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upon EZEKIE L. 303
Ver. 14. xAnd [hall put my Spirit in you, and Chapter
ye fhall live.'] That Principle of Life ex prefled XXXVII.
by "Breath or Spirit, Ver. 9. Not excluding that tyVNJ
New Spirit of Grace, which God will at that^ er - *4«
time plentifully beftow upon them. See Chap,
xi. 19. xxxvi. 26,27. The Principle of Grace is
often fpoken of as a Higher Principle of Life,
and the Earneft of our heavenly Happinefs.
See Rom. viii. 11. 1 Cor. vi. 17. xv. 45.
Ver. 16. Take thee one Sticky and write uponVsr. \G*
it, &c.] i. e, one Rod ; the Expreflion alludes
to Numb. xvii. 2. where Mofes is commanded to
take twelve Rods, one for each Tribe, and to
write the Name of the Tribe upon the Rod.
Ibid. For Judah, and the Children of Ifrael
his Companions.] Not only the Tribe of/Bwjamin,
but many of the other Tribes joined
themfelves to the Tribe of Judah, and kept clofe
to the Law of God, and the worfhip of his
Temple. See 2 Chron. xi. 12— 16. xv. 9. xxx.
I !•> 10.
Ibid. For Jofeph the Stick of Ephraim, and
for all the Houfe of Ifrael his Companions.'] Upon
Reuben's forfeiting his Birth-right, that Privilege
was conferred upon the Sons ofJofeph, of
whom Ephraim had the Precedence. See 1 Chron,
v. 1. Gen. xlviii. 20. which made him reckoned
the Head of Ten Tribes : Samaria the Seat
of that Kingdom, being likewife fituate in the
Tribe of Ephraim : Upon thefe Accounts the
Name of Ephraim fignifles in the Prophets the
whole Kingdom of Ifrael, as diftintY from that
of Judah : and particularly in the Prophet Ho-
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