And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which [were] among them:)
Ver. 17. A root that beareth gall] An evil heart of unbelief, Heb 3:12 a deceitful and deceived heart, Jer 17:9 Isa 44:20 that is ever either weaving spiders' webs - i.e., loving vanity, seeking after leasing Psa 4:2 - or hatching cockatrice' eggs, that is, acting mischief. Isa 59:5 As in that first chaos were the seeds of all creatures; so in man's heart, here therefore fitly called, a root of rottenness, of all sins. a Holy Bradford would never look upon any one's lewd life with one eye, but presently reflect upon himself with the other, and say, In this my vile heart remains that sin, which without God's special grace I should have committed as well as he.
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