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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85667	An exposition continued upon the sixt, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth chapters of the prophet Ezekiel, with useful observations thereupon. Delivered in severall lectures in London, By William Greenhill.	Greenhill, William, 1591-1671.	1649 (1649)	Wing G1854; Thomason E577_1; ESTC R206361	436,404	591

which was a City in the Land of Hamath where Pharaoh put Jehoahaz in bonds 2 Kings 23.33 In the borders of the Moabites neer the Wildernesse spoken of in Deut. 8.15 a great and fearfull Wildernesse full of fiery Serpents and Scorpions where was drought and no water God would make their Land not onely desolate and desolate like this Wildernesse but more desolate I will stretch out my hand upon them There is difference between Gods stretching out his hand to a people and upon a people The first notes invitation to repentance Isa 65.2 I have stretched out my hands all they day unto a Rebellious people The second notes smiting punishing destroying Isa 5.25 The anger of the Lord is kindled against his people and he hath stretched forth his hand against them and hath smitten them Jer. 51.25 Behold I am against thee O destroying mountaine and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee c. Vpon and Against notes the same thing When Gods hand is upon a Land or people it s against them and so the phrase oft runs Jer. 15.6 Thou art gene backward therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee and will destroy thee See Exod. 3.20 The sins of the people lay wast the Land they fell to Idolatry and so God stretched out his hand upon the Land and layd it waste This people were so degenerate corrupted besotted with their owne wayes that they understood little of Gods they fell to the sins of the Nations and those sins in a speciall manner stupifie All sin doth it but Idolatry and false Worship most hence Jer 10.14 speaking of such sinners he saith Every man is brutish in his knowledge Idolaters know not God how he is provoked by their wayes What foolish doings it is to goe out from God therefore in this Chapter its four times They shall know that I am the Lord 7.10.13.14 CHAP. VII 1 Moreover the Word of the Lord came unto me saying 2. Also thou Sonne of man thus saith the Lord God unto the Land of Israel An end the end is come upon the four corners of the Land 3. Now is the end come upon thee and I will send mine anger upon thee and will judge thee according to thy wayes and will recompence upon thee all thy abominations 4. And mine eye shall not spare thee neither will I have pity but I will recompense thy wayes upon thee and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee and yee shall know that I am the LORD THIS Chapter as the former is Propheticall of the destruction of the Jewes and of their Land First In it is a denuntiation of their totall Ru●● in the 2 3 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 verses Secondly In ●he rest of the Chapters is a Declaration of their calamities and the causes thereof Of the first Verse hath been formerly spoken and likewise of The Sonne of man and most things 〈◊〉 se Verses In the second Verse the Prophet is in ge●●●●ll acquainted with the mind of GOD towards Israel and in the two next more specially 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Verse 2. Also thou Sonne of man The Hebrew is And thou O Sonne of man Here is a Nominative case absolute without reference to any thing the like you have Psal 41.12 As for mee thou upholdest me in mine integrity The Hebrew is and I in the Nominative Thou upholdest me Ego in integritate supportasti me Zech. 7.5 Did you fast at all unto mee even to mee this last mee is Ego Jeiunasti mihi ego saith the Originall Eccles 2.15 As it happeneth to the Foole so it happeneth even to me Secundum eventum stulti etiam ego eveniet mihi Such Hebraismes you have 1 Sam. 25.24 Gen. 27.24 and in Isa 11.10 Psal 11.4 you have Nominative Cases put absolute as Thou here in the Text and it serves to quicken up the Prophets spirit and to put him into a readinesse of Prophesying And then Ezekiel attend prophesie Vnto the Land of Israel or concerning the Land of Israel It s not spoken of all the Tribes Ten were gone long before into Captivity but by a Synechdoche of the Tribe of Judah which yet remained undestroyed An end the end is come The word End is doubled and mentioned againe in the third Verse Now is the end repeated in the sixth Verse An end is come the end is come these repetitions are not in vaine they set out First the zeale intention and speed of the speaker Secondly the evidence certain y and weight of the thing spoken of Thirdly they serve to make the deeper impression End notes destruction yea a generall destruction Gen. 6.13 The End of all flesh is come God would bring a Flood upon the whole Earth take away all flesh and this is cal'd the End of all So here God had dealt mercifully with them formerly but now he would be severe and make an end of them Vpon the four Corners of the Land Hebrew is Wings which metaphorically expresses the parts of the Land Wings are extensive things and the parts of Judea that extended from Jerusalem East West North South are called the Wings or Corners thereof and the end should come not onely upon the extreame parts of the Land but the whole Land Vpon all their Cities Habitations and Quarters from one end to the other What our Prophet calls here the four Corners or Wings of the Land Christ cals Mat. 24.31 the 4 winds they shall gather his Elect from the four winds or quarters of the World Obser 1 That Kingdomes and Churches have their periods they may continue for some hundreds of yeares but at length they expire the Kingdome and Church of Judah flourished many years from Saul their first King to Zadekiah their last were 480 yeares but then you see an end is come the end is come an end of the State an end of their Church an end of all comforts of all glory and greatnesse The Assyrian Persian Grecian and Roman Monarchies had their ends their glory was layd in the dust after it had dazeled the Worlds eyes a few yeares Wisedome strength greatnesse riches were found in them but neither any or all of these preserved them from seeing corruption The seven famous Churches in Asia are gone and since that time many other Churches and Kingdomes have been ruined Is not an end comming if not come upon many Kingdomes at this day let Germany Denmarke Ireland speake No State no Church no condition under the Sunne is everlasting all have their changes and their ends Psal 119.96 I have seene an end of all perfection but thy Commandement is exceeding broad There is nothing in the World so firme perfect lasting bus it's subject to corruption Kingdomes are subject to Warres Plagues Famines Treacheries which ruine them Churches are subject to Errors Heresies Schismes corruptions prophanesse which ruine them And all other things have principles of destruction in themselves which bring them to an end within the