Exposition of Ezekiel 1-5, Title page – Dedication
AN EXPOSITION Of the five firſt CHAPTERS OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL, WITH USEFUL OBSERVATIONS THEREUPON.
Delivered in ſeverall LECTURES in London, By WILLIAM GREENHILL.
Matth. 13.11.
To you it is given to know the myſteries of the Kingdome.
foreign, Nyſſen.
Ama Scripturas ſanctas, & amabit te ſapientia, Jerom.
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Errata.
PAge 3. Line 22. read Galal. 4.21. one. 9. 24. deſperateſt. 10. 28. Haroeh. 29. 8. was there. 31. 1. Bagdet. 36. in marg. for uſe, put 8. 44. in marg. foreign 49. 17. the thing. 57. …7. dele 1. 59. 12. dele in. 62. 32. there's. 71. 4. Lo. & 18. a cloud. 73. 13 haſty. 76. 9. Sanctius. 76. 9. remain'd. 77. 18. to this day. 83. 13. creature. & 20. Cherub. & 21. dele of. 85. 25. unto every good. 88. 25. Dunaan. 91. 13. watch. 97. 30. there. 101. 3 look. 101. 18. Deut. 17. 103. 2. Heb. 16. 104. 31. move. 107. 17. Iſa. 6.2. that is. 112. in marg. foreign. 113. 7. hand. 114. 18. your. 133. 38. the 8. 9. & 16. Chapter of. 139. in marg. Rueus. 140. 2. deceitfull. 141. 31. Boſworth field. 148. 23. Sanchez. & 25. learnedſt man, for. 149. in marg. Sylla tam. 150. 9. that thoſe. & 10. dele that. & 29. Pſal. 32.155. 2. Pſal. 10.12.164.17. the. in marg. foreign. 169. 14. expoſed. 171. 7. conrent. 174. 17. awakened. 180. 18. way, a firmament. 189. 8. dele 2. 191. in marg. Oleaſter. 191. 22. judiciary. 198. in marg. Thom. 199.7. time. 202. 2. Haſhſhem. 10. Hammephoraſh. 17. Shemhaetzem. 203. in marg. foreign. 214. 11. Job 42.225. in marg. foreign 228. 16. know things to. 229. 8. offices — if ſet. 232. 26. rebellion. 234. 35, 36. your. 238 10. woare. 240. 3. a bare. 242. 24. Joh. 35. 2 Chro. 36.243. in marg. foreign 244 in marg. foreign 258. 34. adde, they were plain. 286. 33. of my. 287. 3. henceforth. 290. 32. the. 293. 30. Obſer. 5. 295. 20. revelation. 298. in marg. pudore. 300. 35. Diotrephes. 308.22. ſpoile. 309. 10. M…m…k…mo. 329. 10. God. 331. 13. Gods. 336. 37. did, heare what. 340. 12. require 342. 9. in. 343. 4. cauſe. 343. 38. ſame thing. 353. 16. 1 Joh. 3.3. 361. 10. from. 366. 7. viſions. 393. 9. Lovain. 396. 29. is — dayes. 402. 23. crection. 405. 20. homer. in marg. Waſerum. 419. 10. Hanun. 19. thing. 422. 17. ſtubble. 422. 26. dele but. 445. 2. ſeveriores. 450. 12. Prieſthood. 451. in marg. Mead. 452. 7. mentioned in.
TO THE EXCELLENT PRINCESSE, And moſt hopefull Lady, THE PRINCESSE ELIZABETH HER HIGHNESSE.
