Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 33:11

11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way, and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel.

Vid. chap. 5. ver. 11. and chap. 16. ver. 48. let. f, and 17. chap. 16. let. g.

See chap. 18. ver. 23. and v[illegible: 1 letter]r. 32. l[illegible: 1 letter]t. a.

Here an ellipsis, but I have pleasure in the seasonable return, the Sinner makes from Sin to Holiness, and from Death to L[illegible: 1 letter]fe.

O leave sin, cease to do evil, be perswaded to repent, it will please me to pardon your faults, and to throw away the r[illegible: 1 letter]d, and to save your persons.

Death is your choice, not mine, so long as you go on in the way that is not Good; who[illegible: 1 letter]o sinneth against me, wrongeth his own soul, and love to [illegible: 2 letters]n is interpretatively a love, and choosing of Death. 'Tis your culpable will, not my severe resolution, that you die.

Marginal references: 2 Sam. 14.14. chap. 18.23, 32.; chap. 13 [illegible: 1 letter]1.