Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 31:7
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Ezekiel31:7
7 Thus was he fair in his greatness , in the length of his branches : for his root was by great waters.
Beautiful, lovely, and desirable.
Not exerted in Tyranny, and oppression, but exercised in the Royal Art of imitating the greatest, and best Being, who is King over all, for he doth good to all.
How far soever remote, yet the Justice, and Goodness of the Government appeared, the Beauty of those Provinces as well as of the whole Kingdom.
Whence he sprang, which supported, and supplyed the Kingdom, was Right, the Laws, Punishments, rewards, and encouragements, neither founded in cruelty, nor maintained by violence.
Not by blood, which is no proper kindly nourishment for such Cedars, but by Waters, which are kindly, and proper, and these great enough for his own growth, and to nourish others too.
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