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upon EZEKIEL. 44.3
Ver. 7. Behold, on the Bank of the River were Ch
very many Trees ^ on the one Side, and on the otl>-.t'\ XL VII.
The Words allude to the Trees planted in Para- ^^r^,
dife, and defTgned for Man's Food in the State of
Innocence, and efpecially to the Tree of Life
which grew there : See Ver. 12. and Conip. R#-
vel. xxii. 2.
Ver. 8. Thefe Waters iffue out towards the Eafl- Ver. 8.
Country, and go down into the Defart, and g r ) into
the Sea.'] Thefe Waters are defcribed as taking
their Courfe along the Plain or Champagne Country
(for that is theSenfe of the Word Araba, here
rendred Defart) toward the Lake where Sodom formerly
flood, called the Dead-Sea, and by Mofes,
the Salt-Sea : Comp. Dent. iii. 17. with this Verfe.
Ibid. Which being brought forth into the Sea, the
Waters Jhali be healed.'] This is the Obfervation of
all Writers who defcribe this Lake, that nothing
can live in it : And the Text here tells us, that
thefe living Streams fhall by mixing with thefe
Salt and brackifh. Waters, make them wholefome
and fit for life : Myftically denoting the healing
Vertue of God's Grace to cure the Vices and Corruptions
of wicked Men.
Ver. 9. And it Jhalhome to pafs, that every Ihing Ver. 9.
that liveth, which moveth whither foever the Rivers
Jhall come, fhall live, &c. ] The Metaphor is mil
continued, to this Senfe : That as the Fifli which
move or fwim, (Comp, Gen. i. 20. ) in Waters
cured or made wholefome, have Life and Nou-
riiliment from thence, whereas no Filli can live in
the Dead-Sea : So the Waters which flow from the
Wells of Salvation, 2ls the Prophet Ifaiah exprefles it,
Ifa. xii. 3. fhall make all thofe thrive and multiply
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