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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

at but when they sinne wilfully despising mee my Laws my worship they reproach blaspheme provoke mee so that they shall hear of it Son of man go and speak to the house of Israel go and tell them how they have dealt with mee and how I take it Such sins did deserve death Num. 15.30 31. The soul that doth ought presumptuously whether he be born in the Land or a stranger the same reproacheth the Lord. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it s the same word is here for Blasphemed and may as well bee rendred so as reproacheth for hee that reproacheth the Lord blasphemes him and hee that blasphemes him reproacheth him they are joyned together 2 King 19.22 and what then That Soul shall bee cut off from among his people because hee hath despised the word of the Lord and hath broken his Commandement that soul shall utterly bee cut off There was no mercy for those sinned in that manner Heb. 10.26 28. many I fear commit such trespasses in these daies by speaking against Providence Ordinances Scriptures Angels Christ God himself and so sin away mercy and their own souls at once David prayed that God would keep him back from presumptuous sinnes Psal 19.13 and wee had need do it for there is that in our natures which carries us on strongly towards them as much as they did him remember what Solomon saith Prov. 28. Happy is the man that feareth alwaies but hee that hardeneth his heart that presumeth that is wilful pertinacious shall fall into mischief into mischievous sinnes into mischievous judgements chap. 13.13 Who so despiseth the word shall bee destroyed but hee that feareth the Commandement shall bee rewarded hee that sleights the word and waies of God destruction is his portion but he that fears to violate the command of God shall bee rewarded 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hee shall have peace safety a man by despising or fearing the word command of God doth neither hurt the one nor advantage the other but hee may hee doth hurt or advantage himself and that greatly 28 Then they saw every high Hill c. In this verse you have the Idolatry they fell into when they came into the Land of Canaan with the degrees thereof First Their Leaving of God and looking unto the Hills Iis locis arboribus quae prae caeteris erant insignes aliquid divinitatis in esse purabant Gentes Ideo ibi idolis sacrificabant Mariana yea every high hill and all the thick trees they gave liberty to their eies to spy out places suitable to their Idolatrous thoughts on hills and places beset with thick trees the Heathens worshipped and their Hearts and eyes were towards such places 2 Their making Altars and sacrificing there they offered there their Sacrifices c. they should not have sacrificed any where but in the place God appointed which was first the Tabernacle afterwards the Temple but they spied out hills groves thickets set up Altars and sacrificed on them those offerings which were peculiar unto God 3 Their Continuance and expencefulnesse therein they offered Sacrifices They poured out there their drink offerings 4 Their Content and delight they took therein there also they made their sweet savour The provocation of their Offering The Hebrew is The indignation and anger of their Corban 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Korban omne donum significat quod ad sacros usus offertur de pecoribus frugibus aliisque rebus Mincha Non tam late patet sed de frugibus terrae tantum in elligitur that is their approaching gift or offering Jun. hath it irritamentum oblationis suae the irritation of their oblation Piscat Oblationes irritantes provoking oblations because by them they did provoke God to anger to judgements There is a figure in these words called Hyppalage which is such a transposing of words as that is said of one which should bee said of the other as here provocation of offerings for Offerings provoking There also they made their sweet savour The Original for sweet savour is Reach nichochehem The Odour of their rests Odores grotos suos their acceptable odours when they had offered these they thought the Lord smelt a sweet savour was well pleased with them and so rested in them which phansied rest was pleasing to them though it lasted not neither had reality in it for their incense or sweet savour was a provocation to God Obs 1 That what the Lord promiseth hee makes good how difficult or impossible soever it seems to man The Lord had promised them Canaan and how should they come to it they were bond-men in Egypt there is a red Sea a vast wildernesse between Egypt and Canaan and beside Canaan had strong men in it sonnes of Anack Cities walled and great several Kings to oppose and keep them out but notwithstanding all these difficulties God having promised to bring them in hee did it when I had brought them into the Land for the which I lifted up my hand to give it to them His hand that was lift up to confirm them