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A85668	An exposition continued upon the XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, and XXIX, chapters of the prophet Ezekiel, vvith many useful observations thereupon. Delivered at several lectures in London, by William Greenhill.	Greenhill, William, 1591-1671.	1658 (1658)	Wing G1856; Thomason E954_1; ESTC R207608	447,507	627

Daughters God would accept of them as a Father doth of his Children take pleasure in them and let out choice mercies unto them When the Disciples were met Jesus came to them bestowed his peace and Spirit upon them John 20.19.21 22. and see what mercies they met with who served him in his Temple Rev. 7.15 16 17 18. Obs 5 Where the person is accepted of God there the Actions and Sacrifices of that person are acceptable also There I will accept them and there will I require their offerings In Sion God would accept the men and in Sion hee would accept their services If Persons or Congregations bee not accepted of God themselves nothing they do or tender is welcome unto him Gen. 4.5 but if the parties bee under Divine favour their presents and duties are grateful Isa 56.6 7. those that joyned themselves to the Lord and took hold of his Covenant Them saith the Lord Will I bring to my holy Mountain and make them joyfull in my house of prayer their burnt offerings and their Sacrifices shall bee accepted upon mine Altar They being in Covenant with God and offering in Sion unto God he was pleased with them and their offerings Mal. 3.1 3 4. when Christ the messenger of the Covenant should come refine them and bee delighted in by them then should the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem bee pleasant unto the Lord. God is desirous of the prayers praises and almes of a good man who is reconciled unto him they are sweet odours unto him so they are call●d in the next vers I will accept you with your sweet savour or savour of rest when God hath these his spirit is at rest being in a manner troubled when hee hath them not Hence prayers of the Godly are likened to incense Psalm 141.2 their bounty to the odour of a sweet smell Phil. 4.18 and their praise is preferred before the sacrificing of an Oxe Psal 69.31 Obs 6 God must have the best tendred up to him in our Sacr●fices and Service● hee cal●● for and expects the best from his people I require the first fruits of their Oblations the chief principal and best you have in all your holy ●hings If God have lean lanke lame imperfect Sacrifices offered to him it s a dishonour and offends him Mal. 1.8 if ye offer the blinde for sacrifice is it not evil and if ye offer the Lame and sick is it not evil yes it s very evil it s extreamly evil the interrogation it self portends so much and being a double interrogation doubles the evil What offer it to mee man wo●ld not accept of such offerings go try Offer it now unto thy Governour that is brought unto mee Go tender it to him will hee bee pleased with thee or accept thy person no I know hee will not and if man sorry sinful man like thy self will not accept such things should I the great God do it God is so far from accepting and shewing favour in this kinde that hee poureth out a curse upon him that doth so ver 14. Cursed bee the deceiver which hath in his flock a male and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing men think if they do something in religion give God a Sacrifice though it be blind lame sickly they shall have a blessing but see how the Lord brands them they are deceivers and whom do they deceive not God but themselves for instead of a blessing they meet with a curse such dealings with God cause him even then when hee uses to bee most propitious to throw forth curses Suitable hereunto is that in Hos 8.13 They Sacrifice flesh for the Sacrifices of mine offerings and eat it but the Lord accepts them not now will hee remember their iniquity and visit their sins if they did bring the best they had yet they had no respect to God but to their own bellies Obs 7 When the Lord brings his People out of a scattered Captive condition into Church order hee expects they should set up all his Ordinances I will require your offerings and the first fruits of your Oblations with all your holy things Circumcision Passeover Sacrifices c. Their being in Babylon was a representation of the Churches condition under Antichrist and as then they being freed from the Babylonish Captivity fell into the waies of worship formerly given out so now Christians being brought out of spiritual Babylon should do the like Neither let any say those gifts are lost which the Churches once had c. Ezra 2.63 those Priests that were put from their places because their Names were not found in the Genealogies the Tirshatha or Governour said They should not eat of the most holy things till there stood up a Priest with the Urim and with Thummim that was never They lost at the Babylonish captivity 1 The Ark with the Mercie Seat and Cherubims 2 The fire from heaven 3 Sheimoh or Divine presence 4 The Urim and Thummim 5 The Spirit of Prophesy These all were wanting in the Second Temple yet they did not forbear to set up and use the Ordinances of God which formerly were appointed Obs 8 The Lord doth those things for his People which makes him honourable amongst them and others I wil bee sanctified in you before the Heathen The mercy and kindnesse he shewed them in bringing them out of Babylon and restoring to them their former injoyments set them on work to praise the Lord and made the Heathens acknowledge that God was faithful to them in keeping his promise Vers 42 And ye shall know that I am the Lord when I shall bring you into the land of Israel into the Countrey for the which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers 43 And there shall yee remember your waies and all your doings wherein yee have been defiled and yee shall loath your selves in your own sight for all your evils that yee have committed 44 And yee shall know that I am the Lord when I have wrought with you for my names sake not according to your wicked waies nor according to your corrupt doings O yee house of Israel saith the Lord God In these verses you have the event and sequel of the Lords gracious dealings with this People in bringing them out of their Captivity into their own land again which is 1 Experimental acknowledgement of God and his goodness unto them v. 42.44 2 Con●●dera●ion of their former waies v. 43. 3 Humiliation and Repentance for them And ye shall know that I am the Lord. They knew the Lord by the works of creation by the Prophets by the severe judgements he had executed upon them but that knowledge had not affected their hearts and brought them to fear worship and serve the Lord answerably but now upon that great mercy of being delivered out of Babylon which seemed a thing unpossible to them Ezek. 37.11 and being brought into Canaan they should have such knowledge of God as should descend to their

