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Chapter
XIV.
Ver. i.
Ver. $.
A Commentary
CHAR XIV.
The Argument.
Xfo Trophet denounces God's Judgments againft
thofe Hypocrites who pretended to be his Worffjippers,
and at the fame time fccretly practiced
Idolatry. He afterward Jets forth God's Mercy
toward the Jews in [paring a few of that finful
Nation, and thofe no better than the reft that
were de/troyed, when he might in Juftice have
involved all ofthem in one common c
J)eftruclion.
Ver. 1. ^iiiSSiSSS^^ came certain of the Elders
ofIfrael y hc~] See Chap,
viii. i.
Ver. j. Thefe Men havefet
up their Idols in their hearty
SS&SSSSi and put the Stumbling-block
cf their Iniquity before their Face.] They are not
only Idolaters in their Heart, but they have actu-
ally fet up Idols and worfhipped them : and thereby
have fallen into that great Sin of Deferting me
and my Worfhip. See Chap. vii. 19.
Ibid. Should I be enquired of at all by them ?3
ThO' tiley have the Impudence to come to ask
Counfel