John Trapp on Ezekiel 46:9

Ver. 9. Shall go out the way of the South-gate] For more eaſy paſſage ſake,The Jewes at this day depart out of the Synagogue with their faces ſtill toward the Ark, like Crabs going backward. in ſuch a multitude of people. But withal, to teach us many things: as 1. Not to turn our backs upon the holy Ordinances. 2. To make ſtraight paths for our feet, Heb. 12.13. not looking back with Lot's wife, Luke 17.32. not longing for the Onions of Egypt, as thoſe rebels in the wilderneſſe, but advancing forward with St. Paul, Philip. 3.13, 14. looking forth-right, Prov. 4.25. having our eye upon the mark, and making dayly progreſſe toward perfection. 3. That our memories are frail, and here we ſhall meet with many things that will withdraw us from thinking upon God. 4 That our life is but ſhort; a very paſſage from one gate to another: where to go back (i. e. To adde any thing to our lives) it is not granted; ſith our time is lim[illegible: 1 letter]ted, Job. 14.3. Acts 17.26. and we are all haſtening to our long home, Eccleſ. 12.5. One being asked what life was? made an anſwer anſwerleſſe; for he preſently went his way.