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A Commentary
Chapter in Vifion; But there is no need of fuch an Evafi-
ty^\ <
V. on to anfwer that Difficulty. For the immediate
"NJ Command of God to any Prophet is a fufficient
Difcharge from any Obligations of the Ceremonial
Law. So Elijah offered Sacrifice upon Mount
Carmel : i Kjngs xviii. 20. contrary to the Rule of
the Law, '"Deut. xii. 5.
Ibid. Then take thee ^Balances, &x.] To fignify
the Exaftnefs of the Divine Juftice.
"'Ver. 2. Ver. 2. aAnd thou (halt burn a third fart in the
midft of the City J) Of that Portraiture of the City
which the Prophet was commanded to make,
Chapter iv. 1. This fignifies the Deftru&ion of the
Inhabitants within the City by Famine and Peftilence.
See Ver. 12. and Chapter vii. n.
Ibid. aAnd thou fhalt take a third Tart, and finite
it about with a Kjtife.'] To (hew that a third Part
of the Inhabitants (hall be (lain with the Sword,
juft after they have efcaped out of the-City : See
Ver. 12. This was remarkably fulfilled in the
Slaughter of ZgdeteaWs Sons, and the reft of his
Retinue. Jeremiah lii. 1 o.
Ibid.