640 Chap. 31. An Bxpofition upon the Boom of j o a. Vcrf, 31. friend and Matter were in our power, and at our difpole, O that we had the handling ofthem a while, we Ihould quickly make them fee their error and miftake in oppofing or vexing him. Andhow eager they were tohave the fiefh_ or perlons ofhis Ene- mies in their power, appeares in the lati words ofthe were ; for, till then ( fay they ) wee cannot be fatisfi.d. Theword here tranfloted,to be fatitßed,fignifies alfo tofweare, becaufe when aman fweares to another, he fhouid rcft fatisfied ; there can be no greater, no higher fatisfaáion given then an oath; therefore the Apoftle faith (Hek.6. 14. ) An oathfor con- firmation is the endofallflrife ; that is, every man fhould reff fa- tiafied in ir, and ttrive no more. We ( laid the menof ?obi Tabernacle ) cannot befat it fed. That is,nothingwill flay our hunger but the fl.efh,nothing will flayour thirft but the blood of thine enemies, unlefle we have them, or our will on them, we fhait be renlefff, , we cannot live comfortably ifthey live, nothingwill please us but their death without that wee cannot be fatisfted. The word lignifies any kindof filling, whether to fatisfa&ion, or to loathing ; In the former fignificauon the Prophet Meth it ( Hof. 13. 6. ) fpeaking of brutifh m n living like Fpícures in Carnal! Contents ; According to their ?afure, fo were'theyfilled; that is, they rotted in fenfuall eri oyrnents with negk t. of God, (as it follows) they were filledand their heart was exalted ( not in faith and holynes but) in pride and iníolence , therefore ( faith God) they haveforgotten me, I am no moreminded nor thought of, their paftures have filled tkem, and that's enough for them, they have no want ofme, they are fatisfied. And as they were filled with the fat beaft oftheir panure, fo was God too, but in a contrary fence, they to fatisfaaion, he to loathing (Ifa. 1. xi.) Towhat purpofe is the multitudeof your facrifices unto me, faith the Lord ? Iamfull of theburnt cferings of rams , and the fat of fedhealls ; That is, I am cloyed with them, as the nomacke of a man is with over. much good mote, or loathes that which is di. ftaftfull. v= kit?
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