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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

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second_o verse_n that_o pprophecy_n out_o of_o their_o own_o heart_n the_o hebrew_n be_v qui_fw-fr ambulant_a post_fw-la spiritum_fw-la suum_fw-la their_o own_o spirit_n lead_v they_o not_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o the_o first_o chapter_n it_o be_v say_v the_o spirit_n be_v in_o the_o wheel_n and_o they_o go_v whither_o the_o spirit_n lead_v they_o verse_n 20._o but_o these_o prophet_n have_v not_o the_o spirit_n in_o they_o neither_o go_v after_o it_o but_o after_o their_o own_o spirit_n what_o ever_o their_o own_o spirit_n dictate_v to_o they_o that_o they_o embrace_v magnify_v and_o give_v out_o to_o the_o people_n have_v see_v nothing_o the_o true_a prophet_n have_v vision_n of_o god_n divine_a revelation_n their_o understanding_n be_v in_o a_o extraordinary_a manner_n irradiate_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n and_o they_o see_v that_o it_o understand_v the_o mind_n of_o god_n hence_o prophet_n be_v call_v seer_n amos_n 7.12_o o_o thou_o seer_n flee_v away_o 2_o king_n 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the_o cauldron_n and_o we_o be_v the_o flesh_n and_o make_v construction_n of_o they_o to_o please_v themselves_o therefore_o say_v god_n prophesy_v against_o they_o his_o spirit_n be_v stir_v and_o he_o stir_v up_o the_o prophet_n to_o declare_v his_o wrath_n against_o such_o scoffer_n god_n threat_n and_o judgement_n shall_v make_v man_n tremble_v job_n 41.10_o who_o be_v able_a to_o stand_v before_o i_o at_o his_o presence_n the_o mountain_n melt_v isa_n 64.3_o when_o he_o threaten_v the_o great_a city_n nineveh_n repent_v jonah_n 3._o and_o devil_n tremble_v jam._n 2.19_o mountain_n ninevite_n devil_n melt_v repent_v tremble_v and_o yet_o israelites_n scoff_n at_o the_o threat_n and_o judgement_n of_o god_n but_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o endure_v it_o the_o prophet_n must_v declare_v dreadful_a thing_n against_o they_o man_n that_o have_v scoff_v at_o the_o truth_n and_o way_n of_o god_n have_v be_v lash_v with_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n john_n apowel_n scoff_v at_o one_o 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and_o if_o i_o shall_v prophesy_v against_o they_o they_o will_v use_v mean_n to_o crush_v i_o god_n by_o double_v the_o word_n take_v he_o off_o from_o all_o such_o reason_n from_o all_o delay_n and_o expect_v immediate_a performance_n of_o his_o command_n let_v man_n fret_v at_o the_o message_n of_o god_n servant_n they_o must_v respect_v god_n and_o not_o man_n they_o must_v give_v out_o what_o the_o lord_n have_v give_v in_o if_o man_n be_v great_a god_n be_v great_a we_o must_v be_v faithful_a to_o he_o who_o ever_o suffer_v by_o it_o verse_n 5._o and_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n fall_v upon_o i_o french_a resedit_fw-la super_fw-la i_o spiritus_fw-la prophetiae_fw-la a_o fancy_n domini_fw-la say_v the_o chald._n cum_fw-la in_o i_o jehovae_fw-la spiritus_fw-la illapsus_fw-la est_fw-la cast_v cecidit_fw-la super_fw-la i_o tigur_n incidit_fw-la in_o i_o jun._n irruit_fw-la in_o i_o vulg._n survint_fw-fr en_fw-fr moi_fw-fr french_a it_o the_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d note_n the_o fall_n of_o a_o thing_n from_o a_o high_a place_n jerome_n place_n jerome_n cum_fw-la vi_fw-la &_o