blessings but they minded not the holinesse or honourablenesse of the day and this was hiding their eyes from it 2 When men by their sinful practises prophaned the Sabbaths of the Lord they took no notice thereof they did not tell them of their sins convince them of the wickednesse of their doings but connive and wink at their doings Jer. 17.27 there were those did carry in burdens at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day which God by Jeremy complained of and threatned the destruction of Jerusalem for but the Priests though they knew and saw these things yet they were silent and this was hiding their eies from the Sabbaths of the Lord. 3 Themselves d●d those things on the Sabbaths which the law of God did not justify Videntes prop●lam Sabbatorum diem contumelia affici opus leg● non permissum perfici in die quietis at quere nolebant cos qui delinquere aud●bant sed veluti c●nniventes ocu●is d●ssimulabant ea videre quae continenter cernebant Prad and they having their pretences and excuses for the same they did not the duties of the Sabbath they did their own pleasure walkt in their own waies and spake their own words contrary to that in Isa 58.13 they did wicked things on that holy day and prophaned the Sabbaths of the Lord vers 8. of this chapter Jer. 23.11 both Prophet and Priest are prophane they did prophanely and so they hid their eies from the Sabbath And I am prophaned amongst them The Prophaning of holy things the holy day and holy name of the Lord are oft mentioned Levit. 22.15 Neh. 3.17 Amos 2.7 Ezek. 20.9.14.22 but here it goes higher and comes to God himself who saith I am prophaned God in his own nature cannot bee prophaned that is incapable of all prophanation but hee is said to bee prophaned when his commands are despised his worship corrupted and evil is spoken of him and his waies God is sanctified when wee fear him in our hearts Isa 8.13 and tremble at his word Isa 66.2 worship him according to his own appointments preserving his worship pure and so live as to cause others to glorify his name 1 Pet. 2.12 Matth. 5.16 when the contrary is done hee is prophaned when men contemn the commands of God break his Laws defile his Sabbaths they prophane the Lord and by such doings cause his name to bee blasphemed by others and in that himself is prophaned Obs 1 That Holy things are to bee kept holy they have violated my Law prophaned mine holy things put no difference between the Holy and Prophane c. This was the evil that holy things were prophaned The Holy Oyle spoken of Exod. 30. must bee kept holy and none must make or compound any like it vers 31 32. so for the holy perfume vers 37. The Passeover was an holy thing and the Lord ordered it so that it might bee kept holy Exod. 12.43 44 48. Strangers and uncircumcised might not eat thereof because that was a defiling of it those who were legally unclean were not to keep the Passeover till they were cleansed Numb 5.2 3. ch 9.6 7. c. they were put off from the fourteenth day of the first month unto the fourteenth day of the second month and so for other of the holy things see what rules God gives and how strict hee was to prevent the prophaning of them Levit. 22.3 4 5 6 7. God threatened to cut off such a soul that should meddle with the holy things being unclean Cut off from Children say some hee should bee without posterity Cut off by an untimely death say others or cut off from God and having inheritance with his people in heaven Hence was it that God committed the Holy things to the charge of the Priests Vide Goodwin Antiqui l. 3. ● 4. Numb 3.28.31 32. and Levites Numb 18.2 3 4 5. and they kept the door of the Lords house 2 Kin. 12.9 and when they were defiled they were not to meddle with the holy things Ezra 2.63 Ezra 44.13 Obs 2 When those are near to God are unfaithful and do not improve their power and interest to preserve the things of God and Ordinances holy its matter of provocation and complaint The Priests here who were officers in his house they dealt unfaithfully and did not to their interest and power lay out themselves to preserve the things of God from prophaning and polluting and that offended the Lord and made him to complain of them Ezek. 44.7 8. God complaines of them there that they brought into his Sanctuary uncircumcised in heart and flesh and polluted it thereby that they did eat fat and bloud which were prohibited most severely Levit. 7.25 26 27. and so broke his Covenant and kept not the charge of his holy things When Nadab and Abihu brought strange fire that is unholy fire such as God commanded not how greatly did it provoke God even so far as to kindle a fire in his wrath and to consume them they were not faithful they defiled themselves their censers and the worship of God with their unholy fire Levit. 10.1 2. you may find the Lord angry with and complaining of some of the Angels of the seven Churches for their unfaithfulnesse and faultinesse this way Revel 2.14 15 16. there God Complaines of the Angel of Pergamos and tells him that hee did not keep out corrupt doctrines that the doctrin of Balaam and the Nicolaitans were suffered amongst them so for the Angel of Thyatira that Jezabel was suffered to teach and seduce the Church and to draw the members thereof to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed to Idols Here the Lord was offended with the Churches and complaines of them Obs 3 That there is a difference to bee made between person and person when it comes to communion in and participation of holy things It was the Priests sin here that they did not put a difference between the holy and prophane the clean and the unclean This is to bee done both doctrinally and practically 1 Doctrinally the Prophets and Priests were by their teachings to make a difference Jer. 15.19 2 King 13.9 if thou take forth the pretious from the vile then thou shalt bee as my mouth The Vulgar reads it if thou shalt separate the pretious from the vile Si seperaveris pretiosum a vili that is saith Maldonate if thou shalt by thy word sever the elect from the reprobate Pisc Likewise interprets the words doctrinally Si tuis admonitionibus segregari feceris predestinatos a reprob●e Si solis piis proposueris promissiones gratiae meae ad consolandum ipsos non etiam impiis if thou shalt hold out my gratious promises onely for the comfort of the godly and not of the wicked then thou shalt bee as my mouth I will own thee for my faithful servant as having spoken and done what I my self would have spoken and done Ezek. 13.22 God is wroth with the