(seq. 8)

ye multitude of Egypt & cast
you down to ye nether parts of ye
earth - i.e - declare yr total over-
throw - {Chapter} 43.3 According to ye
vision, {which} I saw, when I came to de-
stroy ye city, i.e. to denounce de-
struction agt it - & {Genesis} 41.13.
The chief Butler giving Pha-
raoh an account of Joseph's in-
terpreting his dream, & yt of ye
chief Baker, says - Me he resto-
red to mine office & him he
//changed. So the Prophet here
is said to make ye hearts of ye people
fat, & yr ears heavy, because he fore-
told that they would harden yr hearts
& stop yr ears to yr own destruction.

//The several phrases here used
express ye greatest degree of stupi-
dity -

The fatness of ye heart is opposed to
the love of God's word. {Psalms} 119.70.
Their heart is as fat as grease, but
I delight in Thy law. The same {thing} is
expressed by ye phrase of ye hearts being
uncircumsized - Stephen says .7. Acts -
Ye stiff necked & uncircumcised in
heart, ye do alway resist ye {Holy Ghost}.
John quoting this prophesy, explains
it to signify ye hardness of ye heart.

//The instructions to ye prophet:
thus proceed - Make their
ears heavy, or dull of hearing.
illegible This Deafness