impetu_fw-la and_o so_o here_o the_o spirit_n come_v from_o above_o offer_v not_o violence_n to_o the_o prophet_n but_o come_v upon_o he_o with_o might_n and_o power_n and_o provoke_v he_o to_o prophesy_v thus_o have_v you_o say_v whether_o the_o spirit_n or_o prophet_n repeat_v their_o word_n be_v not_o evident_a they_o be_v not_o express_v where_o the_o sense_n be_v evident_a from_o former_a expression_n the_o scripture_n be_v frequent_o silent_a and_o repeat_v not_o the_o word_n 2_o king_n 5.4_o thus_o and_o thus_o say_v the_o maid_n that_o be_v of_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n so_o 2_o sam._n 17.15_o thus_o and_o thus_o do_v ahitophel_n counsel_n say_v hushai_n and_o thus_o and_o thus_o do_v i_o counsel_v the_o sense_n be_v know_v by_o what_o be_v before_o and_o therefore_o the_o word_n be_v not_o repeat_v the_o scripture_n shun_v the_o multiply_a of_o word_n needless_o o_o house_n of_o israel_n that_o be_v the_o house_n of_o judah_n the_o whole_a be_v put_v for_o a_o part_n and_o this_o be_v frequent_a i_o know_v the_o thing_n which_o come_v into_o your_o mind_n the_o hebrew_n be_v 〈◊〉_d ascensiones_fw-la spiritus_fw-la vestri_fw-la calv._n quae_fw-la subeunt_fw-la animum_fw-la vestrum_fw-la jun._n quae_fw-la ascendunt_fw-la tig._n mentis_fw-la vestrae_fw-la cogitatus_fw-la cast_n cogitationes_fw-la spiritus_fw-la vestri_fw-la pol._n les_fw-fr choses_fw-fr qui_fw-fr montent_fw-fr fr._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o note_v those_o thing_n that_o rise_v up_o out_o of_o man_n heart_n as_o weed_n out_o of_o the_o earth_n or_o leave_v upon_o tree_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o leaf_n quia_fw-la sursum_fw-la crescit_fw-la what_o ever_o go_v out_o and_o up_o from_o the_o heart_n or_o spirit_n of_o a_o man_n that_o be_v understand_v by_o maaloth_n matth._n 15.19_o ill_a thought_n go_v out_o from_o the_o heart_n go_v up_o to_o the_o tongue_n to_o the_o eye_n luke_n 24.38_o why_o do_v evil_a thought_n or_o reason_n arise_v in_o your_o heart_n obser_n 1._o who_o the_o lord_n send_v about_o his_o work_n he_o enable_v to_o do_v it_o go_v pprophecy_n prophesy_v &_o present_o the_o spirit_n fall_v upon_o he_o whereby_o he_o be_v furnish_v with_o prophetical_a matter_n and_o enable_v to_o deliver_v it_o when_o god_n send_v moses_n he_o furnish_v he_o for_o the_o great_a work_n he_o appoint_v he_o to_o moses_n plead_v his_o in_o eloquence_n and_o slowness_n of_o speech_n but_o god_n say_v exod._n 4.12_o go_v and_o i_o will_v be_v with_o thy_o mouth_n and_o teach_v thou_o etc._n etc._n 2._o to_o new_a act_n or_o pprophecy_n new_a access_n of_o the_o spirit_n be_v requisite_a he_o have_v receive_v the_o
corruption_n of_o nature_n ephesian_n 2.3_o fulfil_v the_o desire_n of_o the_o flesh_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o will_n of_o the_o flesh_n paul_n acknowledge_v nothing_o to_o be_v in_o the_o will_n of_o man_n natural_o but_o fleshly_a corruption_n and_o whatsoever_o that_o put_v they_o upon_o that_o they_o do_v and_o with_o delight_n fulfil_v the_o will_n of_o the_o flesh_n but_o when_o this_o new_a spirit_n come_v it_o alter_v the_o will_n break_v the_o principle_n of_o stubbornness_n in_o it_o purge_v the_o pollution_n and_o corruption_n out_o of_o it_o and_o make_v it_o pliable_a unto_o the_o will_n of_o god_n ezek._n 36.27_o i_o will_v put_v my_o spirit_n within_o you_o and_o cause_v you_o to_o walk_v in_o my_o statute_n god_n spirit_n will_v so_o alter_v our_o