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let you be vagabonds & beg, & let
there be none to shew mercy to ym;
we are ready to ask. How could
such imprecations proceed from the
mouth of so pious a man as David?
Are they consistent with yt bene-
volence & forgiveness, which are es-
sential to a holy temper? But
if we understand these only as ex
pressions predictions of those calami-
ties, which by a Spirit of prophesy, he
foresaw would befall his enemies,
the difficulty is at once removed. So Peter
understood. These {things} spake ye {Holy Ghost} by David concerning Judas.
The manner of expression is ye same
with that used in our Text - Hear ye, in-
deed, but understand not. The mean-
ing of which according to St Pauls inter-
pretation is this. Hearing, ye will
hear, but will not understand.
See {Ezekiel} 3. &c

//It is added, Make ye heart of this people
fat, make yr eyes heavy & shut yr
eyes, - lest they sh- be converted. &c
- But was the Prophet to harden &
blind you; & thus to prevent yr con-
version? No. But the Prophets are
often said to do those {things} which they de-
clare that such as will be done. {Jeremiah} 1.9
The Lord said unto me, I have put my
word in thy mouth; see, I have set thee
this day over ye nations & over ye {Kingdoms},
to root out, & pull down, & to destroy,
& to throw down, & to build & to plant.
i.e. I have appointed thee to foretell
such events concerning ye nations.
{Ezekiel} 32.18 Son of man, Wail for

let you be vagabonds & beg, & let
there be none to shew mercy to ym;
we are ready to ask. How could
such imprecations proceed from the
mouth of so pious a man as David?
Are they consistent with yt bene-
volence & forgiveness, which are es-
sential to a holy temper? But
if we understand these only as ex
pressions predictions of those calami-
ties, which by a Spirit of prophesy, he
foresaw would befall his enemies,
the difficulty is at once removed. So Peter
understood. These [qs?] spake ye {Holy Ghost} by David concerning Judas.
The manner of expression is ye same
with that used in our Text - Hear ye, in-
deed, but understand not. The mean-
ing of which according to St Pauls inter-
pretation is this. Hearing, ye will
hear, but will not understand.
See {Ezekiel} 3. &c

//It is added, Make ye heart of this people
fat, make yr eyes heavy & shut yr
eyes, - lest they {should} be converted. &c
- But was the Prophet to harden &
blind you; & thus to prevent yr con-
version? No. But the Prophets are
often said to do those [qs?] which they de-
clare that such as will be done. {Jeremiah} 1.9
The Lord said unto me, I have put my
word in thy mouth; see, I have set thee
this day over ye nations & over ye {Kingdoms},
to root out, & pull down, & to destroy,
& to throw down, & to build & to plant.
i.e. I have appointed thee to foretell
such events concerning ye nations.
{Ezekiel}32.18 Son of man, Wail for