Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 5:26
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2 Kings5:26
26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee , when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants ?
Did not my mind, being enlightned by Gods Spirit, discern what thou saidst and didst?
Was this a [illegible: 1+ letters]it season for this action? I had but newly and obstinately refused his Gifts, for great reasons; of which see on ver. 16. and now thou hast given him cause to think, that I was a [illegible: 1+ letters]sed and wicked Impostor, who vain-gloriously refused in Publick, what I inwardly and greedily desired, and sought onely a sitter place and opportunity to take; and that all our Religion is but an Imposture; and that the God who owns such a vile wretch for his Prophet, as thou hast represented me to him, is not so Holy and Righteous as we pretend.
Which Gehazi intended to purchase with this money: and therefore the Prophet names them, [illegible: 1 word] inform him, That he exactly knew by Divine Inspiration not onely Gehazi's outward Actions, but even his most secret Intentions.
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