spirit_n so_o transform_v and_o renew_v they_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v incline_v to_o and_o carry_v on_o in_o the_o obey_n of_o divine_a statute_n before_o they_o go_v on_o in_o the_o way_n of_o sin_n with_o 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so_o that_o the_o work_n shall_v proceed_v the_o arminian_o hold_v that_o the_o operation_n of_o god_n in_o the_o conversion_n of_o a_o sinner_n or_o put_v in_o this_o new_a spirit_n be_v moralis_n suasio_fw-la not_o realis_fw-la efficientia_fw-la that_o he_o do_v not_o work_v immediate_o upon_o the_o mind_n and_o will_n cause_v we_o to_o believe_v to_o come_v to_o christ_n to_o live_v holy_o but_o only_o propound_v truth_n which_o be_v sufficient_a that_o the_o understanding_n and_o affection_n be_v renew_v with_o such_o power_n of_o god_n and_o his_o grace_n as_o can_v be_v withstand_v but_o the_o will_n be_v quicken_v resistibili_fw-la modo_fw-la that_o however_o it_o be_v sometime_o renew_v in_o the_o affectionate_a part_n of_o it_o yet_o it_o continue_v unrenewed_a in_o the_o willing_a and_o nilling_a part_n thereof_o secundum_fw-la modum_fw-la libertatis_fw-la that_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n do_v nothing_o but_o accompany_v the_o will_n consent_v that_o all_o thing_n suppose_v 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he_o will_v leave_v they_o the_o jew_n think_v because_o they_o have_v the_o temple_n and_o god_n among_o they_o that_o therefore_o they_o be_v well_o and_o happy_a though_o their_o worship_n be_v mix_v and_o their_o life_n wicked_a but_o they_o be_v deceive_v no_o particular_a visible_a church_n have_v assurance_n of_o god_n abide_v long_o with_o it_o than_o it_o keep_v his_o worship_n pure_a walk_v holy_o and_o humble_o with_o he_o when_o any_o corrupt_a his_o glory_n his_o worship_n than_o the_o glorious_a lord_n and_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n do_v leave_v they_o 3._o when_o god_n leave_v a_o people_n than_o protection_n of_o angel_n and_o comfort_n of_o ceeature_n leave_v they_o also_o the_o cherubim_n and_o wheel_n together_o with_o the_o glory_n leave_v they_o and_o go_v to_o the_o mountain_n when_o the_o king_n go_v the_o court_n remove_v and_o the_o servant_n follow_v when_o god_n be_v go_v we_o be_v leave_v naked_a lie_v open_a to_o all_o temptation_n and_o misery_n 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anima_fw-la a_o sensibus_fw-la &_o phantasmatibus_fw-la therefore_o it_o be_v say_v to_o put_v all_o out_o of_o doubt_n the_o spirit_n take_v he_o up_o and_o bring_v he_o in_o vision_n and_o the_o vision_n i_o have_v see_v go_v up_o which_o show_v it_o be_v no_o humane_a thing_n but_o divine_a 3._o the_o servant_n of_o god_n have_v glorious_a sight_n here_o sometime_o but_o they_o soon_o expire_v and_o come_v to_o a_o end_n so_o the_o vision_n which_o i_o have_v see_v go_v up_o from_o i_o he_o have_v see_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n the_o cherubim_n and_o wheel_n and_o the_o man_n clothe_v with_o linen_n viz._n christ_n but_o here_o be_v no_o continuance_n of_o this_o glorious_a sight_n jacob_n see_v a_o ladder_n reach_v up_o to_o heaven_n angel_n ascend_v and_o descend_v and_o the_o lord_n at_o the_o top_n of_o the_o ladder_n but_o this_o be_v only_o for_o a_o night_n and_o then_o it_o cease_v gen._n 28.12.13.16_o moses_n see_v the_o lord_n in_o the_o burn_a bush_n exod._n 3.23_o but_o the_o fight_n last_v not_o isaiah_n