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A85667	An exposition continued upon the sixt, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth chapters of the prophet Ezekiel, with useful observations thereupon. Delivered in severall lectures in London, By William Greenhill.	Greenhill, William, 1591-1671.	1649 (1649)	Wing G1854; Thomason E577_1; ESTC R206361	436,404	591

Doctrine they fill the godly with feares scruples griefe and discouragement What sadding Doctrines are among the Papists from their false Teachers as that of Auricular Confession all sins must be confessed to a Priest justification by workes Satisfaction Purgatory Transubstantiation that of the death of Infants before Baptisme falling away from grace keeping of the Law Traditions c. These with others are Doctrines which wound the hearts of the godly and much perplex them and are there not as sadding and heart perplexing Doctrines among us Viz. Denyall of the Sacred Trinity Christs Divine nature authority of the holy Scripture that God is the author creator and inventor of all sin that it it the same spirit is in the godly and the wicked that there is no Election but an universall Redemption that God sees no sin in his that the Law is of no use to Beleevers that Christ himselfe may sin as well as a Child of God that all dayes are alike the Lords day having no preheminence that Women may Preach that there is no power or rule in the Church but all in the Civill Magistrate as these opinions sadden the hearts of the godly so they strengthen the hands of those are wicked they goe on in their wayes and never thinke of returning to the Lord False Teachers which speak pleasing things undoe the soules of sinners they promise life when they should threaten death open to them their danger shew them the evill of their wayes and use the strongest arguments they can to awaken and reduce them Jer. 23.22 Had they caused my people to heare my words then they should have turned them from their evill way and from the evill of their doings 5. God hath his times to deliver his people from the flattery tyranny and policie of false Teachers I will deliver them out of their hand there was a day when the people were delivered from the tyranny and flattery of Ahabs false Prophets 1 Kings 18. Rev. 19.20 the Beast with the false Prophet c. were throwne into the Luke A Table containing the principall things in the precedent Expositions A ACcompt The faithfull may boldly give up their accompt 275. 276 Action Grace will breake out into action 456. actions more observable then words 477 Affliction it makes men minde God 16 before affliction men slight under it regard the Word of God 25. 137. 138 by them the Lord sanctifies 378. are the acts of God 383. no arguments of divine hatred 384. have their period 395 of themselves do not sāctifie 466 Angels have a care of communities 207 are at Gods command 208. 212. 325 in what sense called men 209. the bodies they assume not substantiall ibid Angels against us when God against us 211. they have their Commission from Christ 217. ready to doe the will of God 282. have power over the wheeles 285. God uses their ministery 286. desirous to know the things of God 291. applaud the judgements of God 294. have no hands 297. liken'd to fire ibid. watch to serve Ch●ist 298. honour Christ exceedingly ibid. furnished with ability for employments 300. do not things rashly ibid. Anger in God the degrees of it 196. described ibid. God hath times of being surious ibid. when that time is 197. Gods fury dreadfull 199. it hastens judgements 206. a generall destruction in the day of Gods wrath 250. God not alwayes angry 395. hath an admiring indignation at his peoples sins 496 Assemblies the sense of the word 531. two kinds of assemblies amongst the Jewes 532. much good in the assemblies of Saints 538 Astrologie judiciall astrologie unlawfull 499 Atheisme the cause of mans going from God 167. set out more fully 266 B Banishment or Captivitie is a civill death 11 12 Bloud bloudy crimes what 104. land full of bloud 264. what it notes ibid. Brethren a word of divers acceptions in Scripture 366 Burden what meant by it 482. burden of sin brings burden of judgement 485 Burials of Princes and Prophets with costly things 7 C Captivity Israels captivity 389. Jeconias captives and Zedekiahs whither of them returned 390 Casuall motions heere below not casuall 310 Chaine notes foure things 102 103. what sins bring chaines 105 Chaldeans liken'd to Fishermen and why 483 484. worst of heathen 107 Cherubims what 278. 