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upon EZEKIEL. 17
CHAP. II.
The Argument.
This Chapter contains Ezekiel'j" Commijfion for ex-
ecuting his Trophetical Office, and Iufiruclions
given him for the difcharge of it,
Chapter
yer« I- IBSEfflfi^a|A^ D he [aid unto me, Son 0/Ver. i,
Man.~\ This Expreflion is commonly
underftood to fignify
the fame with a common and
ordinary Man, as it is ufually
expounded in that Text, TJal. viii. 4. What is
Man that thou art mindful of him, or the Son of
Man that thou vifiteft him ? So here moil: Commentators
underftand it as applied to the Prophet, to
put him in Mind of his Frailty and Mortality, and
of the infinite Diftance between God and Man.
In which fenfe it is fuppos'd to be taken when fpoken
of Chrift in the New Teftament, implying
his great Humility in afTuming our Nature, and
appearing no otherwife than an ordinary Man:
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II.