see_v the_o lord_n sit_v upon_o a_o throne_n isa_n 6.1_o peter_n james_n and_o john_n see_v the_o transfiguration_n of_o christ_n math._n 17._o and_o all_o the_o apostle_n see_v his_o glory_n as_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o only_o beget_v but_o the_o vision_n go_v up_o from_o they_o verse_n 25._o then_o i_o speak_v to_o they_o of_o the_o captivity_n all_o the_o thing_n that_o the_o lord_n have_v show_v i_o here_o you_o have_v what_o the_o prophet_n do_v after_o the_o vision_n he_o have_v be_v in_o a_o ecstasy_n some_o time_n and_o now_o be_v bring_v to_o his_o ordinary_a and_o pristine_a condition_n he_o relate_v to_o the_o captive_n what_o he_o have_v see_v and_o hear_v many_o of_o those_o in_o the_o captivity_n and_o probable_o some_o of_o those_o elder_n which_o sit_v in_o the_o prophet_n house_n chap._n 8.1_o think_v they_o happy_a which_o be_v at_o jerusalem_n condemn_v their_o own_o act_n in_o come_v to_o babylon_n judge_v their_o counsel_n foolish_a and_o weak_a which_o they_o have_v about_o their_o come_n thither_o and_o blame_v jeremiah_n for_o exhort_v they_o thereunto_o hereupon_o ezekiel_n be_v return_v as_o he_o think_v from_o jerusalem_n to_o chaldaea_n speak_v unto_o they_o what_o he_o have_v receive_v concern_v the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n city_n land_n and_o the_o ●_z of_o the_o inhabitant_n and_o thereby_o convince_v they_o that_o they_o be_v in_o a_o far_o better_a condition_n than_o those_o they_o ha●_n leave_v behind_o all_o the_o thing_n thing_n in_o hebrew_n be_v word_n now_o word_n be_v not_o show_v but_o hear_v how_o then_o do_v he_o say_v which_o he_o have_v show_v i_o they_o be_v not_o mere_a word_n but_o word_n ves●ita_fw-la externo_fw-la symbol_n he_o have_v many_o type_n viz._n of_o a_o s●●dge_n of_o a_o raz●r_n and_o hair_n of_o a_o chain_n of_o six_o man_n wi●h_a slaughter_n weapon_n in_o their_o hand_n of_o a_o cauldron_n wh●ch_o be_v visible_a word_n 1._o obser_n 1._o when_o man_n have_v be_v in_o the_o hand_n and_o power_n of_o the_o spirit_n act_v thereby_o then_o be_v they_o si●_n to_o speak_v unto_o the_o people_n then_o i_o speak_v unto_o they_o when_o moses_n have_v be_v in_o the_o mount_n than_o be_v h●_n fit_a to_o speak_v to_o those_o at_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o mount_n when_o the_o spirit_n have_v irradiate_v the_o mind_n of_o man_n with_o divine_a light_n and_o truth_n then_o be_v they_o meet_v ●o_o communicate_v to_o other_o the_o apostle_n be_v fill_v with_o the_o spirit_n speak_v free_o bold_o act_v 4.13.20_o 2._o god_n prophet_n and_o messenger_n must_v speak_v unto_o those_o they_o be_v intend_v for_o ezekiel_n have_v his_o vision_n and_o all_o the_o type_n in_o it_o for_o the_o jew_n those_o of_o the_o captivity_n not_o the_o babylonian_n god_n have_v a_o care_n of_o the_o captivity_n that_o they_o may_v be_v instruct_v concern_v his_o mind_n and_o be_v undeceive_v in_o their_o apprehension_n about_o the_o thing_n of_o jerusalem_n then_o i_o speak_v unto_o the_o captivity_n 3_o they_o must_v declare_v what_o they_o have_v h●ard_v and_o see_v not_o what_o be_v their_o own_o what_o be_v man_n be_v uncertain_a unsatisfy_v unsanctify_a but_o that_o which_o i●●h●_n lord_n be_v infallible_a will_v satisfy_v and_o sanctify_v christ_n tell_v the_o apostle_n the_o spirit_n shall_v take_v of_o he_o and_o show_v unto_o they_o john_n 16.14_o &_o math._n 28.20_o they_o must_v teach_v the_o people_n to_o observe_v what_o he_o