it should be done was let out for the doing thereof that hand could take away all doubts could also take away all difficulties There is nothing too hard for the Lord hee will work and who shall who can let it Isa 43.13 As hee is gracious to Promise so faithfull and able to perform and doth in due time make good whatever hee hath promised though it seem impossible hee said a Virgin should bring forth Isa 7.14 and was it not made good Mat. 1.18 that Abraham who was aged should have a Childe and his seed bee as the starres of Heaven and were not both made good Gen. 21.2 Exod. 12.37 Numb 11.21 not one word fail'd of all that God promised Moses 1 King 8.56 this should make us beleeve the promises of God what ever flesh and bloud objects Obs 2 Mens habitations are given and assigned unto them of the Lord I brought them into the Land I gave it them If men bee removed from place to place seated here or there the hand of the Lord is in it if they have commodious pleasant gainful habitations if they dwell safely under vines and fig-trees as it is 1 King 4.25 it s the Lords doing his providence disposed it so and wee should be thankful in and for our habitations and minde the heavenly Canaan and those mansions mentioned Joh. 14.2 prepared for those do beleeve and glorify God out of which when once we are possessed of them wee shall never bee removed Obs 3 Circumstances of time and place do aggravate mens sinnes and make them hainous When I had brought them into the Land then they saw every high hill there they offered sacrifices there they presented the provocation of their offerings there they made their sweet savour there they poured out their drink offerings here bee four theres every one aggravating and accenting their sinnes This was ingratitude with a witnesse that the Lord should

law was given of which the next verse speaks Into the wilderness God did bring them to try them to humble them and do them good at their latter end Deut. 8.16 Obs 1 That God for the honour of his name shews mercy after mercy to his people deserving no mercy yea deserving destruction In the former verse to prevent the dishonour of his name hee spared them made himself known to them and here hee goes on adding mercy to mercy wherefore I caused them to go forth Obs 2 No length of time no depth of misery no power or policy of adversaries whatsoever can hinder God from delivering his people when his time is come The Jews had been long in Egypt suffered very hard things for the space of one hundred and sixteen years or one hundred twenty one from the time of Josephs death till their departure out of Egypt that house of bondage which was thereabout they were under heavy pressures and great tyranny Pharaoh that great Dragon used all his cunning and power to keep them longer in that condition but notwithstanding all these the Lord caused them to go forth his time was come The like did God for this People when they had been in Babylon seventy years were as dry bones and out of hope Ezek. 37.11 hee opened their graves and caused them to come up out of them and come to the land of Israel vers 12. There is no thing too hard for the Lord to do hee can and will remove all obstructions break through all difficulties and shake the foundations of heaven earth and hell to bring to pass his good pleasure in the time thereof The state of the Jews in Egypt represents mens condition under sin and Satan that in Babylon the condition of Gods Servants under Antichrist Now let men bee never so long in bondage to either or both of them suffer never such hard things let Satan that red Dragon and Antichrist that man of sin improve all their craft skill and power to hold men in darknesse and waies of false worship yet when the Lords day is come hee will cause them to come out of Egyptian bondage and Babylonian darknesse hee will fetch them off from all sinfull practises all invented waies of worship and bring them into his marvellous and glorious light Obs 3 When God doth shew his people special mercy in freeing them from old and special miseries hee doth not wholly exempt them from new miseries though hee caused them to go forth of Egypt yet hee brought them into a Wilderness where they met with hunger thirst danger and death they were freed from Egyptian miseries not from wilderness miseries They thought if once they were freed from their making brick gathering straw and rigid Task-masters they should bee happy but they met with new-hardships new-miseries they did ride upon the back of mercy out of old miseries into new out of an house of bondage into a wildernesse an howling wildernesse a wildernesse that made them howle many a time It s Gods method oft to mingle water with our wine miseries with our mercies crosses with our comforts to lead us out of great streights in much mercy and to lead us into others for tryal David was delivered oft out of streights but shortly after hee was freed from one he was brought into another and that by the same hand which made him say thou hast