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of Heaven, which makes every thing fruitful : See Chapter
Dent, xxxii. 2. Such is the Benefit of found Do- XX.
clrine where-ever it is received. Compare Micab L/V^NJ
ii. 6. Job xxix. 22, 25.
Ibid. oAnd prophecy againft the For eft of the
South Field.'] By the For eft of the South Field is
meant fifufaletff: the Word Foreft being taken
metaphorically in the Prophets for a City : becaufe
its ftately Buildings refemble tall Cedars ftanding
in their feveral Ranks. Compare Jer. xxi. 14. x\ii
7- Kfcb. xi. 1.
Ver. 47. J will kindle a Fire in thee, and it JIjallYw, 47.
devour every green Tree in thee, and every dry
Tree.~] Fire is often taken in a general Senfe for
God's fevere Judgments. Compare Chap. xix. 1?.
xxii. 21,31. xxx. 8. But it may here particularly
denote the Deftrutlion otjerujalew by Fire: which
the Text faith fhall devour both the green Frees
and the dry: i.e. the Righteous as well as the
Wicked : See Chap. xxi. 3. The Righteous areelfewhere
compared to green and flouiifhing Trees,
and the Wicked to dry and withered ones, fuch as
are only fit for the Fire. See Tjal. i $. Luke xxiii.
31. Joh.w 5, 6.
Ibid. oAnd all Faces from the- South to the North
fliallbe burnt therein.'] The Deftru£lion fhall reach
from one End of the Land to the other* See Chap.
xxi. 2,4.
Ver. 49. eAh Lord God, they fay of me, Doth Ver. 49
henot fpeak "Parables ?] They make this an Argument
for difiegarding what I fay, that I ufe fb
many Similitudes and metaphorical ExprefTions,tbat
they can't difcover my Meaning. Comp. Chap. \ii.
9. Whereupon God commands him in the next
Chapter to fpeak the fame thing in plain Terms.
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