John Trapp on Ezekiel 3:18

Ver. 18. When I ſay to the wicked, Thou ſhalt ſurely dye] When I bid thee tell the wicked from me it ſhall be ill with him; for the reward of his hands ſhall be given, Iſa. 3.11. even death the wages of ſin, Rom. 6.23. death of all ſorts, which is the juſt hire of the leaſt ſin: woe then to the wicked, ſay.

And thou giveſt him not warning] Heb. non expolieris, Gr. non diſtinxeris, if thou do not diſtinctly and clearly warn him, ſeeking to rub off his ruſt, and to make his ſoul clear and circumſpect, as Pſal. 19.12. Eccleſ. 4.13.

To ſave his life] That iniquity may not be his ruine. Sin hales hell at the heeles of it.

But his blood will I require at thine hand] Theſe are fulmina, non verba, not words but thunderbolts, ſaith Eraſmus. This ſentence ſounding much in his eares made Auſtin conſtant and inſtant in preaching,Lib. 3. de verb dom. ſerm. 12. and premoniſhing the people of their danger. Bernard alſo, for the ſame reaſon, thus beſpeaketh his hearers: if I deal not freely and faithfully with you, it will be to your loſſe, and mine own danger. Timeo itaque damnum veſtrum: timeo damnationem meam, ſi tacuero.