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cause_n	adultery_n	commit_v	wife_n	2,548	5	8.1753	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85668	An exposition continued upon the XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, and XXIX, chapters of the prophet Ezekiel, vvith many useful observations thereupon. Delivered at several lectures in London, by William Greenhill.	Greenhill, William, 1591-1671.	1658 (1658)	Wing G1856; Thomason E954_1; ESTC R207608	447,507	627

any more I will cease from using means to purge thee my Prophets shall labour no more in vain about thee they have spent their lungs and strength to reclaim thee but they shall not do it again they shall neither reprove threaten counsel or invite thee any more to turn but thou shalt bee left as desperate and incurable Hebrew is Thou shalt not purge thy self from thy Filthinesse any more if thou wouldest now go about it it will bee in vain it s too late I am resolved upon thy destruction Till I have made my fury to rest upon thee Anger indignation wrath fury is ira nunquam quiescens donec sumatur vindicta There is now no purging but destruction I shall spend all my judgements upon thee consume thee and thine and so my fury shall rest upon thee these words we had before ch 5.13.21.17 Donec doth not imply a purging afterwards Psalm 110.1 Rom. 8.22 Mat. 5.26 until thou hast payed the uttermost c. Obs 1 Obstinacy in sinne provokes God to the destruction of sinners Her scum shall be in the fire Jerusalem shall bee burnt and why in thy filthiness is lewdnesse thou a●t obstinate hardened in thy wickednesse all sinne offends some sinnes provoke to judgements obstinacy provokes to destruction Jerem. 44.15 16 17. in those verses you have the obstinacy of the Jews in Egypt they and others of them had been so obstinate in the land of Judea that God could bear them no longer but laid the Land desolate and made it a curse v. 22. and see how the Lord threatens them v. 27. I will watch over them for evil and not for good and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall bee consumed by the sword and by the famine untill there bee an end of them and not onely would hee destroy them but Egypt likewise where they were vers 30. even that should fare the worse for their being in it Obstinacy in sinne is worse than the sinne it self many sinnes are committed renitente voluntate against mans will and purpose but obstinacy in sinne is pleno consensu voluntatis it hath the willfully in it and therefore must needs exasperate the Lord Nehem. 3.30 many years didst thou forbear them and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy Prophets yet would they not give ear therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands this stubbornnesse of theirs made the Lord cast them off and put them into the hands of Heathens Zachary tells you that for this sin came a great wrath from the Lord of Hosts upon them ch 7.12 not only wrath which is destructive in it self but great wrath and that not only from the Lord but from the Lord of hosts as if the Lord mustered up all his forces to come against obstinate and rebellious sinners and poure out great wrath and vengeance upon them Certainly obstinate sinners are those the Lord will accomplish his wrath upon 1 Thess 2.16 the wrath of God came upon the Jews to the uttermost even to perfection Obs 2 In Scripture Language that is said to bee done which God or men indeavour to do though it bee not done I have purged thee God using means and indeavouring by his Prophets Mercies Threats and judgements to purge Jerusalem from her sinne is called purging though Jerusalem were not purged Psalm 69.5 They that destroy mee Qui exscindunt me are mighty Davids enemies who sought to destroy him are said to do it Rom. 2.4 The goodnesse of God leadeth thee to repentance that is its agency and tendency is that way Deut. 26.5 A Syrian ready to perish Jacob increased and prospered when hee was with Laban but because Laban did that which tended to his perishing hee changed his wages hee pursued him returning home therefore hee is said to bee in a perishing condition 1 Cor. 10.33 I please all men in all things In the fourth chapter hee tells you hee was reviled persecuted defamed made as the filth of the world and the off-scouring of all things how then did hee please all men in all things he is said to do it in that hee indeavoured to do it seeking their good their salvation Matt. 5.32 whosoever shall put away his wife saving for the cause of Fornication causeth her to commit adultery that is this action of putting her away exposes her to that sinne whether shee fall into it or no because therefore the mans act in putting away his wife is likely to produce such an effect hee is said to do it to cause her to commit adultery Gal. 5.4 Christ is become of no effect unto you whosoever of you are justified by the Law they sought to bee justified by the Law and thereupon are said to bee so not that the Law justified any or any could bee justified by it This should teach us how to understand the like scriptures Things may be said to bee done when onely there hath been means used conducing thereunto Obs 3 A people may have the means and not improve the same for their good Jerusalem had Prophets Ordinances Sabbaths Sacrifices Mercies Judgements by which God would have purged her and shee was not purged shee did not purge her self shee improved not the same for her good shee did not hearken to the Prophets humble her self for her sins fear the Lord and his threatnings observe his Sabbaths worship him onely and execute justice God called upon her oft to purge her self Jerem. 4.14 O Jerusalem wash thine heart from wickednesse that thou mayest bee saved how long shall thy vain thoughts lodge with in thee I have given thee water to wash thine heart from all thy vain base destructive thoughts why doest thou not use it chap. 13.27 O Jerusalem wilt thou not bee made clean when shall it once bee my Prophets would cleanse thee if thou wouldest receive them and my word by them mine Ordinances would sanctify thee if thou didst use them according to mine institution of them my mercies and judgements would cause thee to cleanse thy self if thou didst well weigh them But thou hast means and dost not improve them It s not the having of means but the right use of means will do good Jerusalem thought her self clean not needing to bee purged Jer. 2.23 how canst thou say I am not polluted Jerusalem that was more guilty than Sodome or Samaria justified her self and so neglected purging yea rejected the word of the Lord which should have purged her Jer. 8.9 shee gave ear to false Prophets and Priests Jerem. 23.14 who strengthened her in her wickedness and defamed the true Prophets chap. 18.18 shee prophaned the means Ezek. 22.26 shee idolized the means and rested in the act done Jerem. 7.4 9 10. chap. 8.8 shee went on still in her own waies whatever God or man said unto her Jer. 7.28 This is a Nation that obeyeth not the voice of the Lord their God nor receiveth correction God had spoken to Jerusalem and