Lamentations 2

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COvered] that is to say, hath overcome her with extreme confusions and calamities, depriving her of the light of good counsell and direction, and taking all the lustre of happinesse and hope from her His footstool] the Ark of the Covenant is so called, 1 Chronicles 28:2. Psal. 99. 5. and 132. 7. Others do take it more generally for the whole Temple, or the Sanctuary.

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Polluted] He hath dealt with it as with an unclean thing; hath taken away all the luster of it: or hath deprived it of his grace and protection, which before made it inviolable and holy.

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The horn] that is to say, the power and glory.

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Destroyed] the Italian, violently taken away, he hath rooted out his Temple, which was thought should have stood firme for ever: others dissipated.

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They have] namely, the enemies.

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They languished] that is to say, they lie upon the ground and cannot be raised again.

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The law] is no more taught nor preached publikely, nor observed in the ordinary service.

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The elders] namely, the Magistrates and Governours [keep sience] through extreme anguish and confusion.

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My liver] I am in a sound and trance, as if I had poured out all mine entrails.

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VVhat thing] that is to say. What reasons or arguments shall I use to thee to comfort thee. I cannot produce any examples of the like calamities, which seemeth to ease ones grief

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They have not] they have not reproved thee for thy sins, to bring thee to repentance, for to keep thee from going into captivity False burdens the Italians, burdens of vanity, namely, false prophecies of threatning, against thine enemies, Isaiah 13:1. in confidence whereof thou hast straied further from thy dutie.

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Clap their] in derision, and by way of insulting over them: see Iob 27. 23.

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His word] namely, the threatnings of his Law, Leviticus 26:14. Deuteronomy 28:15. and the predictions of the Prophets from time to time.

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Their heart] namely, the poor Iews hearts O wall] a representation of an extreme and universall grief; as who should say, O City, wherein there is now nothing bat walls and houses, being left void of inhabitants.

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The beginning] namely, in thy first sleep, which is the deepest and sweetest sleep.

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As in a] that is to say, Thou hast gathered together all thy fearfull scourges at one time, even as people come together in dayes of great solemnity.