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upon EZEKIEL. 19
Ver. 4. For they are impudent Children and Chapter
ft ijf-hearted."] The Original might be more figni- II.
ficantly rend red, They are Children Impudent in L/WJ
their Countenarice, and hardened in their Hearts. * er * 4*
They are fo far harden'd in Wickednefs as to have
caft off all Shams, and even the very outward
Shew of Modefty.
Ver. 5. oAnd they, whether they will hear, 0r\r er , #
whether they will forbear, ffjall know that there
hath been a Trophet among them.~\ Whether they
will regard what is faid by thee or not : See Chap.
iii. 27. Yet the Event anfwering thy Predictions
fhall render thy Authority unqueftionable, and
them inexcufable for not hearkening to the Warnings
thou haft given them. See Chap, xxxiil. 33.
Ver. 6. oAnd thou Son of Man be not afraid 0/Ver. d.
them J] The Prophets and MeiTengers of God are
often exhorted to take Courage, and are promifed
a proportionable Afliftance in the difcharge of
their Office without fearing any Man's Perfon,
or ftanding in awe of any Man's Greatnefs. See
Chap. iii. 8, 9. Jerem. i. 8, 18. Mat. x. 28. Such a
prefence of Mind is exprefled by n