shewed mee great and soar troubles Psal 71.20 sometimes hee was on the mount of mercies and sometimes in the valley of miseries yea in the valley of the shadow of death take it in a spiritual sense when men are converted do they not meet with hard things are they not brought out of Egypt into a wildernesse where are dangers fiery Serpents Scorpions c. Vers 11 And I gave them my statutes and shewed them my judgements This people being brought out of Egypt and freed from great bondage being in a wildernesse might now phansy a total liberty to themselves and exemption from all obedience to prevent this some fifty daies after their comming out the Lord at Mount Sinai gives them out his Law by which they might be ordered and regulated Of statutes and judgements hath been spoken formerly by them both Morals and Ceremonials are comprehended Shewed them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Hebrew is I made them to know that is I caused them to bee written in the Tables of stone and proclaimed amongst them yea I caused them to bee opened and expounded unto them The Lord made known his mind unto them though not so efficaciously as in these daies Which if a man do he shall live in them In eis or propter ea The doing here is mans keeping observing and obeying these Statutes and judgements and if so hee should not bee punished as transgressors are but live a long and prosperous life and not onely so but an happy and eternal life for if the keeping Gods Statutes and Commands Hebrei de vita eterna intelligunt q.d. qui ad impleverit haec precepta credens in Christum ventutum vivet vi●a aeterna Varabl Hoc modo etiam Chaldaeus paraphrastos id should reach but unto a temporal prosperous life what benefit had the Jews thereby above the Gentiles who by their justice Civility and Moral vertues obtained great prosperity and length of daies The Lord Christ clears it up unto us that by life promised upon keeping the Law is meant eternal life Luke 10.25 saith a Lawyer to Christ Master what shall I do to inherit eternal life Christ saith What is written in the Law how readest thou hee tells him vers 27. what hee found there and Christ upon it tells him vers 28. that if he did so hee should live that is live eternally There was a righteousnesse of the Law which if men came unto the Law conferred life upon them Gal. 3.12 Rom. 10.5 Lev. 18.5 there was life in them life by them and life from them but because no man could attain unto the righteousnesse of the Law through the weaknesse of the flesh Rom. 8.3 Therefore the Law was so farre from conferring eternal life upon man that it excludes him from that life Rom. 3.20 and takes away the life hee hath Rom. 7.10 the Commandement which was ordained to life hee found to bee unto death that which in it self held out life accidentally and eventially proved death unto him Paul seems to deny any power to be in the Law of giving life Gal. 3.21 if there had been a Law given which could have given life verily righteousness should have been by the Law The impotency is not Originally and intrinsecally in the Law for that is perfect and able to give life to a●●● to all that keep it Mat. 19.17 Christ makes the keeping the Commandements the entrance into life the fault is in us not in the Law which is Holy just and good if we could keep the Law it could give us life Obs 1 When God brings

sonnes and their daughters and burn up their houses with fire 48 Thus will I cause lewdnesse to cease out of the land that all women may bee taught not to do after your lewdness 49 And they shall recompense your lewdnesse upon you and yee shall bear the sinnes of your Idols and yee shall know that I am the Lord God In these verses the judgements of God upon those Harlots are further set out and amplified with the events thereof 1 They shall bee punished like adulteresses and murtheresses v. 45. 2 They shall be carried into captivity and spoiled v. 46. 3 They their Sons and daughters shall bee stoned and slain v. 47. and their houses burnt ibid. The Events or effects are 1 Cessation of lewdnesse v. 48. 2 Instruction of other women to take heed of doing the like ibid. 3 Conviction of the equity of Gods dealings v. 49. 45 And the righteous men The Assyrians and Babylonians who destroyed Samaria and Jerusalem are called righteous or just men not that they were so really but comparatively they are stiled so in respect of the Jews they were such Ezek. 5.6 7. chap. 16.27 47. who exceeded the Nations in wickednesse or because they were Gods instruments to execute his just judgements upon them especially for their perfidiousnesse with those Nations They shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses and after the manner of women that shed bloud Adulteresses were punished with death under the Law Lev. 20.10 Deut. 22.22 and the death was stoning John 8.5 7. else Christ would not have commissioned them to have thrown stones at the woman if they had been faultlesse themselves and as these were to dye for their uncleannesse so were those that shed blood Of these words see chap. 16.38 46 I will bring up a company upon them I brought up an Army against Samaria and destroyed it and so I will do with Jerusalem I will bring the Babylonians upon her who shall spoil her by stoning slaughtering burning and removing her into Captivity No enemies can stirre out of their countrey to mischief others till the Lord call and bring them and when hee doth so sad effects follow they lay all waste making Cities heaps and pleasant Lands wildernesses Of this 46. and 47. vers see chap 16.40 41. 