467. why differenced by the Prophet 279. Coales of fire between the Cherubims what 284. attend upon Christ 290. why God said to dwell betweene the Cherubims 292. the sound of their wings what it imports 294. by the fire they tooke what meant 297. their hands and wings what they import 300. their motions uniforme 307. the severall resemblances of their faces 315 316. a doubt cleered 317. Cherubims subservient to God 325 Children how it can stand with Gods justice to destroy little ones 245 Christ the Angel of the Covenant 214 the three Offices of Christ ibid. Christ variously represented 215. commander in chief 217. mediates for his people ibid hath care of them 217 218. Christ the marker of Saints 234. hath power to save and to destroy ibid. Christ a faithfull executioner of Gods will 275. secures those his Father affects 276 Church shall never faile 12. Churches have their periods 33. God manifests his presence in the Church by some notable signe 223 it never totally failed 231. Churches and States degenerating goe on to a height of wickednesse 271. no visible Church but may fall 323. those have the name of a Church rigid against the true Church 369 there may be no true church where Church-ship is pretended 375. the notes some make of it ibid. the truth of Churchship whence fetcht 376. tares will be in the Church 465 Circumstances of things to be observed 363 Cities what ruines them 8. City full of perversnesse what 260. City a Cauldron and how 334 335. None can destroy it unlesse God give command 287 Cloud God often appeared in a cloud 290 Comforts God can make comforts terrors 286. God speakes comfortably when men speake bitterly 382. when they are comfortlesse 392. Comforts leave when God leaves 470. God can mixe sorrowes with comforts 490 Command commands of God to be readily obeyed 254. 480. supernaturall things commanded are not in vaine 346 Conscience cannot be compelled 423 424 Conversation of the wicked vexation to the godly 237 238. men of heavenly conversations are fittest to know Christ 148. Councells truth is not tyed to them 124 Counsell in counsell from great ones doth great mischief 339. dreadfull judgements upon evill Councellours 360. shewed in foure things ibid. Covetousnesse its greedy of gaine though a curse be in it 59. folly of it 80 Countries The Lord the disposer of them 394 395 Creatures helpe little 78 79. glory pompe ceaseth 110 Creatures all at Gods command 313 314. his spirit in all 321. not to eye second causes 320 Crying in man and in God how meant 202 203. reasons of Gods crying 202 203 Custome Gods people prone to take up heathenish customes 354.

within few yeares and by this meanes they begat vaine hopes in the hearts of the people with their vaine visions What these Prophets had was out of their owne hearts and from their owne spirits not from God for nothing from him is vain or lying but because it was from themselves it was vanity and lying divination Lying Divinations Hebrew divinations of a lye that had no truth in them The Lord hath not sent them True Prophets had two things 1. The Gift of Prophesie 2. A call to exercise that gift both these were wanting in these Prophets and therefore the Lord sent them not That they would confirme the word Hebrew is Ad excitandum or firmandum verbum They opposed the true Prophets told the people God was mercifull and would never bring such a long judgement upon them that ere long they should see who spake truth and so the people were brought to a hope and perswasion that their word should be accomplished and this they waited for The Septuagint reads it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they began to stir up revive the word many times the peoples hearts were fainting misgiving them that it might proove otherwise then they said hereupon they stirred up their words bid them not doubt but be confident they had all from God and were sent of him Obser 1. The impudency and arrogancy of false Prophets and Teachers they said they had visions and had none Vers 3. They saw nothing They pretended they had visions and divinations from God reall and true and they saw nothing but vanity and lying divination they said the Lord saith And he said not so that the Lord sent them and he sent them not but ran of themselves they ingaged the name and faith of God in their lying Prophesies and would have had them to be thought as good Scripture as what any of the true Prophets delivered they condemned the true Prophets for lyars and justified themselves false teachers are very arrogant and selfe justifying Zedekiah said to Micaiah which way went the spirit from me to thee have not I the spirit doe not I understand the minde of God as well as thee or any of thy ranke 1 K. 22.24 Are not Jesuits and many other of this streine they pretend Miracles Scriptures Councells Fathers for their traditions new Articles Faith seaven Sacraments c. When there is hardly any such thing and doe not many among us rest Scripture and force it into other senses to weaken truth maintaine error and to obtrude their owne termes upon others 2. People are easily misled seduced by false Prophets when they come with pretence of divine Revelations and mission and say the Lord saith they lissen they hope especially when they shall bring things suitable to their nature and desires as here they perswaded them that Jeremiah had prophesied falsely in telling them they should be carryed into Babylon be 70. yeares there No no we have truer visions then he the Lord will never forsake you who are his people he will never leave Jerusalem your Brethren shall returne to you you shall never goe to them and this the people hoped would be Prov. 14.15 The simple beleeveth every word Aquill hath it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Delinitus