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upon EZEKIEL. 1 7
take away their Lives, by falfe Accufatioiis, and Chapter
then feize upon their. S.ubftance. \ Compare Ver. XXTL
27. and Matth. xxiii. 14. tyv'NJ
Ver. 26., Her Triefts have violated my Law, andVev. 26.
have -profaned my Holy Things .~\ The Gifts and
Sacrifices offered in my. Service : either by offering
them in an undue manner, as the Sons of Eli did,
1 Sam. ii. 1 5. or without due Purification of themfelves
; or elfe eati-ng them as Common Meats,
without regard to the Rules prefcribed in the Law,
Levlt. xx i, xx ii.
Ibid. They have fut no ^Difference between the
Holy and Trofane, &c] They have not fhewed
any regard to the Rules the Levitical Laws lay
down, whereby to diftinguifh bqtwixt what is Holy
or Unholy, Clean or Unclean, and that both
with refpect to Perfons and Things. And they are
guilty of this Neglect, in contradiction to an exprefs
Charge given them concerning this Matter,
Levit. x. 10. bi
Ibid. oAnd have hid .tfreir Eyes from my Sallaths.']
They have not attended upon my Publick
"Worfhip on the Sabbath Days, See 2 Chron. xxix.
7. and thereby have encouraged my People in -the
Neglect and Profanation of that Day. See Ver. S.
Ver. 27. Her- Trinces in the midft like Wolves, ravening the Trey, 8cc]
of faffare Ver. 2f.
The chief
'Officers of State under the King : See Jerem. xxxvi.
12. xxxviii. 4. not excluding the Kings themfelves,
whofe Oppreflions of their Subjects the Prophet
elfewhere feverely reproves : See Chap. xix. ?,6.
xlv. 9. All thofe, the Tex.t faith, flick at no Method
of Injuftice and Oppreflion, whereby they
may increafe their Subftance, tho' it be by taking
away
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