command_v they_o 1_o cor._n 11.23_o paul_n receive_v what_o he_o deliver_v thus_o do_v ezekiel_n he_o speak_v what_o the_o lord_n show_v unto_o he_o 4._o they_o must_v be_v faithful_a speak_v all_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v show_v unto_o they_o thus_o do_v our_o prophet_n he_o deliver_v unto_o they_o all_o the_o lord_n have_v show_v unto_o he_o what_o ever_o he_o have_v see_v or_o hear_v that_o he_o faithful_o give_v out_o there_o mu●t_v be_v no_o add_v to_o the_o thing_n of_o god_n no_o detract_n from_o they_o no_o change_v any_o of_o they_o but_o what_o be_v the_o lord_n that_o must_v be_v dispense_v christ_n who_o be_v send_v of_o the_o father_n say_v all_o thing_n that_o i_o have_v hear_v of_o my_o father_n i_o have_v make_v know_v unto_o you_o joh._n 15.15_o and_o paul_n kep●_n back_o nothing_o but_o deliver_v all_o the_o counsel_n of_o god_n unto_o they_o act_v 20.20.27_o chap._n xii_o verse_n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n also_o come_v unto_o i_o say_v son_n of_o man_n thou_o dwell_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o a_o rebellious_a house_n which_o have_v eye_n to_o see_v and_o see_v not_o they_o have_v ear_n to_o hear_v and_o hear_v not_o for_o they_o be_v a_o rebellious_a
19.23.28.22_o chap._n xiii_o verse_n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o and_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v unto_o i_o say_v son_n of_o man_n prophesy_v against_o the_o prophet_n of_o israel_n that_o pprophecy_n and_o say_v thou_o unto_o they_o that_o prophesy_v out_o of_o their_o own_o heart_n hear_v you_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n thus_o say_v the_o lord_n god_n wo_n unto_o the_o foolish_a prophet_n that_o follow_v their_o own_o spirit_n and_o have_v see_v nothing_o o_o israel_n thy_o prophet_n be_v like_o the_o fox_n in_o the_o desert_n you_o have_v not_o go_v up_o into_o the_o gap_n neither_o make_v up_o the_o hedge_n for_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n to_o stand_v in_o the_o battle_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n they_o have_v see_v vanity_n and_o lie_a divination_n say_v the_o lord_n say_v and_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o send_v they_o and_o they_o have_v make_v other_o to_o hope_v that_o they_o will_v confirm_v the_o word_n have_v you_o not_o see_v a_o vain_a vision_n 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decree_n sicut_fw-la subscripsi_fw-la ita_fw-la quoque_fw-la credo_fw-la i_o believe_v as_o i_o have_v subscribe_v now_o he_o have_v in_o his_o bosom_n his_o own_o wicked_a confession_n which_o he_o have_v write_v at_o home_n and_o subscribe_v with_o his_o own_o name_n the_o popish_a priest_n and_o jesuit_n what_o fox_n have_v they_o be_v in_o church_n and_o state_n to_o advance_v the_o catholic_a cause_n in_o the_o eastern_a part_n they_o show_v once_o a_o year_n their_o convert_v in_o white_a with_o palm_n in_o their_o hand_n which_o be_v a_o great_a policy_n to_o draw_v other_o to_o their_o way_n coniz●n_o have_v lay_v down_o subtle_a way_n to_o cheat_v a_o state_n of_o its_o religion_n the_o prelate_n have_v consult_v with_o the_o fox_n when_o they_o make_v the_o etc._n etc._n oath_n to_o support_v their_o totter_a kingdom_n it_o be_v to_o be_v wish_v that_o there_o be_v less_o of_o the_o fox_n now_o among_o the_o prophet_n and_o more_o of_o the_o lamb_n 2._o the_o fox_n be_v 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