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upon EZEKIEL.
CHAR XXIII.
The Argument
The Idolatries of Samaria and Jerufalem are here
represented under the Metaphor of the lewd
'PraBices of two Common Harlots : For which
Crimes God de?iounces fevere Judgments agai?ift
them loth. The fame Metaphor is here made
ufe of which was purfefd at large in the Six*
teenth Chapter. See the (Argument there.
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Chapter
XXIII.
Ver. 2. 3 WB^^§§g^Here were two Women, the Ver. 2,
Daughters of one Mother.]
Countries are commonly reprefented
as Mothers of
their People, and the Inha-
bitants as their Children :
So the Daughters of Syria fignify the Inhabitants
of that Country, Chap. xvi. 57. Thus Samaria
and Jerufalem are defcribed in this Chapter as Sifters,
the Offspring of the fame Land or Country.
Compare Chap. xvi. 46. Jerem/iii. 7, 8, 10.
Ver. $. aAnd they committed Whoredoms in £- Ver. 5.
gyp*] They learned to commit Idolatry there.
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