Ezekiel 3

Ezekiel 3:1

HE said] namely, he that had spoken to him in the precedent chapter which was very likely to be he that sate upon the throne Eat] all this was done in vision, to represent the deep impression of the word of God in the heart of his Ministers, who must apprehend it by Faith, and disgest it by Meditation; or to utter it, not as a meer narration, but as a quick and lively doctrine That thou 〈…〉st] namely, that I give thee whatsoever it be, swe o bitter, hard or soft, pleasing or displeasing: to signifie, that one ought to follow their vocaion frey, without contradiction or doubt.

Ezekiel 3:3

It was] the office of a Prophet at the first seemed pleasing to me by reason of the excellency of revelations, the communication with God, the profit that might from thence come to the Church, and the honour which God did therein do me by the seal of his grace, but the bitternesse followed afwards, vers. 14.

Ezekiel 3:5

For thou] that is to say, I will not employ thee in preaching to strange and barbarous nations, as onas and others; but thou shalt preach only to thine own Nation, which should be a pleasure and a confort to thee, and should strengthen thee in zeal and vertue.

Ezekiel 3:9

Though they e] or, Because they be.

Ezekiel 3:12

The Spirit] namely, Gods Spirit, by which the Prophet was taken up, and corporally transported from the place where he had seen the vision, to the chief residence of his countrey men, which were captives in Babylon, a thing which did often befall the Prophets 1 Kings 18:12. 2 Kings 2:16. Acts 8:39 F〈…〉 his] namely out of Heaven, where the Agels and blessed Spirits do uncessantly glorifie the Name of God.

Ezekiel 3:14

In bitternss] after I had well thought upon the subject of my Prophesies, and of my Commission, finding them full of miseries for my Nation, and of danger and troubles for my self, [the hand] that is to say, the power of Gods Spirit made me to overcome all these fleshly apprehensions, Isa. 8 11. Ier. 19

Ezekiel 3:15

Tel-abib] the name of some chief place or plantation of the Iews in captivity [astonished] by these dolefull prophesies, and mine unlookt for vocation.

Ezekiel 3:18

I say] When I shall have given thee commission to say so to him from me [die] by some notable punishment or casualty, which is asigne and forerunner of eternall punishment.Will I require] I will in part hold thee to be guilty of his death, and shall make thee bea the punishment of it.

Ezekiel 3:20

A stumbling block] namely, some casualty, danger, or occason of death into which he shall run himself His righteousasse] seeing it is not accompanied with perseverance, shall be of no esteem with me to free him from my judgements, neither shall the evill which came after be satisfied nor counter-poised by the good which was done before.

Ezekiel 3:25

Binde thee] in vision thou shalt think that thou art bound with cords, for a signe of Gods straitly forbidding thee. Others think that God foretelleth him, that he shall be shutup by those of his own houshold, as if he were beside himself, as Prophets often seemed to be.

Ezekiel 3:26

Dumb] a token of a propheticall extasie, Ezekiel 24 27 Luke 1 22

Ezekiel 3:27

But when] thou shalt remain thus dumb untill I come to thee again by prophetick revelation. It should seem that this continued but till the next vision, see Ezek. 14 7.