48 Then will I cause lewdnesse to cease out of the land When the Lord should have accomplished his judgements upon these Harlots when Aholah and Aholibah should be destroyed then idolatry should cease and be no more in the Land then sacrificing their children to idols and shedding of blood should be no more heard of Gods judgements will silence wickednesse and take away evil from the land That all women may bee taught not to do after your lewdness By Women here understand Cities Provinces Nations which seeing the just judgements of God upon these whorish women Aholah and Aholibah might learn to beware of such sinnes and not to go out from God having once given up themselves to him least they draw such severe and shamefull punishments upon themselves Obs Gods Judgements are teaching things hee brought dreadful judgements upon Aholah and Aholibah that all women might bee taught thereby Gideon by thorns and bryers taught the men of Succoth Judges 8.16 and God by his peircing judgements teaches the Nations hee punisheth one City that others may take warning There is no judgement of God upon any City Nation or people but it speaks and teaches Micah 6.9 hear ye the rod it hath a voice a teaching voice 1 It Teaches all who are guilty of the same sinnes and not visited with the same judgements to admire the long suffering and goodnesse of God towards them 2 It Teaches those presently to consider their waies turn to the Lord by repentance who are guilty of such sins least the Lord being now in a way of judgement should break out also upon them and make them examples of his justice 3 It Teaches others to fear and fly from such practises as bring such destructive judgements When Samaria and Jerusalem shall be destroyed by dreadful judgements for their confidence in armes of flesh by confederating with other nations for their idolatry cruelty prophaneness and perfidiousnesse will not other Cities fear to do the like will not every City learn to see what is the reward of wickedness in the sufferings of others This Gods judgements teach sinners to do that so they may consult for their credit and safety 49 And they shall recompense your lewdnesse upon you The Hebrew is And they shall put your filthinesse and lewdthinesse upon you that is the Nations and Cities round about shall concur with the Babylonians to punish you for your wickednesse to bring upon you the merit of your sinnes or thus they shall approve of what the Lord doth in destroying of you saying all is the fruit and just recompense of your own doings And ye shall bear the sins of your idols Their Idols did not sin but they sinned with their Idols and the fruit of those sins they must eat the punishment due to them they must bear there is a near connexion between sinne and punishment they have the same names so v. 35. Obs Gods proceeding with sinners in judgement righteously brings them to acknowledge the equity of his dealing with them when the just punishment of your lewdnesse and idolatry shall bee upon you ye shall know that I am the Lord God who observed all your waies who waited long for your repentance who have dealt justly with you in all the evils I have brought upon you you cannot but justify me and condemn your selves CHAP. XXIV Vers 1 Again in the ninth year in the tenth month in the tenth day of the month the word of the Lord came unto me saying 2 Son of man write thee the name of the day even of this same day the King of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day 3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house and say unto them thus saith the Lord God set on a pot set it on and also pour water into it 4 Gather the peices thereof into it even every good peice the thigh and the shoulder fill it with the choice bones 5 Take the choice of the flock and burn also the bones under it and make it boyle well and let him seeth the bones of it therein THis Chapter is conceived to bee the last prophesy against the Kingdome of Judah before the final destruction thereof which with the great Calamity thereof is set out under the type of a boyling pot and the death of the Prophets wife In the Chapter is contained a double prophesy 1 That of the boyling pot and the interpretation thereof to the 15. v. 2 That of Ezekiels wife dying suddainly his not mourning for her and the explication thereof from the 15. ver to the end In the verses before us we have 1 The Time of this prophesy v. 1 2 The Occasion ver 2. which was the