palpatus a man smoothed up flattered beleeves every thing Jer. 5.31 The Prophets prophesie falsly and the Priests bare rule by their meanes and my people love to have it so they affect the lyes and flatteries of these false Prophets and what will they doe in the end thereof Let Pauls advice be acceptable to you 1 Thes 5.21 Prove all things and hold fast that which is good beleeve neither one Prophet nor other but prove what they say and what is truth good hold that fast VERS 8 9. Therefore thus saith the Lord God Because yee have spoken vanity and seene lyes therefore behold I am against you saith the Lord GOD. And my hand shall be upon the Prophets that see vanity and Divine lyes they shall not be in the assembly of my people neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel neither shall they enter into the Land of Israel and yee shall know that I am the Lord GOD. IN these words are severall judgements layd downe against the false Prophets 1. Generall 2. Particular The Generall are two 1. God is against them Behold I am against you 2. His hand shall be upon them 2. Particular ones are three 1. Exclusion from Gods people They shall not be in the assembly of my people 2. Exclusion from having their names written amongst the Israelites Neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel 3. Exclusion from returne from Captivity Neither shall they enter into the Land of Israel 2. The reason of all because they spake vanity and divined lyes Therefore because yee have spoken vanity c. 3. The authority and certainty of all Thus saith the Lord GOD. 4. The event Yee shall know that I am the Lord. Spoken vanity Hebrew is Propter loqui vos vanum for that yee speake a vaine thing These Prophets pretending they had visions and divinations spake them to the people and what were they Vanity and lyes there was no truth or reality in ought they delivered The word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 notes vanity of words and falshood Psal 144.8 Deut. 5.20 Thou shalt not beare false witnesse Hebrew is witnesse of vanity Zech. 10.2 The Idols have spoken vanity the Diviners have seene a lye and have told false dreames Vanity lyes and dreames are joyned together here These Idoll Prophets spake vanity saw lyes told dreames Peter saith The false Prophets spake great swelling words of vanity 2 Pet. 2.18 I am against you Hebrew is Ecce ego ad vos it s an Aposiopesis something is conceald which may easily be apprehended as I come to you to punish you or I come against you Chaldae is Missurus sum iram meam adversum vos this phrase you have again Ezek. 21.3 Behold I am against thee and in the 26.3 And it s us'd when the Lord is greatly offended and destruction of persons and things near at hand Rev. 2.5 Repent and doe thy first workes else will I come unto thee quickly and remoove thy Candlestick It s of sad importance when the Lord saith I come to you or am against you They thought it was but a few men oppos'd who were weake inconsiderable things but the great and glorious God tells them that he is against them My hand shall be upon the Prophets c. Hand notes Gods power and stroak he being against them himselfe he would put forth his power and smite them with some judgement or other The Septuagint reads it Pagnine hath it Erit percussio mea super prophetas 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I will stretch out my hand too or upon the Prophets And the Chaldee for my hands have Plaga mea my stroake thus hand is taken Psal

worke to deceive the Nations in the foure quarters of the Earth 4. What ever false Teachers promise they cannot performe Will you save alive the soules come unto you will you keep off Warre Plague Famine when Nebuchadnezzar shall come about the walls c. 5. False Teachers prophane Gods Name and he takes it very ill at their hands Will yee pollute me among my people to make God the Author of their dreame● lyes c. to pretend they are sent of him and cause his people to c●nce●ve he deludes them and tells them contraries one thing by Jeremiah other things by them and that for such poor things as Barley 6. Covetousnesse basenesse of spirit makes merchandise o Gods Name truth and the soules of persons Mic. 3.5 He that puts not into their mouthes the Prophets he means they even prepare War against him Judas sold Christ c. a Woman to prostitute her chasti●y for hand●us of Barley is base much more to serve soules so 2 Pet. 2.3 With fained words they make merchandise of you 7. That they kill whom God would not have killed and spare those whom God would not have spared they curse whom God blesses and blesse whom God curses In the 20 21 23. Verses he sets downe Gods proceeding with these false Prophetesses he will be against them teare their Pillowes and Ketchleses deliver his out of their hands and destroy them and their divinations To make them flee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Piscator hath it In floribus hortis they were wont to sacrifice in Gardens Isa 1.29 65.3 66.17 these Prophetesses with their flatteries drew in young Maids to Prophefie smooth and pleasing things and they drew in the men and so great