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vnfavsry

Miniflers

unufefull

and

unprofitable.

kfinif

er unto

them.Becaufe

they

minifired

unto

them

before

their

!dolls,

and

caufed the

houfe

of

Ifrael

to

fall

intozmquatae;

There-

fore

have

I

lift

up

mine

hand againfl them,

faith

the Lord

God,

and

they

fhall

Beare

their

insg1ztt:

e.

And

they

/hall

got

come

here

unto

me,

to doe

the

office

of a

eft

unto me, nor

to come

neere

to

any

of my

holy

things

in

the

m

ft

holy

place.

But

they

Jkallbeare

their

frame,

and their

abomïratíons which they

have

committed.

They íhall have force

low

place,

but

he faith, they

never

con

into

their

places agame,

that is,there

was

a

time of try

-

all

of

men, the

generality

of

men went tuch

wayes

foune

for

fuperftitious

w

tes

,

they

fet

themfelves againtt the Saints,

and the

wayes

of godlinefs, and

truths

of

God

;

and

the

Le-

vites they

would goo

that

way

they

faw

which

way

the

flreame

went,

and

they went that

way

too

for honour and

preferment.

And

lei them, get their

bread

how

they can, they

shall

never

come

to their

places againe,

becaufe

they

departed

from

me,

they

should have

taught the

people,

they should

have

refitted

them,

anditood

for my caufe.

Here

is

the

judgement

of

God

can

them.

And in

the

4

Chap.

of

the

Prophefie of

Helga,

and

for

lac

knowledge

:

be-

the

6 verfe.

My

reople

are

eftroyed

k,of

f

,

,

caufe thou

haft

re

etleel

knowledge,I will

al

fo

releît

thee,

that

thou

fhalt

be no

Prieft

to

wee,

feeing

thou

haft

forgotten the

Law

of thy

God,

I

will

alfo

forget thy Children.

7rimeltus

noteth

on

this

Scripture, that there

is

one

letter

more then ufuall,

in

that

word,

I

will reject theo; and

it

is

onely faith he

,

to

fhe*

the

flrength

that God

fpeakes

with.

As

if

he

fhould

fay,

it

is

not

an

ordinary

rejection, but

a

ftrong

rejection.

Another

re-

markable place

In the

-.Chap.

of

Málachy,

î

&

8

verres.

For the Prtefls

lips

fhould

keep

knowledge,

and

they

(boatel

feekjhe

Law

at

his mouth,

for

he is

the Meffenger of the

Lord of

hofls.

But

ye

are

departed

out

of the

way,ye

have

caufed many

to

/bumble

at

the law;

ye

have

corrupted the covenant of

Levi,faith

the Lord

of

hofls.

There

Fore

have

I

al

fo

made

you

contemptible

and bife

before

all the

people,

according as

ye

have

not

kept

nay

wayes,

but

have

been

partial!

in

the

Law. You tpok upon

yOu

to be the

Neils

of

God,

and

the

Law

fhould be in

your nhouthes, and

knowledge

lhould be preferved in

your lips

;

but

you

have

M

m

m

m

a

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