May it pleaſe your Highneſſe;
SOLOMON, the wiſeſt of Princes, counſels us to remember our Creator in the dayes of our youth; it's a great Vertue to be mindfull of God timely: Timothy from a childe knew the holy Scriptures:foreign 2 Chro. 34.3. Joſiah that good Prince, while he was yet young, or tender, (as the Hebrew bears it) began to ſeek after the Lord, hee did that which was right in his ſight, he walked in the wayes of David, hee turned not aſide,… King. 22.2 to the right hand or left. The Lord takes ſpeciall notice when young ones are mindfull of him: the childrens crying Hoſanna, is recorded in the Goſpel;Mat. 21.15. children walking in the truth, is obſerved by John, Epiſt. 2.4. 1 King. 14.13.and the Lord minded the good was found in the child of Jeroboam: doubtleſſe Gods eye is upon your Highneſſe, for that good is found in you in theſe your tender yeers, and is well pleaſed, that your ſweetneſs of nature, and choiceneſs of wit are joyn'd with deſire to know him, with love to his Worſhip, affection to the godly, and delight in ſuch ſentences as theſe are, viz.
foreign.
Deus meus & omnia.
La mia Grandezza dal Eccelſo.
All which with theſe pretious ſpeeches of yours, I had rather be a begger here, then not go to heaven, and how ſhall I be ſure to go to heaven? are acceptable to the Higheſt, and m…ke ſtrong impreſsions upon us inferiors: Your deſire to know the originall tongues, that you may underſtand the Scripture the better, your reſolution to write them out with your own Princely hand, and to come to the perfect knowledge of them, breed in us hopes that you will exceed all of your Sex, and be without equall in Europe, as Druſius ſaid of his ſon, who at five years learned Hebrew, and at twelve writ it ex tempore, both in proſe and verſe. Incouraging inſtances your own Sex will afford, Euſtochium profited ſo much in the Latine, Hebrew, and Greek, that in her time ſhee was called the wonder of the world. Iſtrina Queen of the Scythians ſo excelled in Greek, that ſhe taught her ſonnes the Greek tongue. Zenobia Queen of the Palmirenians, was skild in the Latine, Egyptian & Greek tongues, ſhe read the Roman Story in Greek, abridged the Alexandrian, and all the Orientall hiſtories. Politian hath an Epiſtle to Caſſandra, a Venetian maid, whom he calls the glory of Italy, her delight was not in wooll, but books, not in the ſpindle, or needle, but in the pen, not in paint, but in ink; ſhe writ Epiſtles and Orations to admiration, ſhe exceld in Logick and Philoſophy, and had ſuch perfections, as cauſed the learned to admire, if not adore her. Queene Elizabeth was ſo learned, that ſhe read every Author in the originall, and anſwered Ambaſſadors of moſt Nations in their own language, ſhe went twice to Oxford, and once to Cambridge purpoſely to hear the learned Academicall diſputations, where her ſelfe made Latine Orations; ſhe tranſlated Saluſt, and writ a Century of Sentences; ſhe ſet apart ſome houres daily to read, or hear others read to her; ſhe ſo exceld in learning and wiſdome, that her teachers rather learned of her, then brought learning to her. Your Highneſs ſeems to aim at all the excellencies in the prementioned: for your writing out the Lords prayer in Greek, ſome texts of Scripture in Hebrew, your endevour after the exact knowledge of thoſe holy tongues, with other languages & learned accompliſhments, your diligent hearing of the word, carefull noting of Sermons, underſtanding anſwers at the catechiſing, and frequent queſtioning about holy things, do promiſe great matters from you. If the harveſt be anſwerable to the ſpring, your Highneſs will be the wonder of the learned, and glory of the godly. It is my unhappineſs that I cannot be ſufficiently adjuvant to ſuch Princely beginnings; yet becauſe this following Treatiſe is an expoſition of Scripture, I take the boldneſſe to preſent it to your Highneſs, and ſhall continue to pray to him who is All, & able to give All, that hee would preſerve your Royal perſon, bleſſe your hopeful endevours, fill you with all divine perfections, make you a chiefe praiſe in Iſrael, and fit you for an eternal weight of glory.
Your Highneſſe moſt humble ſervant, VVILLIAM GREENHILL.