...build and to plant it ;" yet he, in whose mouth God put those words of his, is said to be set by him " over' the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant :" as if he himself were a doer...

...immediate A&ion put his Words into his Mouth^ faying unto him ; See, I have this clay Jet tbee <fvtr the Nations, and over the Kingdoms, to root out, and to full down, and to deftroy^ and to throw down, to build and to plant. That is, by the Power of thy Words, thou ftalt root but all Vice and Sin, and...

...Maimon. Mbrc ffvoch. Pare. 2. c. 46 • what they were intended for. So Jeremiah is faid to to be ' fet over the Nations, and over the Kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to deftroy, and to throw down, to build and to plant, Jer. i. 10. becaufe he was appointed...

...the grand efficient. So Jer. I. 9, 10. God himfelf tells the prophet, See I have Jet thee this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to deftroy, and to throw down; to build and to plant. The meaning of which expreffions,...

...746. 57 the Manifeftation, and Declaration of that Action ; as when God fays to Jerem. i. 10. See, I have this Day fet thee over the Nations, and over the Kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to dejiroy, &c. the Meaning is I have jet thee to make it known to them, that I will...

...commiffion was, we may fee in that given to the prophet Jeremiah, chap. i. ver. i o. " Behold, I have fet thee over the nations, and " over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull up, " and to deflroy, and to throw down, to build and " to plant," (that is, to denounce judgment...

...are faid to do what they declare will be done: and in like manner Jeremiah is faid (I. 10.) to befet over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull doivn, and to dejlroy, and to throw down, to build and to plant; becaufe he wasauthorifcd to make...

...kind. " When God appointed Jeremiah to be a prophet, " he faid, Jer. i. 10. See, I have this day fit thee over " the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to "pull down, and to dcflroy, and to throw down, to " build and to plant. Do not thefe phrafes, literally...

...incapable of reigning; that the divine exprefiion in Jeremiah, i. 10. was to be applied to him — " See, I have this day fet thee over *' the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root out, " and to pull down, and to deftroy, and to throw *' down, to build, and to plant." VOL. I. H AH • i BOOK All...

...which contains the anfwer to the above inquiry. God informs the prophet Jeremiah, Chap. i. i0. ' See, I have this day fet thee over the * nations, and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to ' pull down, and to deftroy, and to throw down, to * build, and to plant.' One would think this commiffion...