lewdnesse and filthinesse was amongst them and they were charmed with their divinations We may take it thus they hunted them they used seducing wayes by their Prophefies promises and flatteries to make them flee from the truth Those expound the words of their soules fleeing out of their bodies or of fleeing into Babylon certainely mistake and true Prophets to take them off from Jeremiah and Ezekiel and so should be like birds that flye from bough to bough or beasts that run from place to place and abide no where I will let the soules goe even the soules that you hunt The meaning is I will free them from the delusion of their false Prophefies they shall goe Captive into Babylon and be no longer in their hands With lyes yee have made the hearts of the righteous sad The Hebrew is Conterere to weare to make contrite Septuagint 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yee have perverted the heart of the righteous There were some among them who hearkened to the true Prophets and it was in their hearts to yeild to the Chaldeans as Jeremiah counselled but when they heard the false Prophets and Prophetesses incouraging the people not to feare Nebuchadnezzar but promised safety to them that should stay in the City they were troubled sadded and knew not what to doe and by this meanes also they strengthened the hands of the wicked who gave heed to their lying Prophefies and slighted what ever Jeremiah sayd You shall see no more vanity nor Divine divinations There was no weight no truth in what they sayd who ever received their Prophefies were deceived the time was approaching which would discover the vanity of their visions and cut them off from seeing any more for they should perish The Lord is against false Prophetesses and will destroy their Prophefies Ceremonies they use and them too Behold I am against your Pillowes I will teare them from your armes and the Kerchiefes from your heads and yee shall see no more vanity nor Divine divinations God will not let such persons and practises goe unpunished as intrude into the Propheticall Office abuse his Name Authority Truth and People 2. Women teachers and Men teachers also are very subtill to seduce the people they had their Pillowes and Kerchiefes their flatteries pleasing Prophefies and promises to keep them In security to hunt them into the Gardens to commit spiritual and corporall whoredome Calvin judges that they pretended altas speculationes some transcendent matters thereby to arise the expectations of of the people who were weary of Jeremiahs Prophefie being of a lower straine then Isaiahs and some others and were tainted with curiosity and itching eares They were not content with wholesome and plaine Doctrine but would be wise beyond sobriety and God suffered subtill and false Teachers to hunt and snare them Sometimes fowls are snared in flying where no danger is suspected and these were deluded by those speculations were given out by false Prophetesses How were the Popish spirits taken with the tenet of Dionysius touching the heavenly Hierarchie so with the Jesuits Dalilab de media scientia and at this day are not multitudes taken with speculations and novelties doe they not despise wholesome Doctrine and lysten to erroneous Teachers both Men and Women 3. Gods people may be taken with some errours of the times and of false Teachers I will deliver my people out of their hand and they shall be no more in their hand they were then in their hands they had hunted them into their nets and caught them with their inticeing Prophesies and brought them over to be of their mind Jezabel did seduce the servants of Christ Rev. 2.20 you know Peter and Barnabas were drawne into an errour Gal. 2.12 13 14. and Christ hath told you Matth. 24.11 That many false Prophets shall ryse and deceive many They ryse from the Earth or out of the bottomlesse Pit and do much hurt with their smoaky Doctrines they darken the Heavens so that the Saints mistake their way There were those constreined the Galatians to be Circumcised Chap. 6.12 Acts 20.30 Of their owne selves shall men aryse speaking perverse things to draw away Disciples after them The old lying Prophet deceived and drew the young Prophet into a snare cost him his life a Lyon devoured him 1 Kings 13. I feare there are young Prophets drawne away into dangerous errours and many others about this City whom I hope God will keep from the roaring Lyon and deliver in due time from the errour of their wayes Let the counsell of Salomon to his Sonne Prov 19.27 be welcome to you Cease to heare the instruction that causeth to erre from the words of knowledge and hearken to Peter 2 Epist 3.17 18. Seeing you know these things before beware least yee also being led away with the errour of the wicked fall from your owne stedfastnesse but grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 4. The Doctrines of false Teachers doe prejudice both the godly and the wicked they sadden the hearts of those should not be sadded and they strengthen the hands of the wicked which should be weakened When false Teachers give out their lyes corrupt truths and opinions they weaken the authority of the true Prophets