem, under the Emblem of a T erf on thatfljould take up an expofed Infant, breed her up,and afterward Marry her. He then upbraidstheir monflrow Ingratitude in departing from hisWorflrip, and being polluted with Heathemjh Ido-latries : which the Trophet illujtrates by theKefemblance of a Lewd Woman that proves Falfeto a KJnd and Indulgent Husband. For whichGod threatens to deal with her as abufed Hus-bands ufe to deal with Wives convicted of eAaul-tery. Notwithftanding all thefe Provocations,he promifes in the End to (J)ew them Mercy. TheMetaphor of defcribing Idolatry as Spiritual eA-dultery, often madeufe of in the Trophets, ishere and in the xxiii. Chapter purfued withgreat Force, and in a lively way of Reprejenta-tiom Both Chapters being a Remarkable In-flame. upon EZEKIEL. iog fiance of that Vehemence of Exprejfion, which Chapterthe Rhetoricians call by the Name of &/&&<• XVT. Ven 2« ISoS^SI^^^ Jerusalem to know her qA- Ver. ^ This might pro-bably be dene by way of Let-ter, as Jeremiah fignified themm ^Yj|] 0f God to the Captives^tBabylon, i. God particularly up-braids Jerufalem for her Iniquities, becaufe it wasthe Place he had chofen for his peculiar Refidence,and yet the Inhabitants had defiled that very Place,,nay, and the Temple itfelfwith Idolatry: the Sinparticularly denoted by the Word ^Abomination*See Chap. viii. 10. xiv. 6. Ver. }. Thy Birth and thy Nativity is of theVev. of Canaan.] As your Fathers fojourned inthe Land of Canaan, before they came to haveany Right or Property in it, fo you their Pofterityhave all along refembled the Manners of Ca?iaan,more than thofe of aham, Ijaac, and Jacobyour Ancefrors. Ibid. Thy Father was an Hitiite, and thy Mo-ther an iAmovite.] Thofe
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